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