[Intro Lead]

[Am] [G] [Am] [G]

[Verse 1]

           [Am]
You get a shiver in the dark
         [G]           [F]       [E]
it's raining in the park but meantime
[Am]                      [G]           [F]           [E]
south of the river you stop and you hold everything
[C]                   [G]
a band is blowing Dixie double four time
        [F]                                 [Am]    [F-G]
you feel alright when you hear that music ring

               [Am]              [G]        [F]           [E]
(Now) you step inside but you don't see too many faces
 [Am]                   [G]                        [F]       [E]
coming in out of the rain to (you) hear the jazz go down
[C]                       [G]
too much competition too many other places
[F]                                    [Am]
but not too many horns can make that sound
(But not too many horns are blowing that sound)

[Chorus 1]

[F]-[G]
        way on downsouth
[F]-[G]
        way on downsouth

[Am]              [Am]-[G]-[F]-[G]       [Am]-[G]-[F]-[G]
London town

[Verse 2]

                [Am]          [G]       [F]           [E]
you check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
[Am]                                                 [G]    [F]            [E]
mind he's (his) strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
[C]                       [G]
and an old guitar is all he can afford
[F]                                               [Am]   [F-G]
when he gets up under the lights to play his thing
[Am]                      [G]      [F]         [E]
  (and) harry doesnb't mind if he doesn't make the scene
[Am]             [G]        [F]                   [E]
  he('s) got a daytime job he's doing al(l)right
[C]                               [G]
  he can play honky tone just like anything
(He can play the honky tonk like anything)
[F]                       [Am]       [F]-[G]
  saving it up for friday night

[Chorus 2]

                   [F]-[G]
with the sultans
                     [Am]     [Am]-[G]-[F]-[G]
with the sultans of swing
                             [Am]-[G]-[F]-[G]

[Verse 3]

        [Am]                          [G]           [F]             [E]
and a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
[Am]                                    [G]                [F]            [E]
drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
[C]                                       [G]
they don't give a damn about ('bout) any trumpet playing band
   [F]                            [Am]      [F]-[G]
it ain't what they call rock and roll

[Chorus 3]

                 [F-G]
and the sultans
                        [Am]     [Am]-[G]-[F]-[G]
and the sultans played creole
(Yeah the Sultans they played Creole)

                                [Am-G-F-G]

[Lead 1]


[Am]                    [G]         [F]          [E]
and then the man he steps right up to the microphone
[Am]          [G]                [F]          [E]    ([E7])
and says at last just as the time bell rings
[C]                           [G]
thank you goodnight now it's time to go home
        [F]                  [Am]           [F]-[G]
and he makes it fast with one more thing

[Chorus 4]

                   [F-G]
we are the sultans
                      [Am]        [Am]-[G]-[F]-[G]
we are the sultans of swing