Dire Straits

Sultans of swing - Testo e Accordi

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You get a shiver in the dark
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it's raining in the park but meantime
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south of the river you stop and you hold everything
Fa                                 Do
  A band is blowing Dixie double four time
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you feel alright when you hear that music ring

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you step inside but you don't see too many faces
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coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Fa                                   Do
  too much competition too many other places
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but not too many horns can make that sound
Do                Sib
   way on downsouth
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   way on downsouth  London town

         Rem             Do        Sib         La7
you check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
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mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
Fa                                 Do
  and an old guitar is all he can afford
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when he gets up under the lights to play his thing
    Rem               Do       Sib          La7
  harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
     Rem             Do     Sib        La7
  he's got a daytime job he's doing allright
Fa                                 Do
  He can play the honky tonk like anything
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saving it up for friday night
Do                Sib
with the sultans
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with the sultans of swing

           Rem                Do            Sib         La7
and a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
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drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
Fa                                     Do
   they don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
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it ain't what they call rock and roll
Do                Sib
and the sultans
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and the sultans played creole

     Rem               Do          Sib         La7
and then the man he steps right up to the microphone
       Rem         Do       Sib         La7
and says at last just as the time bell rings
Fa                                      Do
   thank you goodnight now it's time to go home
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and he makes it fast with one more thing
Do                Sib
we are the sultans
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we are the sultans of swing