[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)
[Verse] [D] I like the [G] way your sparkling [D] earrings [G] lay [D] Against your [G] skin so brown [A7][A7] [D] And i want to [G] sleep with you in [D] the desert to [G] night [D] With a million [G] stars all a [A7] round [A7] Cause i got a
[Chorus] [G] peaceful [G] easy [D] feel-ing [D] [G] And i know you [G] won't let me down [Em][A7] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7] on the ground
[Vamp] [D][G][D][G]
[Verse] [D] And i found [G] out a long [D] time a [G] go [D] What a woman can [G] do to your [A7] soul [A7] [D] Ah, but [G] she can't take you a [D] any [G] way [D] You don't already [G] know how to go [A7] cause I got a
[Chorus] [G] peaceful [G] easy [D] feel-ing [D] [G] And i know you [G] won't let me down [Em][A7] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7] on the ground
[Vamp] [D][G][D][G]
[Solo - Verse run through then] G G G G D D D D G G G G A7 A7 A7 A7 D D G G G G A7 A7
[Verse] [D] I get the [G] feeling i may [D] know [G] you [D] As a lover [G] and a [A7] friend [A7] [D] But this [G] voice keeps whispering [D] in my other [G] ear Tells me i [D] I may never [G] see you a [A7] gain [A7]
[Chorus] [G] peaceful [G] easy [D] feel-ing [D] [G] And i know you [G] won't let me down [Em][A7] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7][D] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7][D] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7][A7] on the ground
