SULTANS OF SWING :Dire Straits
tabbed by: rutgerpol
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South of the river you stop and you hold everything A band is blowing dixie
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double four time You feel alright when you hear that music ring
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You 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 too many other places
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But not too many horns can make that sound way on downsouth
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way on downsouth London town
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You check out guitar george
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he knows all the chords Mind he strictly rhythm he doesn’t want to make it cry or sing
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And an old guitar is all
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he can afford when he gets up under the lights to play his thing
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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 he can play
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honky tonk just like anything saving it up for Friday night
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with the sultans with the sultans of swing
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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 *** about any trumpet plating band It ain’t what they call rock’nroll
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And the sultans
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And the sultans played creole
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And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
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And says at last just as the time bell rings Goodnight now it’s time to go home
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And he makes it fast with one more thing We are the sultans
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we are the sultans of swing
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