key: Dm
(single snare beat)
Dm / C-C / Dm / C-C
Intro lead
Dm
you get a shiver in the dark
C
Bb A
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
Dm
C Bb
A
(Now) you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Dm
C
Bb A
coming in out of the rain to (you) hear the jazz go down
F
C
too much competition too many other places
Bb
Dm
but not too many horns can make that sound
(But not too many horns are blowing that sound)
Bb-C
way on downsouth
Bb-C
way on downsouth
Dm
Dm-C-Bb-C Dm-C-Bb-C
London town
Dm C
Bb A
you check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Dm
C Bb
A
mind he's (his) strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F
C
and an old guitar is all he can afford
Bb
Dm Bb-C
when he gets up under the lights to play his thing
Dm
C Bb A
(and) harry doesnb't mind if he doesn't make the scene
Dm C
Bb
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)
Bb
Dm Bb-C
saving it up for friday night
Bb-C
with the sultans
Dm Dm-C-Bb-C
with the sultans of swing
Dm-C-Bb-C
Dm
C Bb
A
and a crowd of young boys they're fooling 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 ('bout) any trumpet playing band
Bb
Dm Bb-C
it ain't what they call rock and roll
Bb-C
and the sultans
Dm Dm-C-Bb-C
and the sultans played creole
(Yeah the Sultans they played Creole)
Dm-C-Bb-C
Lead 1: ( chords:Follow 1 full verse)
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 rings
F
C
thank you goodnight now it's time to go home
Bb
Dm Bb-C
and he makes it fast with one more thing
Bb-C
we are the sultans
Dm Dm-C-Bb-C
we are the sultans of swing
Dm - C
- Bb -
C
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From: fact1@gipsy34.cs.uni-sb.de (Detlef Anton)