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1.
Dm
You get a  shiver  in the dark, 
C Bb A
It’s  rain ing in the  park  but  mean time. 
Dm  C
South of the river you  stop 
Bb A
And you  hold  every thing. 
F  C
A band is blowing Dixie double  four  time. 
Bb 
You feel alright 
Dm Bb  C 
When you hear the music  ring. 
2.
Dm
You  step  inside but 
C Bb A
You  don’t  see  too  many  faces 
Dm  C
Coming in out of the  rain 
Bb A
To hear the  jazz  go  down. 
F  C 
Competition in other places, 
Bb  Dm Bb 
But the horns they’re blowing that  sound. 
C  Bb  C 
Way on downsouth,
Dm C  Bb  C 
Way on downsouth  Lond on town. 
Dm  C  Bb  C  C 
3.
Dm C 
You check  out  Guitar George, 
Bb  A 
He knows  all the chords. 
Dm 
Mind he’s strictly rhythm 
C Bb A
He  does n’t want to  make  it  cry  or sing. 
F  C
And an old guitar is  all  he can afford. 
Bb 
When he gets op under the lights 
Dm Bb  C 
To play his  thing. 
4.
Dm  C
And Harry doesn’t  mind 
Bb A
if  he doesn’t  make  the scene. 
Dm  C Bb A
He’s got a day-time  job,  he’s  doing  al- right. 
F  C
He can play the honky-tonk just like  anyt hing. 
Bb  Dm  Bb  C 
Saving it up, for Friday night. 
Bb  C 
With the sultans,
Dm  C  Bb  C 
With the Sultans of Swing. 
Dm  C  Bb  C  C 
5.
Dm
And a  crowd  of young boys, 
C Bb A
They’re  fool ing a- round  in the  corn er. 
Dm  C
Drunk and dressed in their best  brown  baggies 
Bb A
And  their platform  soles. 
F 
They don’t give a damn 
C
About any  trum pets playing band. 
Bb  Dm Bb 
It ain’t what they call rock  and  roll. 
C  Bb 
And the Sultans,
C  Dm C  Bb  C 
the Sultans played  Creo le. 
Dm  C  Bb  C  C 
solo
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6.
Dm  C
And then the man he  steps 
Bb A
Right  up  to the  micr ophone 
Dm  C Bb A
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 
And he makes fast with one more  thing 
C  Bb 
“We are the Sultans,
C  Dm  C  Bb  C 
We are the Sultans of Swing.” 
Dm  C  Bb  C  C 
solo
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