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Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straits

You get a shiver in the dark
It's (1)______________ in the park, but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing dixie (2)____________ (3)________ time
You feel alright when you hear (4)________ (5)__________ ring

Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to (6)________ the jazz go down
Competition in (7)__________ places
Ah but the horns, they blowin' that sound
Way on down south
Way on down south, London town

Check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords
Mind he's strictly rhythm, he doesn't (8)________ to (9)________ it cry or sing
Yes and an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up (10)__________ the lights to play his thing

And Harry doesn't (11)________ if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright
He can (12)________ the (13)__________ tonk like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
With the Sultans
We're the Sultans of Swing

Then a crowd of young boys, they're fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
It ain't what they call rock and roll
Then the Sultans
Yeah, the (14)______________ they played creole
Creole

And then the man, he (15)__________ right up to the microphone
And (16)________ at last (17)________ as the time (18)________ rings
Goodnight, now it's time to go home
Then he makes it fast (19)________ one (20)________ thing
We are the Sultans
We are the Sultans of (21)__________
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(1) raining(2) double(3) four(4) that(5) music(6) hear(7) other(8) want(9) make(10) under(11) mind(12) play(13) honky(14) Sultans(15) steps(16) says(17) just(18) bell(19) with(20) more(21) Swing