Sultans Of Swing Chords & Tabs

by Dire Straits

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Intro + Verse:
BPM: 150
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 2, 101, 1, 202, 2, 101]
Ends of Verses (Bb - C):
BPM: 150
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 2, 101, 1, 202, 2, 101, 1, 202, 2, 103, 203, 103, 203, 101]
Instrumental:
BPM: 150
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 2, 101, 3, 103, 203, 103, 202, 202, 2, 101, 1, 202, 3, 203, 3, 103, 203, 103, 202, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 2, 101, 202, 202, 2, 101]
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
* = C in bass, can be omitted

[Intro]
| Dm     | Dm  Dm/C*|
  Dm       Dm           
| Dm     | Dm  Dm/C*| x2

[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

[Instrumental]
Dm - C - Bb - C
Dm - C - Bb - C

[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                                              DmBb 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

[Instrumental]
Dm - C - Bb - C
Dm - C - Bb - C

[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

[Instrumental]
Dm   C   Bb   C       
...             Creole
Dm - C - Bb - C

[Lead]
| Dm     | C  Bb  | A      | A       |
| Dm     | C  Bb  | A      | A       |
| F      | F      | C      | C       |
| Bb     | Bb     | Dm     | Dm  Bb  |
| C      | C  Bb  | C      | C       |

[Instrumental]
Dm - C - Bb - C
Dm - C - Bb - C

[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

[Instrumental]
Dm - C - Bb - C
Dm - C - Bb - C

[Outro Solo]
Dm   C   Bb   C             
(repeat and fade, approx x7)