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Sultaans of SSwing

DDire Straitts

(Dm) / (C)-(C) / (DDm) / (C)-(C)
Y You get a (Dm) shiveer in the daark it's (C)) raining inn the (Bb) park but ((A) meanttime
(Dm) southh of the rivver you (C) stop andd you hold (Bb) every-(A)thingg
(F) A band is blowingg Dixie douuble (C) four time
Y You (Bb) feeel alright when you hear that music (Dmm) ring (Bb)-(C)

N Now you (DDm) step inside but yyou (C) doon't see (BBb) too maany (A) facces
(Dm) coming in out oof the (C) rain to youu hear the (Bb) jazz go (A) doown
(F) Too muuch compettition too mmany other (C) placees
(Bb) But noot too manny horns caan make thhat (Dm) sound (Bbb)-(C)
Way on dowwn-south ((Bb)-(C)
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Way on dowwn south (Dm) Londdon town

(Dm)-(C)--(Bb)-(C) x2

Y You check oout (Dm) Guitar Geoorge (C) he e knows (BBb) all thee (A) chordds
(Dm) mindd he's stricttly rhythm he (C) dooesn't want to make it (Bb) cryy or (A) sing
(F) And an old guitarr is all (C) he can affoord
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When (Bb)) he gets up under thhe lights too play his ((Dm) thingg (Bb)-(C))

A And (Dm) Harry doessn't mind if he (C) dooesn't (Bbb) make the (A) scenne
H He’s (Dm) got a dayttime job (CC) he's (Bbb) doing (A) alright
(F) He can play honkky tonk justt like (C) aanything
(Bb) Saving it up for Friday (Dm) night ((Bb)-(C)
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With the Suultans (Bb)-(C)
With the Suultans of (DDm) Swingg
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(Dm)-(C)--(Bb)-(C) x2

A And a (Dm) crowd off young boys they're (C) fooling (Bb) aroound in thee (A) corner
(Dm) Drunnk and dresssed in theeir (C) besst brown baaggies and their (Bb) platform (A) soles
(F) They doon't give a damn aboout 'bout any trum-CC)-pet playing band
Itt (Bb) ain' 't what theey call rockk and (Dmm) roll (Bb))-(C)
A And the Sultans (Bb))-(C)
A And the Sultans playeed (Dm) CCreole

(Dm)-(C)--(Bb)-(C) x2

[Bridge (FFollow 1 fuull verse)]

A And (Dm) tthen the mman he (C)) steps righht (Bb) upp to the (AA) micropho one
AAnd (Dm) says at last (C) justt as the (BBb) time beell (A) ringgs (A7)
(F) Thank yyou goodnight now itt's (C) timme to go hoome
(Bb) and hhe makes itt fast with one more (Dm) thinng (Bb)-(CC)
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We are the Sultans (BBb)-(C)
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We are the Sultans off (Dm) Swwing

(Dm)-(C)--(Bb)-(C) x2

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