Sultans Of Swing Uke tab by Dire Straits

6 Chords used in the song: Dm, C, A#, A, F, A7

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Artist: Dire Straits
Album: Dire Straits
Year: 1978
Difficulty:
3.17
(Beginner)
Key: DmChords and Tablature
Intro: Dm / C  C / Dm / C  C  

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

           Dm              C        A#          A  
 you step inside but you don't see too many faces  
 Dm              C                        A#      A  
coming in out of the rain to (you) hear the jazz go down  
F                       C  
too much competition in other places  
A#                                    Dm  
but not too many horns can make that sound  
(But not too many horns are blowing that sound)  
A#  C  
        way on downsouth  
A#  C  
        way on downsouth  
Dm              Dm C A# C       Dm C A# C  
London town  

                Dm          C       A#          A  
you check out Guitar George he knows all the chords  
Dm                    C              A#               
mind he's (his) strictly rhythm he doesn't want to   
       A  
make it cry or sing  
F                       C  
and an old guitar is all he can afford  
A#                                         Dm   A# C  
when he gets up under the lights to play his thing  
Dm                      C     A#         A  
  (and) harry doesnb't mind if he doesn't make the scene  
Dm             C        A#                  A  
  he('s) got a daytime job he's doing al(l)right  
F                               C  
  he can play honky tone just like anything  
(He can play the honky tonk like anything)  

A#                      Dm      A# C  
  saving it up for friday night  
                  A# C  
with the sultans  
                     Dm     Dm C A# C  
with the sultans of swing  
                             Dm C A# C  

Dm                     C           A#            A  
and a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner  
Dm                 C                A#             
drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and   
     A  
their platform soles  
F                                       C  
they don't give a damn about ('bout) any trumpet playing band  
   A#                           Dm      A# C  
it ain't what they call rock and roll  
                A# C  
and the sultans  
                        Dm     Dm C A# C  
and the sultans played creole  
(Yeah the Sultans they played Creole)  

                                Dm C A# C  

Dm                    C         A#         A  
and then the man he steps right up to the microphone  
Dm          C                A#         A    (A7)  
and says at last just as the time bell rings  
F                           C  
thank you goodnight now it's time to go home  
        A#                  Dm          A# C  
and he makes it fast with one more thing  
                  A# C  
we are the sultans  
                      Dm        Dm C A# C  
we are the sultans of swing  

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About this song: Sultans Of Swing

"Sultans of Swing" was the first single release of the British rock band Dire Straits. It was first recorded as a demo at Pathway Studios, North London, and quickly acquired a following after it was put in the rotation at Radio London. It did not take long for the popularity to find its way to record executives, and Dire Straits were offered a contract with Phonogram, a British record company. The song was then re-recorded and released in both the United Kingdom and the United States, though the demo version remained on the original UK Vertigo single.
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