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Gerry Rafferty-Baker Street - sr - 0

 [Intron  - Just bass drum]
A7sus4   F7sus4   G7sus4  (x3)
[Full drums]
F-riff - Strum to F to Fmaj7 and pull off 1st finger on 1st fret of high E to open E to imply the sax part
(F-riff) D5  (F-riff)   D5   (F-riff)   C   A7sus4  (F-riff) G (x2)
 
[Verse 1 - Snare is muted downstrum on strings - not slap]
A                Asus4    A            Asus4
 Winding your way down on Baker Street
A                Asus4   A                Asus4
 Lite in your head, and dead on your feet
        Em                   G
Well an- other crazy day, you drink the night away
        D            Dsus4   D
And for- get about e- very- thing
 
A                Asus4     A                 Asus4
 This city desert makes you feel so cold, it's got
A              Asus4    A           Asus4
 So many people but it's got no soul
       Em                    G
And it's taken you so long to find out you were wrong
        D                 Dsus4   D
When you thought it held e- very- thing
 
[Chorus 1]
Dm7                           Am   Asus2   Am
 You used to think that it was so ea-       sy
Dm7                         Am   Asus2   Am
 You used to say that it was so ea-        sy
   C             G            D     Dsus2 - D - Dsus4 - D
But you're tryin, you're tryin now
Dm7                        Am   Asus2   Am
 Another year and then you'd be ha-      ppy
Dm7                              Am   Asus2   Am
 Just one more year and then you'd be ha-      ppy
   C             G             A     F
But you're cryin', you're cryin' now
 
[Instrumental]
D5   F   D5   F   C   A7sus4   G   F
D5   F   D5   F   C   A7sus4   G   F
 
[Verse 2]
A                     Asus2     A                    Asus2
  Way down the street there's a light in his place
   A              Asus2          A                  Asus2
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
       Em                              G
And he asks you where you've been, you tell him who you've seen
        D            Dsus4   D
And you talk about a- ny-     thing
 
A                      Asus2   A                 Asus2
 He's got this dream a- bout   buyin' some land
          A                 Asus2   A                  Asus2
He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
    Em                              G
And then he'll settle down, in some quiet little town
        D           Dsus4   D
And for- get about e- very- thing
 
[Chorus 2]
Dm7                       Am   Asus2   Am
 But you know he'll always keep mo-     ving
Dm7                       Am   Asus2   Am
 You know he's never gonna stop mo-     ving
     C           G                 D
Cause he's rollin', he's the rolling stone
Dm7                         Am   Asus2   Am
 And when you wake up it's a new mor-     ning
Dm7                       Am   Asus2   Am
 The sun is shining it's a new   mor-    ning
    C            G            A      F
And you're going, you're going home
 
[Instrumental]
D5   F   D5   F   C   A7sus4   G   F   (x2)
 
A7sus4   F7sus4   G7sus4  (x3)
 
D5   F   D5   F   C   A7sus4   G   F
 fade
D5   F   D5   F   C   A7sus4   G   F

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Dire Straits-Sultans Of Swing

 [Intro]
| Dm     | Dm  Dm/C*|
| Dm     | Dm       |
| Dm     | Dm  Dm/C*| x2
 
[Verse 1]
          Dm                       C              Bb       A
You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime
Dm                        C            Bb         A
  South of the river you stop and you hold everything
F                                 C
  A band is blowing Dixie double four time
Bb                                            Dm    Bb - C
   You feel alright when you hear that music ring
 
[Verse 2]
              Dm                  C         Bb        A
Well 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
   Uh, but the horns they blowin' that sound
Bb - C
        way on down south
Bb - C
        way on down south
Dm
London Town
 
[Instrumental]
Dm - (C passing) Bb - C - C x 2
 
[Verse 3]
             Dm             C  Bb        A
You check out Guitar George,     he knows all the chords
Dm                             C               Bb          A
  Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F                           C
  They say 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
   And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
Dm                   C         Bb      A
  He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright
F                                  C
  He can play the honky tonk like anything
Bb                               Dm    Bb - C
   Saving it up for Friday night
                  Bb - C
with the Sultans
                    Dm
with the Sultans of Swing
 
[Instrumental]
Dm - (C passing) Bb - C - C x 2
 
[Verse 5]
       Dm                           C        Bb           A
Then a crowd of young boys, they're foolin' around in the corner
Dm                                C              Bb            A
   Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
F                                        C
  They don't give a damn about about any trumpet playin' band
Bb                                   Dm     Bb - C
   It ain't what they call rock and roll
                Bb - C
and the Sultans
                             Dm
Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole
 
[Instrumental]
Dm - (C passing) Bb - C - C
...             Creole
Dm - (C passing) Bb - C - C
 
[Lead]
| Dm     | C  Bb  | A      | A       |
| Dm     | C  Bb  | A      | A       |
| F      | F      | C      | C       |
| Bb     | Bb     | Dm     | Dm  Bb  |
| C      | C  Bb  | C      | C       |
 
[Instrumental]
Dm - (C passing) Bb - C - C x 2
 
[Verse 6]
Dm                       C         Bb         A
   And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dm              C               Bb        A    (A7)
   And says at last just as the time bell ring
F                      C
  Goodnight, now it's time to go home
Bb                                       Dm     Bb - C
   Then he makes it fast with one more thing
                   Bb - C
We are the Sultans
                      Dm
We are the Sultans of Swing
 
[Instrumental]
Dm - (C passing) Bb - C - C x 2
 
[Outro Solo]
Dm - (C passing) Bb - C - C x 2
(repeat and fade, approx x7)

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