Sultans of Swing
Mark Knopffler


Intro: Dm(bar5)

          Dm(bar5)                 C(bar3)        Bb(bar2)   A7
You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime
Dm(bar5)                 C(bar3)      Bb(bar2)    A7
  South of the river you stop and you hold everything
F                                    C(bar3)         
  A band is blowing Dixie double four-time
Bb(bar2)                                     Dm(bar5)
  You feel alright when you hear that music ring
Bb(bar6)-(slide)-C(bar8)   (short fill)

             Dm                  C         Bb         A7
Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Dm                       C              Bb        A7
  Comin' in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
F                           C
  Competition in too many places
Bb                                        Dm
  Ah, but the horns, they're blowing that sound
Bb-C
     Way on down south
Bb-C
     Way on down south
Dm        C Bb  F F C C  F C C  (2x)
London town


          Dm           C  Bb         A7
Check out Guitar George      he knows all the chords
Dm                             C               Bb            A7
  Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't care to make it cry or sing
F                            C
  Yes, and an old guitar is all he can afford
Bb                                               Dm   Bb-C
  When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
      Dm                C  Bb           A7
  And Harry doesn't mind  if he doesn't make the scene
Dm                   C        Bb      A7
  He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
F                                  C
  He can play the honky tonk like anything
Bb                          Dm   Bb-C
  Saving it up for Friday night
                  Bb-C
With the sultans
                     Dm   C Bb   F F C C  F C C  (2x)
With the sultans of swing


      Dm                          C           Bb            A7
And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Dm                                      C                 Bb         A7
  Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
F                                            C
  They don't give a damn about 'bout any trumpet playing band
Bb                                   Dm   Bb-C
  It ain't what they call rock and roll
                Bb-C
And the sultans
                     Dm    C Bb  F F C C  F C C  (2x)
And the sultans play Creole
(Creole)


Break


Dm                    C            Bb         A7
  And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dm            C                Bb        A7
  And says at last just as the time bell rings
F                      C
    Goodnight now it's time to go home
Bb                                      Dm   Bb-C
  And he makes it fast with one more thing
                  Bb-C
We are the sultans
                      Dm    C Bb  F F C C  F C C  (3x; slow to end on Dm)
We are the sultans of swing