SULTANS OF SWING
Dire Straits • Key:
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SULTANS OF SWING
Dire Straits
#key: Dm
Intro lead
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you get a s
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hiver in the dark
its rain
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ing in the p
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ark but m
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eantime
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south of the river you s
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top and you
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hold everyth
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ing
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a band is blowing Di
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xie double four time
you feel
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alright when you hear that music r
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ing
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you step
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inside but you d
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on't see
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too many fac
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es
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coming in out of the
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rain to hear the ja
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zz go do
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wn
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too much competition too
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many other places
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but not too many horns can make that s
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ound
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way on downsouth
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way on downsouth
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London town
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you check out gu
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itar george
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he knows
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all the cho
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rds
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mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to
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make
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it cry or sing
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F
and an old guitar is all
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he can afford
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when he gets up under the lights to play his thi
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ng
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C
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and harry doesnb't m
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ind if
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he doesn't
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make the scene
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he's got a
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daytime j
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ob he's doing alri
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ght
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he can play honky tone just li
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ke anything
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saving it up for frida
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y night
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C
with the sultans
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with the sultans of s
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wing
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and a cr
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owd of young boys they're fo
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oling around
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in the corner
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drunk and dressed in their best brown
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baggies and their
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platform sol
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es
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they don't give a damn about any
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trumpet playing band
it
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ain't what they call rock and
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roll
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C
and the sultans
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C
and the sultans played c
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reole
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Lead 1: ( chords:Follow 1 full verse)
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and then the man he st
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eps right
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up to the m
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icrophone
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and says at
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last just as the
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time bell r
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ings
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thank you goodnight now it's
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time to go home
and he m
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akes it fast with on
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e more thing
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we are the sultans
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we are the sultans of
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swing
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