(Gm F-D# D D x2) - Bb Bb F F - D# D# Gm Gm-D# - F F
(Gm F-D# D D x2) - Bb Bb F F - D# D# Gm Gm-D# - F F-D# F F
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 (Gm D#
F F
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] Gm Gm Gm Gm
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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)