Intro
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1. You get a shiver
in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime,
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south of the river you stop and you hold
everything.
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A band is blowing Dixie double four time,
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you feel alright when you hear that music
ring.
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2. Well, now you step
inside, but you don't see too many faces,
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coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go
down.
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Too much competition, too many other
places,
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but not too many horns can blow that
sound.
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Way on down south, way on down south London Town.
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3. You check out
Guitar George, he knows all the chords,
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mind he's strictly rhythm, he doesn't want to
make it cry or sing.
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This and an old guitar is all he can afford,
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when he gets up under the lights to play his
thing.
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F E
4. And Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't
make the scene.
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he's got a daytime job, he's doing alright.
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He can play honkytonk like anything, saving it up for Friday night,
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with the Sultans, with the Sultans of Swing.
(Dire Straits)