Mark Knopfler – Sultans Of Swing (Bass Tab)

Intro:
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Verse 1 00:12
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You get a shiver in the dark
It's raining in the park but meantime

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South of the river you stop and you hold everything

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A band is blowing Dixie double four time

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You feel all right when you hear that music ring

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Verse 2 00:42
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You light step inside but you don't see too many faces

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Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down

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Too much competition you know the places

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But the horns, they blowing that sound

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Way on down south

Chorus 01:15
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Way on down south in London town

Verse 3 01:27
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You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords

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But it's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing

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Yes then an old guitar is all he can afford

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When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

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Verse 4 01:57
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And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene

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He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright

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He can play the honky tonk like anything

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Saving it up for Friday night

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With the Sultans

Chorus 02:29
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With the Sultans of swing

Verse 5 02:42
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And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner

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Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles

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They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band

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It ain't what they call rock and roll

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And the Sultans

Chorus 03:15
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Yeah, the Sultans play Creole...

Solo: 03:27
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Verse 6 04:14
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Then the man, he steps right up to the microphone

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And says at last just as the time bell rings


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"Goodnight, now it's time to go home"

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And he makes it fast with one more thing

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We are the Sultans

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We are the Sultans of Swing

Chorus bis instrumental: 04:46
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Finale: 05:18
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