Dm C Bb A
you get a shiver in the dark it's raining in the park but meantime
Dm C Bb Asouth of the river you stop and you hold everything
a band is blowing Dixie double four time
Bb Dm Bb-Doyou feel alright when you hear that music ring
Dm C Bb A
you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Dm C Bb Acoming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
too much competition too many other places
Bb Dmbut not too many horns can make that sound
Bb-Doway on downsouth
way on downsouth
Dm Dm-Do-Sib-Do Dm-Do-Sib-DoLondon town
Dm C Bb Ayou check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F Cand an old guitar is all he can afford
Bb Dm Bb-Dowhen he gets up under the lights to play his thing
And harry doesnb't mind if he doesn't make the scene
Dm C Bb Ahe's got a daytime job he's doing allright
F Che can play honky tone just like anything
saving it up for friday night
Bb-Dowith the sultans
Dm Dm-Do-Sib-Do Dm-Do-Sib-Dowith the sultans of swing
and a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Dm C Bb Adrunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
F Cthey don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
it ain't what they call rock and roll
Bb-Doand the sultans
Dm Dm-Do-Sib-Do Dm-Do-Sib-Doand the sultans played creole
and then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dm C Bb Aand says at last just as the time bell rings
F Cthank you goodnight now it's time to go home
and he makes it fast with one more thing
Bb-Dowe are the sultans
Dm Dm-Do-Sib-Do Dm-Do-Sib-Dowe are the sultans of swing
It was a song by Dire Straits debut, and is also among the most famous, thanks to clever fills and solos by Mark Knopfler to that mix and technical virtuosity in his fingerpicking