[Verse 1] Umm, [C] I would take the stars out of the sky for you, [Am7] Stop the rain from falling, if you asked me to, [Dm7] I'd do anything for you, your [Am7] wish is my command, [Dm7] I could move a mountain when your [G7sus4] hand is in my [G7] hand
[Verse 2] Umm, [C] Words cannot express how much you mean to me, [Am7] There must be some other way to make you see, [Dm7] If it takes my heart and soul, You [Am7] know I'd pay the price, [Dm7] Everything that I possess, I'd [G7sus4] gladly sacri - [G7] fice
[Chorus] Oh, [C] you to me are everything, The [Cmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing, Oh, [Dm7] baby, ...oh, [G7sus4] baby! [G7] To [C] you, I guess, I'm just a clown, Who [Cmaj7] picks you up each time you're down, Oh, [Dm7] baby, ...oh, [G7sus4] baby! [G7]
[Bridge] You [Dm7] give me just a taste of love... To [G7sus4] build my hopes u - [G7] pon, You [Dm7] know you got the power, girl, To [G7sus4] keep me holding [G7] on, So ... [C] now you've got the [Cmaj7] best of me, Come [Dm7] on, and take the [G7sus4] rest of me, C Am7 Dm7 G7sus4 G7 Oh, baby!
[Verse 3] Umm, [C] though you're close to me, we seem so far apart, [Am7] Maybe, given time, you'll have a change of heart, [Dm7] If it takes forever, girl, then [Am7] I'm prepared to wait, The [Dm7] day you give your love to me... Won't [G7sus4] be a day too [G7] late
[Chorus] Oh, [C] you to me are everything, The [Cmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing, Oh, [Dm7] baby, ...oh, [G7sus4] baby! [G7] To [C] you, I guess, I'm just a clown, Who [Cmaj7] picks you up each time you're down, Oh, [Dm7] baby, ...oh, [G7sus4] baby! [G7]
[Bridge] You [Dm7] give me just a taste of love... To [G7sus4] build my hopes u - [G7] pon, You [Dm7] know, you got the power, girl, To [G7sus4] keep me holding [G7] on, So ... [C] now you've got the [Cmaj7] best of me, Come [Dm7] on, and take the [G7sus4] rest of me, C Am7 Em9 A7sus4 A7 Oh, baby! | / / / / |
[Chorus] Oh, [D] you, to me, are everything, The [Dmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing, Oh, [Em9] baby! Oh, baby! Oh, [A7sus4] baby! Yes, I [A7] need you, baby, [D] you to me are everything, The [Dmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing, oh, [Em9] baby, You are [A7sus4] everything to me, [A7] can't you see?
[Chorus] [D] You to me are everything, The [Dmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing, oh, [Em9] baby, Oh, [A7sus4] baby, ...you're [A7] everything, [D] You to me are everything, The [Dmaj7] sweetest song that I could sing...
[Suggested ending - slow down over this line] Oh, [Em9] baby, ...you are [A7sus4] every - [A7] thing... to... [Dmaj7] me
[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)
