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]