[Intro]
Dm
[Verse 1]
Dm
You get a shiver in the dark
C Bb A A7
it's a raining in the park but meantime
Dm C Bb A A
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
F C
A band is blowing Dixie double fourtime
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You feel alright when you hear the music ring
[Verse 2]
Dm C Bb A A
Now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Dm C Bb A
coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
F C
Competition in other places
Bb Dm
Er, but the horns they're blowing that sound
Bb C Bb C
way on downsouth, way on downsouth,
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London town
[Verse 3]
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You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords,
Dm C Bb A A
mind he's strictly rhythm, he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F C
Yes and an old guitar is all he can afford
Bb Dm Bb C
when he gets up under the lights to play his thing
[Verse 4]
Dm C Bb A A
And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
Dm C Bb A A7
he's got a daytime job he's doing alright
F C
He can play the honkytonk like anything
Bb Dm
saving it up Friday night
Bb C Bb C
with the Sultans, with the Sultans of
Dm C Bb C C Dm C Bb C
swing
[Verse 5]
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And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Dm C Bb A A
drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
F C
They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band,
Bb Dm
it ain't what they call rock and roll
Bb C Bb C
and the Sultans, yeah the Sultans they play
Dm C Bb C C Dm C Bb C
Creole (Creole) (ah, ah)
Dm C Bb A A7
Dm C Bb A A
F C
Bb Dm Bb
C Bb C
Dm C Bb C
Dm C Bb C
[Verse 6]
Dm C Bb A7 A7
And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dm C Bb A A
and says at last just as the time bell rings
F C
Goodnight now it's time to go home
Bb Dm
And he makes it fast with one more thing
Bb C Bb C
we are the Sultans, we are the Sultans of
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swing
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