REm DO SIb LA
you get a shiver in the dark it's raining in the park but meantime
REm DO SIb LAsouth of the river you stop and you hold everything
a band is blowing Dixie double four time
SIb REm SIb-Doyou feel alright when you hear that music ring
REm DO SIb LA
you step inside but you don't see too many faces
REm DO SIb LAcoming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
too much competition too many other places
SIb REmbut not too many horns can make that sound
SIb-Doway on downsouth
way on downsouth
REm REm-Do-Sib-Do REm-Do-Sib-DoLondon town
REm DO SIb LAyou check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
FA DOand an old guitar is all he can afford
SIb REm SIb-Dowhen he gets up under the lights to play his thing
And harry doesnb't mind if he doesn't make the scene
REm DO SIb LAhe's got a daytime job he's doing allright
FA DOhe can play honky tone just like anything
saving it up for friday night
SIb-Dowith the sultans
REm REm-Do-Sib-Do REm-Do-Sib-Dowith the sultans of swing
and a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
REm DO SIb LAdrunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
FA DOthey don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
it ain't what they call rock and roll
SIb-Doand the sultans
REm REm-Do-Sib-Do REm-Do-Sib-Doand the sultans played creole
and then the man he steps right up to the microphone
REm DO SIb LAand says at last just as the time bell rings
FA DOthank you goodnight now it's time to go home
and he makes it fast with one more thing
SIb-Dowe are the sultans
REm REm-Do-Sib-Do REm-Do-Sib-Dowe are the sultans of swing
It was a song by Dire Straits debut, and is also among the most famous, thanks to clever fills and solos by Mark Knopfler to that mix and technical virtuosity in his fingerpicking