Key: F
Introduction: Am
Am
you get a shiver in the dark
G
F
E
it's raining in the park but meantime
Am
G
F
E
south of the river you stop and you hold everything
C
G
a band is blowing Dixie double four time
F
Am
F
you feel alright when you hear that music ring
Am
G
F
E
you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Am
G
F
E
coming in out of the rain to (you) hear the jazz go down
C
G
too much competition from all the places
F
Am
but not too many horns can make that sound
F
way on downsouth
F
way on downsouth
Am
F
G
C
G
London town
Am
F
G
C
G
Am
G
F
E
you check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Am
G
F
mind he's (his) strictly rhythm he doesn't want to
E
make it cry
C
G
and an old guitar is all he can afford
F
Am
F
when he gets up under the lights to play his thing
F
and the sultans
Am
and the sultans played creole
Am
G
F
E
Am
G
F
E
C
G
F
Am
F
Am
G
F
E
and then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Am
G
F
E
and says at last just as the time bell rings
C
G
goodnight now it's time to go home
F
Am
F
and he makes it fast with one more thing
F
we are the sultans
Am
we are the sultans of swing
Am
Am
Am