Intro: C#m B B C#m B B C#m You get a shiver in the dark B A G# itʼs raining in the park but meantime C#m B A G# south of the river you stop and you hold everything E B a band is blowing Dixie double four time A C#m A B you feel alright when you hear that music ring C#m B A G# (Now) you step inside but you donʼt see too many faces C#m B A G# Coming in out of the rain to (you) hear the jazz go down E B Too much competition too many other places A C#m But not too many horns can make that sound A C#m (But not too many horns are blowing that sound) A B Way on downsouth A B Way on downsouth C#m C#m B A B C#m B A B London town C#m B A G# You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords C#m Mind heʼs (his) strictly rhythm B A G# He doesnʼt want to make it cry or sing E B And an old guitar is all he can afford A C#m A B When he gets up under the lights to play his thing C#m B A G# (And) harry doesnbʼt mind if he doesnʼt make the scene C#m B A G# He(ʼs) got a daytime job heʼs doing al(l)right E B He can play honky tone just like anything E B (He can play the honky tonk like anything) A C#m A B Saving it up for friday night A B With the sultans C#m C#m B A B With the sultans of swing C#m B A B C#m And a crowd of young boys theyʼre B A G# Fooling around in the corner C#m drunk and dressed in their best brown B A G# Baggies and their platform soles E They donʼt give a damn about B (ʼBout) any trumpet playing band A C#m A B It ainʼt what they call rock and roll A B And the sultans C#m C#m B A B And the sultans played creole C#m C#m B A B (Yeah the Sultans they played Creole) C#m B A B C#m B A G# And then the man he steps right up to the microphone C#m B A G# And says at last just as the time bell rings E B Thank you goodnight now itʼs time to go home A C#m A B And he makes it fast with one more thing A B We are the sultans C#m C#m B A B We are the sultans of swing Outro: C#m B A B
