Key: Dm
Introduction: Dm Dm Dm/C* Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm/C*
Dm C A# A
You get a shiver in the dark, it' s raining in the park but meantime
Dm C A# A
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
F C
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
A# Dm A# C
You feel alright when you hear that music ring
Dm C A# A
Well now, you step inside but you don' t see too many faces
Dm C A# A
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
F C
Competition in other places
A# Dm
Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound
A# C
way on down south
A# C
way on down south
Dm
London Town
Dm C A# C
Dm C A# C
Dm C A# A
You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords
Dm C A# A
Mind he' s strictly rhythm he doesn' t want to make it cry or sing
F C
They say an old guitar is all he can afford
A# Dm A# C
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
Dm C A# A
And Harry doesn' t mind if he doesn' t make the scene
Dm C A# A
He' s got a daytime job, he' s doin' alright
F C
He can play the honky tonk like anything
A# Dm A# C
Saving it up for Friday night
A# C
with the Sultans
Dm
with the Sultans of Swing
Dm C A# C
Dm C A# C
Dm C A# A
Then a crowd of young boys, they' re foolin' around in the corner
Dm C A# A
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
F C
They don' t give a damn about about any trumpet playin' band
A# Dm A# C
It ain' t what they call rock and roll
A# C
and the Sultans
Dm
Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole
Dm C A# C
... Creole
Dm C A# C
Dm C A# A
Dm C A# A
F C
A# Dm A#
C A# C
Dm C A# C
Dm C A# C
Dm C A# A
And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dm C A# A (A7)
And says at last just as the time bell ring
F C
Goodnight, now it' s time to go home
A# Dm A# C
Then he makes it fast with one more thing
A# C
We are the Sultans
Dm
We are the Sultans of Swing
Dm C A# C
Dm C A# C
Dm C A# C
(repeat and fade, approx x7)