Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing (Bass Tab)

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This is how I play it, sounds quite fine to me. Don't mind the vertical lines, they're to keep things clear.
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-0-3-0--|
E|----------------------| (x4)

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D|---------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-3-3-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------------------------------| (x2)

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E|-------|------|------|------|---3-|---3-|------|--------------|

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D|---------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-3-3-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|---------------------------------| (x2)

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A|-----1-|---13|-3-1-3|-3-3-1|-1--1|-1--5|-5-1-5|1-1-1/3-3-3-3|1-1-1/3-3-3-3-3-|
E|------1|-1---|------|------|---3-|---3-|------|-------------|----------------|

G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|5-5-3-1-1----1-3-3-1-3-3--|
E|----------3-3-------------| (x2)

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D|-------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-3-3-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|-------------------------------------| (x2)

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E|------1|-1----|------|------|---3-|---3-|------|----------------|

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D|-------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-3-3-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|-------------------------------------| (x2)

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A|-----1-|---1-3|-3-1-3|-3-3-1|-1--1|-1--5|-5-1-5|1-1-1/3-3-3-3|1-1-1/3-3-3-3-3-|
E|------1|-1----|------|------|---3-|---3-|------|-------------|----------------|

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D|---------------------------|
A|5-5-3-1-1-----1-3-3-1-3-3--|
E|----------3-3--------------| (x2)

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D|-------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-3-3-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|-------------------------------------| (x2)

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E|------1|-1---|------|------|---3-|---3-|------|-------------|----------------|

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D|---------------------------|
A|5-5-3-1-1-----1-3-3-1-3-3--|
E|----------3-3--------------| (x2)

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D|-------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-3-3-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|-------------------------------------| (x2)

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E|------1|-1---|------|------|---3-|---3-|------|-------------|----------------|

G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|5-5-3-1-1-----1-3-3-1-3-3--|
E|----------3-3--------------| (x2)

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D|-------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-3-3-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|-------------------------------------| (x2)

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D|-3-3---|-----|------|------|-----|-----|------|-------------|----------------|
A|-----1-|---13|-3-1-3|-3-3-1|-1--1|-1--5|-5-1-5|1-1-1/3-3-3-3|1-1-1/3-3-3-3-3-|
E|------1|-1---|------|------|---3-|---3-|------|-------------|----------------|

G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|5-5-3-1-1-----1-3-3-1-3-3--|
E|----------3-3--------------| (x4)

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D|---7-5-3--------------------|
A|5-5-----1-1-----1-3-3-1-3-3-|
E|------------3-3-------------| until the end
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