Sultans Of Swing Chords - Dire Straits

Sultans Of Swing Chords – Dire Straits

Sultans of Swing Chords is one of the greatest songs ever written by Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler. Sultans Of Swing Lyrics With Chords. The demo of the song was recorded at Pathway Studios, North London in July 1977. The song was re-recorded in February 1978 and it was the first song on side two at the debut album of Dire Straits from 1978. It was also released as the single in some countries including the United Kingdom and Germany.

Sultans Of Swing Guitar Chords

Dm
You get a shiver in the dark
C Bb
It’s raining in the park
A
But meantime
Dm
South of the river You
C Bb A
stop and you hold everything
F
A band is blowing Dixie
C
Double four time
Bb
You feel alright When
Dm Bb-C
you hear the music ring

Dm
Well, now you step inside
C Bb A
But you don’t see too many faces
Dm C
Coming in out of the rain to
Bb A
hear the Jazz go down
F C
Competition in other places

Bb
Ah, but the horns,
Dm
they blowin’ that sound
Bb – C
Way on down south
Bb – C
Way on down south,
Dm
London town

Dm C
Check out guitar George
Bb A
He knows all the chords
Dm
Mind, it’s strictly rhythm
C
He doesn’t want to
Bb A
make it cry or sing
F
Yes and an old guitar
C
is all he can afford
Bb
When he gets up under the
Dm Bb-C
lights to play his thing

Dm C
And Harry doesn’t mind
Bb A
if he doesn’t make the scene
Dm C
He’s got a daytime job –
Bb A
he’s doing alright
F
He can play the
C
Honky Tonk like anything
Bb
Saving it up for
Dm Bb-C
Friday night
Bb-C
With the Sultans
Dm
With the Sultans of Swing

Dm
Then a crowd of young boys
C Bb A
They’re fooling around in the corner
Dm
Drunk and dressed in
C
their best brown baggies
Bb A
And their platform soles
F
They don’t give a damn
C
About any trumpet playing band
Bb
It ain’t what they call
Dm Bb – C
Rock and Roll
Bb – C
And the Sultans
Dm
Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole

Dm
And then the man
C Bb
He steps right up to
A
the microphone
Dm C
And says at last
Bb A A7
Just as the time bell rings
F
“Goodnight, now it’s
C
time to go home”
Bb
Then he makes it fast
Dm Bb-C
With one more thing
Bb-C
“We are the Sultans –
Dm
We are the Sultans of Swing”