Sultan of Swings

Dire Straits

You get a shiver in the (1) ___________

I t's raining in the (2) _____________ but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold (3) _______________
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
You feel alright when you hear that music (4) _____________

And now you step inside but you don't see too many (5) ______________ places
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go (6) _____________ down
Competition in other (7) _____________
But the horns be blowing that sound town
Way on downsouth, way on downsouth London (8) ____________ faces

You check out guitar George, he knows all the chores / chords
Mind he's strictly rhythm
He doesn't want to make it cry or think / sing
And an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under lights to play his thing / mind

_____ Saving it up for Friday night

_____ He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
_____ With the sultans….. with the sultans of swing
_____ And Harry doesn’t mind if he doesn’t make the scene
_____ He can play honky tonk like anything

Then the man he steps right (9) ________ to the microphone

And says (10) ________ last just as the time bell rings
'Goodnight, now it's time (11) ________ go home'
And he makes it fast (12) __________ one more thing
'We are the sultans... we are the sultans of swing’