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Sultans Of Swing Lead

Track 1Guitar
TabSheetNotes
Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo: No capo

BPM: 200

    Intro
    Dm             C          Dm                                                        C              Dm
e|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--6----6----6----5----|-----6----6----6----|6---------6----6----|6-------------------|5-------------------|
G|--7----7----7----5----|-----7----7----7----|7---------7----7----|7-------------------|5-------------------|
D|--7----7----7----5----|-----7----7----7----|7---------7----7----|7-------------------|5-------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

                               Intro diddly
e|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--6----6----6----6----|-----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--7----7----7----7----|-----|---------------5----|5----5/---7---------|---------------7----|
D|--7----7----7----7----|-----|--------------------|--------------------|-----5/---7---------|
A|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

[ preview ends at bar 10 — the interactive score has the rest ]

                                                                                        "you get a shiver in the dark" "south of the river"
                                                                                        Dm   C    Bb   A

                                   Dm   C     Bb   A         ====  ==== ==== ==== ====  ==

    "band is blowin Dixie" "you feel alright"
    "double 4 time" (pluck)
    F         C               C    C    F     F    F    C    Bb

                                                                              "now you step inside" "comin' in out the rain"
              Bb         C                                                    Dm   C    Bb   A

                                                             Dm    C    Bb   A

                                         "competition in other places" "but the horns" "way on down south"
                                         F C C F F C F Bb Bb C x2       ==

                                                         CHORUS
                                                         "londontown" (1st ending)
                         (PRECHORUS)                     Dm C Bb F C x2 F C (2nd ending)

                                                                         "check out guitar George" "he knows all the chords"
                                                                         Dm   C    Bb   A

                                              ==         "when it's strictly rhythm"
                                        ====  ==         Dm   C    Bb   A

                                                                                   "an old guitar is all he can afford"

              ===             ==              "under the lights"

                                                         "Harry doesn't mind" "daytime job"
                                                         Dm   C    Bb   A

    Dm   C    Bb   A

    "he can play the honky tonk" "savin' it up" "with the Sultans" (proceed to chorus)
    F C C C F F C Bb Bb C x2                                                                           (PRECHORUS)

                                    "crowd of young boys" "platform shoes"
                                    C
                                    Dm   Bb   A                    =======    =======   =

         ===== ==

                                                                                  S)
    "don't give a damn" (prechorus) "sultans play creole" (chorus) ==== = (C O    U

          pos. X IX X IX X (hold bend) (*harmonics)                                (*   A major arpeggio Dm arpeggio

    )=============
    (*   )==========

                                        IX/X            (hold bend) ==== ========== ==== =

                         C major arpeggio
                         XII XI                                                         ====

                                              Dm arpeggio Bb arp C arp Bb arp
                                              X III V III

          III/V                               ====== ===                      (C   CHORUS O

    S)                              "Steps right up to the microphone" "time bell" Bb
    U                               Dm   C         A

                                                                         "goodnight"
                                              A                          F

    C              ====== ===                           Bb

              (prechorus to chorus)
              "SULTANS OF SWING"                              Second Solo

                                               C major/C6 arpeggio  ====== ========= ========

    ======== =========== =========== ======== =========== ============ ======== =========== ============= ========== ============= =========== ===== ==

               Dm pentatonic run

                                                                                        x2
                                                                                        Dm arpeggio Bb arpeggio
                                                                                        o
                                                        ==== ====       ====            o

                                                    C arpeggio

              o
              o

         \*   CHORUS
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Instruments
Guitar
Tracks
1
Tempo
200 BPM
Time signature
4/4
Tuning
E A D G B E
Difficulty
Advanced
Bars
201
Frets used
Frets 0-17
Techniques
pull-offs, slides, bends, hammer-ons, bend releases, muted notes
Published 21 Jan 2021

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Sultans Of Swing Lead is a Guitar score arranged by Trevor. Read it as tablature or as standard sheet music notation, play it back at any tempo, and practise it a bar at a time.

It is written in 4/4 at 200 BPM. The arrangement runs 201 bars. We grade it advanced — it stays between frets 0 and 17 and there are 7 chord shapes to learn. Playing it calls for pull-offs, slides, bends, hammer-ons, bend releases and muted notes.

Chords used: Dm, C, A#, A, F, A#5, C#dim. Each one links to its shapes and fingerings.

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