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- Song: Sultans of Swing
- Artist: Dire Straits
- >From the album "Dire Straits"
- Transcribed & submitted by Greg Eden
-
- Bass tab
-
- This is how I play it. There is another version by Johari Taylor, but I find it
- a little fiddly to play (I've not got nimble fingers, obviously).
- It gets a little tough on my left thumb, but ingnoring that, this is a
- mighty fine song to play on the bass.
-
-
- Intro:
-
- G :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- D :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- A :5-----5-----3---|----------------|-------------3--|5-----5-----3---|
- E :----------------|--6-----5-----5-|----5-----5-----|----------------|
-
- G :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- D :----------------|----------------|3-----3-----3-0-|3-----3-----3-0-|
- A :----------------|-------------3--|----------------|----------------|
- E :--6-----5-----5-|----5-----5-----|----------------|----------------|
-
- G :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- D :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- A :3-----3-----3---|3-----3-----3---|----------------|------------3---|
- E :--------------3-|--------------3-|6-----6-----6-3-|6-----6---------|
-
- G :----------------|----------------|----------------|
- D :----------------|----------------|----------------|
- A :5-----5---3---5-|----------3-----|----------3-----|
- E :----------------|6---6---6-------|6---6---6-------|
-
- The verse is basically the same, but there is a change to bars 7 & 8:
-
- G :----------------|----------------|
- D :3-----3-----3---|----------------|
- A :--------------3-|----------------|
- E :----------------|1-----1-----1-3-|
-
- Chorus:
-
- G :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- D :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- A :5-----5-3-------|----------3-----|5-----5-3-------|----------3-----|
- E :------------6---|--3-4-5-6-------|------------6---|--3-4-5-6-------|
-
-
- Chorus variations:
-
- G :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- D :--------7-5-----|----------------|--------7-5-----|----------------| - Variation 1
- A :5-----5---------|----------3-----|5-----5---------|----------3-----|
- E :------------6---|--3-4-5-6-------|------------6---|--3-4-5-6-------|
-
- G :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- D :--------7-5-----|----------------|--------7-5-----|----------------| - Variation 2
- A :5-----5----7----|----------3-----|5-----5----7----|----------3-----|
- E :------------6---|--3-4-5-6-------|------------6---|--3-4-5-6-------|
-
- ************************************************
- Song structure:
-
- Intro
- Verse x 2
- Chorus
- Verse
- Chorus
- Verse
- Chorus
- Intro
- Chorus
- Chorus x 2 during twiddly solo
- Variations 1 & 2
-
- *****************************************************************
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- *****************************************************************
-
- Johari's version:
-
- Song Title: Sultans of Swing(corrected version)
- Artist: Dire Straits
- ----------------------------------------------
-
- DIRE STRAITS - "Sultans of Swing" - Bass Tab
-
- Intro:
- |-------------|---------------|
- |-------------|---------------|
- |-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-3-0-3-0-|
- |-------------|---------------|
- 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 & 4 &
-
- Verse:
- |--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
- |*-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------*|
- |*-5---5-5---5-|-3---3-1---1-|-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-*|(x2)
- |--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
- 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &
-
- |---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
- |-3---3---------|-3---3---------|-------------|-------------|
- |---------1-3-1-|---------1-3-1-|-3---3-3---1-|-3---3-3-3-2-|
- |---------------|---------------|---------3---|-------------|
- 1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &
-
- |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|There are
- |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|a few
- |-1-----1---1-|-1---0-1---1-|-5---5-----5-|-1-1-1-3---3-|verse
- |-----1-------|-------------|-------0-5---|-------------|variations
- 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 & 4 1 2 & 3 4 &
- _________________________
- |2.
- |-------------|-------------|-------------|
- |-------------|-------------|-------------|
- |-3---3-3---3-|-1-1-1-3---3-|-3---3-3---3-|
- |-------------|-------------|-------------|
- 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &
-
- Chorus:
- |-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
- |-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
- |-5-5-5-3---1-|---------0-2-|-3-3-----1-|-3---3-3---3-|
- |-------------|-----1-3-----|-------3---|-------------|
- 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &
-
- 2nd Solo:
- |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
- |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
- |-5---5-5---5-|-1---1-1---1-|-3---3-3-----|-3---3-3---3-|
- |-------------|-------------|-----------3-|-------------|
- 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &
-
- Chorus Variation:
- |-------2-------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
- |---------5-2---|-------------|-------------|-------------|
- |-5---5-------1-|-1---1-1---1-|-3---3-3-----|-3---0-3---3-|
- |---------------|-------------|-----------3-|-------------|
- 1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &
-
- SONG STRUCTURE:
- Intro(x4)
- Verse(x2)
- Chorus(x2)
- Verse(x2)
- Chorus(x2)
- Verse(x1-2nd time ending)
- Chorus(x2)
- Verse(1st solo)(x1-2nd time ending)
- Chorus(x2)
- Verse(x1)
- Chorus(x2)
- 2nd Solo(x1)
- Chorus(x2)
- Chorus Variations(x3)(Fade Out)
-
-
- Submitted by: Johari Taylor (viking@powerup.com.au)
-