• Song:

    Sultans Of Swing

  • Artist:

    Dire Straits

  • Album:

    Before We Became Famous

Love this song! Once you get the hang of it it's great fun. Order of the parts is:

Intro
Pre-verse
Verse Type 1
Pre-verse
Verse Type 2
Chorus
Pre-verse
Verse Type 2
Pre-verse
Verse Type 2
Chorus
Pre-verse
Verse Type 2
Chorus
Pre-verse
Verse Type 2
Chorus
Pre-verse
Verse Type 1
Chorus
Outro

On both verse phrases, the last part:

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-1-1-13-33-33-|
E---------------|

is sometimes repeated once, but it's pretty obvious to tell when this is. Enjoy!


Intro:
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-5-55-55--53030-|
E|----------------|x4



Pre-verse:
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|-5-55-53-31-10-00-00-00-0-----|
E|------------------------------|x2



Verse Type 1:
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3---0-3-3--0----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3--------0--3--3---0--3-3----3--1-1-----1-1--305-55-305--1-1-13-33-|
E|------------------------3-----------3------13----------------------------|

G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-33-3010---|
E|-----------|

Verse Type 2:
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------3------0-3-3---1-3-3----30-1-1-----0-1-1-305-55-305--1-1-13-33---|
E|---------1-1------------3-----------------1------------------------------|

G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-33-3010---|
E|-----------|


Chorus:
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-5--5531---1---1---3-3---1---3-3----03-|
E|------------33--3---------3------------|x2

Outro:

G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-5-55-5-1-1----0-3-3--1--3-3--03----|
E|--------------3--------3------------|

G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-5--5531---1---1---3-3---1---3-3----03-|
E|------------33--3---------3------------|x2

G|-----2-0---------------------------|
D|------3-0--0---0-------------------|
A|-5-5--------11--1-3-3--1--3-3------|
E|------------------------3----------|x to finish
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