Sultans of Swing

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{Verse 1} [ Dm C Bb A] You get a shiver in the dark, 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] Well now, you step inside but you don’t see too many faces [Dm C Bb A] Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down [F C] Competition in other places [Bb Dm] Uh, but the horns they blowin’ that sound [Bb - C] way on down south [Bb - C] way on down south [Dm] London Town

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{Verse 3} [ Dm C Bb A] You 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] They say 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 doin’ 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] with the Sultans of Swing

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{Verse 5} [Dm C Bb A] Then a crowd of young boys, they’re foolin’ 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 about any trumpet playin’ band [Bb Dm Bb - C] It ain’t what they call rock and roll [Bb - C] and the Sultans [Dm] Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole

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{Verse 6} [Dm C Bb A] And then the man he steps right up to the microphone [Dm C Bb A (A7)] And says at last just as the time bell ring [F C] Goodnight, now it’s time to go home [Bb Dm Bb - C] Then he makes it fast with one more thing [Bb - C] We are the Sultans [Dm] We are the Sultans of Swing

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