Originally in Dm, I play in Am capo 5
| Am | Am | Am | Am/G |
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| Am | G | F | E | |
| You get a | shiver in the dark, it’s | raining in the | park but | meantime |
| Am | G | F | E |
| South of the river you s | top and you h | old everyth | ing |
| C | G |
| A band is blowing Dixie double f | our time |
| F | Am |
| You feel alright when you hear that music r | ing |
| Am | F | G |
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| Am | G | F | E | |
| Well now, you | step inside but you | don’t see | too many f | aces |
| Am | G | F | E |
| Coming in out of the | rain to hear the | jazz go | down |
| C | G |
| Competition in other p | laces |
| F | Am |
| Oh, but the horns they blowin’ that | sound |
| F | G |
| → | Way on down south |
| F | G |
| → | Way on down south |
| Am |
| London Town |
| Am | G | F | C/G | G | C/G | G |
| → | → | → | → |
| Am | G | F | C/G | G | C/G | G |
| → | → | → | → |
| Am | G | F | E | |
| You check out | Guitar George, | he knows | all the chords |
| Am | G | F | E |
| Mind he’s strictly rhythm he | doesn’t want to | make it cry | or sing |
| C | G |
| They say an old guitar is | all he can afford |
| F | Am |
| When he gets up under the lights to play his thi | ng |
| Am | F | G |
| → |
| Am | G | F | E |
| And Harry doesn’t | mind | if he doesn’t | make the scene |
| Am | G | F | E |
| He’s got a daytime | job, he’s | doin’ al | right |
| C | G |
| He can play the honky tonk like a | nything |
| F | Am |
| Saving it up for Friday night |
| F | G |
| → | With the Sultans |
| F | G | Am |
| → | With the Sultans of | Swing |
| Am | G | F | C/G | G | C/G | G |
| → | → | → | → |
| Am | G | F | C/G | G | C/G | G |
| → | → | → | → |
| Am | G | F | E | |
| Then a | crowd of young boys, they’re | foolin’ a | round in the | corner |
| Am | G | F | E |
| Drunk and dressed in their best | brown baggies | and their plat | form soles |
| C | G |
| They don’t give a damn about about any | trumpet playin’ band |
| F | Am |
| It ain’t what they call rock and r | oll |
| F | G |
| → | And the Sultans |
| F | G | Am |
| → | Yeah, the Sultans, they play | Creole |
| Am | G | F | C/G | G | C/G | G |
| → | → | → | Creole | → |
| Am | G | F | C/G | G | C/G | G |
| → | → | → | → |
Solo on verse chords
| Am | G | F | E | E |
| Am | G | F | E | E |
| C | C | G | G | |
| F | F | Am | Am | F |
| G | G | F | G | G |
| Am | G | F | C/G | G | C/G | G |
| → | → | → | → |
| Am | G | F | C/G | G | C/G | G |
| → | → | → | → |
| Am | G | F | E |
| And then the man he st | eps right | up to the m | icrophone |
| Am | G | F | E |
| And says at l | ast just as the | time bell | ring |
| C | G |
| Goodnight, now it’s t | ime to go home |
| F | Am |
| Then he makes it fast with one more th | ing |
| F | G | F | G |
| → | We are the Sultans |
| F | G | Am |
| → | We are the Sultans of | Swing |
| Am | G | F | C/G | G | C/G | G |
| → | → | → | → |
| Am | G | F | C/G | G | C/G | G |
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