(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