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- From: nickw@chilli.reo.dec.com (nick williams)
-
- Dmin (5th posn) Cmaj (3rd pos) Bbmaj
- (1st pos) A7 (1st pos)
- You get a shiver in the dark, its raining in the park the
- meantime
-
- Dmin Cmaj Bbmaj
- A7
- Sound of the river you can hear
- everything
-
- Fmaj (1st pos) Cmaj (3p)
- A band is blowing dixie - double four time
-
- Bbmaj (1p) Dmin (5p)
- You go inside when you hear the music play
-
-
- Bbmaj Dmin Bbmaj-(slide)-Cmaj (short fill)
-
-
- The rest of the song continues with the same chord structure, but between
- some verses there is a long-fill/chorus which is:
-
- Bbmaj Dmin Bbmaj-slide-C
- We are the sultans
- Bbmaj Dmim Bbmaj-slide- C Dmin
- we are the sultans of swing
- Dmin Cmaj Bbmaj-slide-C Dmin C {repeat once}
-
-
- Note -
-
- The Bb-Dmin-Bbmaj-C part in the chorus can be quite tricky if the song is
- played at a fast tempo. One trick is just to play strings 2,3,4 (using the
- first finger for Bb and C). Then, the Dmin shape can be fingered on top of
- the C shape using fingers 2,3,4.
-
- Enjoy....
-
- Nick the Pick
-
-
- From: fact1@gipsy34.cs.uni-sb.de (Detlef Anton)
-
- Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
-
- 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
- 1.25 0.5 2.25 4.0
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