You get a [Dm]shiver in the dark
it’s [C]raining in the [Bb]park but [A]meantime
[Dm]south of the river you [C]stop and you [Bb]hold [A]everything
[F]a band is blowing [C]Dixie double four time
you feel [Bb]alright when you hear that music [Dm]ring [Bb][C]
Verse 1
(Now) you step [Dm]inside but you [C]don’t see [Bb]too many [A]faces
[Dm]coming in out of the [C]rain to (you) hear the [Bb]jazz go [A]down
[F]too much competition too [C]many other places
[Bb]but not too many horns can make that [Dm]sound
(But not too many horns are blowing that sound)
[Bb][C]way on down south
[Bb][C]way on down south
[Dm]London town [Dm][C][Bb][C][Dm][C][Bb][C]
Instrumental
[Dm][C][Bb][C]
[Dm][C][Bb][C]
Verse 2
you check out [Dm]Guitar George [C]he knows [Bb]all the [A]chords
[Dm]mind he’s (his) strictly rhythm he doesn’t want to [C]make [Bb]it cry or [A]sing
[F]and an old guitar is all [C]he can afford
[Bb]when he gets up under the lights to play his [Dm]thing[Bb][C]
[Dm](and) harry doesn’t [C]mind if [Bb]he doesn’t [A]make the scene
[Dm]he(‘s) got a [C]daytime [Bb]job he’s doing [A]al(l)right
[F]he can play honky tone just [C]like anything
(He can play the honky-tonk like anything)
[Bb]saving it up for [Dm]Friday night [Bb][C]
with the sultans [Bb][C]with the sultans of [Dm]swing
Instrumental
[Dm][C][Bb][C]
[Dm][C][Bb][C]
Verse
And a [Dm]crowd of young boys they’re [C]fooling around [Bb]in the [A]corner
[Dm]drunk and dressed in their best brown [C]baggies and their [Bb]platform [A]soles
[F]they don’t give a damn about (’bout) any [C]trumpet playing band
it [Bb]ain’t what they call rock and [Dm]roll[Bb][C]and the sultans [Bb][C]
and the sultans played [Dm]creole (Yeah the Sultans they played Creole)
Instrumental
[Dm][C][Bb][C]
[Dm][C][Bb][C]
Lead 1
[Dm]and then the man he [C]steps right [Bb]up to the [A]microphone
[Dm]and says at [C]last just as the [Bb]time bell [A]rings[A7]
[F]thank you goodnight now it’s [C]time to go home
and he [Bb]makes it fast with [Dm]one more thing[Bb][C]
we are the sultans [Bb][C], we are the sultans of [Dm]swing [Dm][C][Bb][C]
Outtro
[Dm][C][Bb][C]
