Tabs

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Sultans of Swing
By:   Dire Straits  

[intro:] {single snare beat}  
             Dm / C-slide to  Dm | {stay on Dm for rest of intro}

[verse:1]
     Dm
You get a shiver in the dark
       C             Bb         A
It's raining in the park but meantime
Dm                          C           Bb         A
    South of the river you stop and you hold everything
F                                          C
    A band is blowing Dixie,  double four time
Bb                                             Dm    Bb-C
    You feel alright when you hear that music ring

[verse:2]
           Dm                  C        Bb         A
(Now) you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Dm                        C                      Bb       A
    Coming in out of the rain to (you) hear the jazz go down
F                                C
    Competition,      in other places
Bb                                       Dm
    About the  horns, they blowing that sound
Bb-C
      Way on down south
Bb-C
      Way on down south
             Dm-C-Bb-C       
London town
             Dm-C-Bb-C

[verse:3]
  Dm                     C     Bb             A
Check out Guitar George,   he knows all the chords
Dm                       C        Bb                      A
   Mind he's  strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F                                         C
   And with an old guitar is all he can afford
Bb                                                Dm   Bb-C
   When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
 
[verse:4]
Dm                     C           Bb               A
  (and) Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
Dm              C    Bb               A
  He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
F                          C
  He can play honky like anything
Bb                         Dm     Bb-C
  Saving it up for Friday night
                  Bb-C
With the sultans
                          Dm-C-Bb-C
With the sultans of swing
                          Dm-C-Bb-C
[verse:5]
       Dm                   C       Bb                    A
And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Dm                            C           Bb                         A
  Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
F                                     C
  They don't give a damn about 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-C
And the sultans played creole
                         Dm-C-Bb-C


[solo: guitar] over verse chords 

       Dm         C       Bb    A
       Dm         C       Bb    A
       F          C
       Bb         Dm      Bb-C
                          Bb-C
                  Dm-C-Bb-C
                  Dm-C-Bb-C

[verse:6]
  Dm             C          Bb         A
Then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dm              C                Bb         A 
   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-C
We are the sultans of swing
                       Dm-C-Bb-C


[coda:]  {guitar solo}
         8 x [ Dm-C-Bb-C  ]
             |Dm  {finish}



chordcs:

A       002220  or 577655
Bb      113331
C       335553
Dm      557765
F       133211