Sultans Of Swing
Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler, 1978)
4/4 | D - X u D - X u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Instrumental Hook
Dm C Bb Dm C
4/4 | D - X u D U - U | d - d - d - D - | D U - U - - - - | D - X u D - X u |
1 2 & 3 & & 1 2 3 4 1 & &(3) (4) 1 2 & 3 4 &
Intro
| [Dm] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] |
| [Dm] | [Dm] |
| [Dm] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] |
| [Dm] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] |
You get a | [Dm] shiver in the dark, it's | [C] raining in the [Bb] park but | [A] meantime | [A] |
| [Dm] . South of the river you | [C] stop and you [Bb] hold every- | [A] thing | [A] |
| [F] . A band is blowing | Dixie double | [C] four time | [C] |
| [Bb] . You feel alright | when you hear that music | [Dm] ring | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] | [C] | [C]
Well now, you | [Dm] step inside but you | [C] don't see [Bb] too many | [A] faces | [A] |
| [Dm] . Coming in out of the | [C] rain to hear the [Bb] jazz go | [A] down | [A] |
| [F] ... Compe- | tition in other | [C] places | [C] |
| [Bb] ... Uh, but the | horns they blowin' that | [Dm] sound | [Dm] [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... way on | down south [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... way on | down south |
Instrumental Hook
| [Dm] London Town [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C]
You check out | [Dm] Guitar George | [C] .. [Bb] . he knows | [A] all the chords | [A] |
| [Dm] . Mind he's strictly rhythm he | [C] doesn't want to [Bb] make it | [A] cry or sing | [A] |
| [F] ... They say an | old guitar is | [C] all he can af- | [C] ford |
| [Bb] . When he gets up under the | lights to play his | [Dm] thing | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] | [C] | [C] |
| [Dm] .. And Harry doesn't | [C] mind [Bb] if he doesn't | [A] .. make the | [A] scene |
| [Dm] . He's got a daytime | [C] job, he's [Bb] doin' al- | [A] right | [A] |
| [F] . He can play the | honky tonk like | [C] anything | [C] |
| [Bb] .. Saving it | up, for Friday night | [Dm] | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... with the | Sultans [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... with the | Sultans of |
Instrumental Hook
| [Dm] Swing [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
Instrumental Solo
| [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 Hook
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] . And then the man he | [C] steps right [Bb] up to the | [A] microphone | [A] |
| [Dm] .. And says at | [C] last just as the [Bb] time bell | [A] ring | [A] |
| [F] ... Good- | night, now it's | [C] time to go | home |
| [Bb] . Then he makes it | fast with one more | [Dm] thing | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... We are the | Sultans [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... We are the | Sultans of |
Instrumental Hook
| [Dm] Swing [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] | [Dm↓]
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Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler, 1978)
4/4 | D - X u D - X u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Instrumental Hook
Dm C Bb Dm C
4/4 | D - X u D U - U | d - d - d - D - | D U - U - - - - | D - X u D - X u |
1 2 & 3 & & 1 2 3 4 1 & &(3) (4) 1 2 & 3 4 &
Intro
| [Dm] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] |
| [Dm] | [Dm] |
| [Dm] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] |
| [Dm] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] |
You get a | [Dm] shiver in the dark, it's | [C] raining in the [Bb] park but | [A] meantime | [A] |
| [Dm] . South of the river you | [C] stop and you [Bb] hold every- | [A] thing | [A] |
| [F] . A band is blowing | Dixie double | [C] four time | [C] |
| [Bb] . You feel alright | when you hear that music | [Dm] ring | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] | [C] | [C]
Well now, you | [Dm] step inside but you | [C] don't see [Bb] too many | [A] faces | [A] |
| [Dm] . Coming in out of the | [C] rain to hear the [Bb] jazz go | [A] down | [A] |
| [F] ... Compe- | tition in other | [C] places | [C] |
| [Bb] ... Uh, but the | horns they blowin' that | [Dm] sound | [Dm] [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... way on | down south [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... way on | down south |
Instrumental Hook
| [Dm] London Town [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C]
You check out | [Dm] Guitar George | [C] .. [Bb] . he knows | [A] all the chords | [A] |
| [Dm] . Mind he's strictly rhythm he | [C] doesn't want to [Bb] make it | [A] cry or sing | [A] |
| [F] ... They say an | old guitar is | [C] all he can af- | [C] ford |
| [Bb] . When he gets up under the | lights to play his | [Dm] thing | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] | [C] | [C] |
| [Dm] .. And Harry doesn't | [C] mind [Bb] if he doesn't | [A] .. make the | [A] scene |
| [Dm] . He's got a daytime | [C] job, he's [Bb] doin' al- | [A] right | [A] |
| [F] . He can play the | honky tonk like | [C] anything | [C] |
| [Bb] .. Saving it | up, for Friday night | [Dm] | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... with the | Sultans [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... with the | Sultans of |
Instrumental Hook
| [Dm] Swing [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
Instrumental Solo
| [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 Hook
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] . And then the man he | [C] steps right [Bb] up to the | [A] microphone | [A] |
| [Dm] .. And says at | [C] last just as the [Bb] time bell | [A] ring | [A] |
| [F] ... Good- | night, now it's | [C] time to go | home |
| [Bb] . Then he makes it | fast with one more | [Dm] thing | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... We are the | Sultans [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... We are the | Sultans of |
Instrumental Hook
| [Dm] Swing [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] | [Dm↓]
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