[Intro]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
[Verse 1]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
You feel alright when you hear that music ring
[Verse 2]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
Well now, you step inside but you don't see too many faces
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
Competition in other places
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b>
Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
way on down south
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
way on down south
<b class="chord">Dm</b>
London Town
[Instrumental]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
[Verse 3]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
They say an old guitar is all he can afford
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
[Verse 4]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
He can play the honky tonk like anything
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
Saving it up for Friday night
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
with the Sultans
<b class="chord">Dm</b>
with the Sultans of Swing
[Instrumental]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
[Verse 5]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
Then a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
They don't give a damn about about any trumpet playin' band
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
It ain't what they call rock and roll
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
and the Sultans
<b class="chord">Dm</b>
Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole
[Instrumental]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
... Creole
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
[Lead]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b>
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
[Instrumental]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
[Verse 6]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">A</b>
And says at last just as the time bell ring
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
Goodnight, now it's time to go home
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
Then he makes it fast with one more thing
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
We are the Sultans
<b class="chord">Dm</b>
We are the Sultans of Swing
[Instrumental]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
[Outro Solo]
<b class="chord">Dm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C</b>
(repeat and fade, approx )