(Em D-C B B x2) - G G D D - C C Em Em-C - D D

(Em D-C B B x2) - G G D D - C C Em Em-C - D D-C D D

You get a shiver in the dark,                    [Verse]

    it's raining in the park but meantime           - …

South of the river you stop and you hold everything - …

A band is blowing Dixie - Double four time

You feel alright when you hear that music ring  - … - …

Well, now you step inside

    but you don't see too many faces                - …

Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down  - …

Competition in other places - …

Uh, but the horns, they blowin' that sound        [Riff]

… - Way on down south (x2) London town           (Em C

                                                  D  D

You check out Guitar George                          x2)

He knows all the chords       - Mind, he's strictly

    rhythm, he doesn't want to make it cry or sing - …

They say an old guitar is all - He can afford

When he gets up under the lights to play his thing - … …

And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't - Make the scene

He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright - …

He can play the honky tonk like anything   - …   [Intro]

Saving it up for Friday night - …                   (x2)

With the Sultans (x2) of Swing     [Riff]    Em Em Em Em

                                        ╔══════════════╗

Then a crowd of young boys, they're     ║  Sultans of  ║

    foolin' around in the corner - …    ║    Swing     ║

Drunk and dressed in their best brown   ║ Dire Straits ║

    baggies and their platform soles - … ══════════════╝

They don't give a damn - About any trumpet playin' band

It ain't what they call rock and roll - …

And the Sultans - Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole

[Riff] … - Creole          [Solo - Verse Part #2] [Riff]

And then the man, he steps right up to the microphone …

And says at last, just as the time bell ring        - …

Goodnight, now it's time - To go home

Then he makes it fast, with one more thing - …    [Riff]

We are the Sultans (x2) of Swing                    (x8)