Mack The Knife Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Hey, the shark has pretty [Am]teeth, dear
And he's [D]chosen, chosen pearly [G]white
Just a jackknife [Bbdim]has
macked [Am]him, dear
And he keeps it,
keep[D]s it way out of s[G]ight
When the shark bites with his [A]teeth[Am],
dear
Scarlet [D]billows, they start to [G]spray
Fancy [Bm]gloves, [G]tho[Bm]ugh,
[G]wea[Bbdim]r his mack, he, dear[Am]
So this never, [D]never, never trays [G]away
[Eb]On the sidew[Ab]alk one[Fm]
[Ab]Sund[Fm]ay morning[Bbm]
[Db]Lies [Bbm]a body[Dbdim] oozing lig[Eb]ht[Gdim][Eb][Ab]
[Fm]Someone's snea[Ab]king around
[Cbdim]the corner[Db]
Could that [Bbm]someone perchance
[Eb]be Mack the Knif[Ab]e?[E]
From a [A]tugboat by the [D]river go[Bm]ing slow
The [E]seaman's bag's
droppin' [A]down
[F#m]An d t[A]he [E]seam[A]an's just[Ebdim],
just for the [Bm]weight, dear
I bet you, Mackey, yeah,
[E]he's back in tow[A]n[F]
Woman Liz[Bb]a, she split the se[Cm]ed, babe
[F]After [Cm]throwin' out all
[F]the bread in his sta[Bb]sh
[Gm]And Mac [Bb]Heath's band's
[Gm]just[C#dim] like a band now[Cm]
Did our boy do,
did he [F]do something [Bb]right?[F][Cm][F#]
While [B]all [G#m]of us,
[B]Robbie Chatter[C#m]ley,[A]
[C#m]Sheila [E]Boozer,[C#m]
[E]an [C#m]d Tressie Quay[B]
They all sag it, [Bdim]sag it[Ddim]
[Bdim]with such fe[E]eling
[C#m]That o[A]ld [F#m]Bobby [F#]can't[C#m] add nothin' n[F#]ew Cirkee[B] Tavern,[G][C]
[F]oh,[C] Jo[Am]hnny[C] Dewar[Dm][F]
[Dm]Polly [G]Pitchum and
Miss Lucy [Am]Brown
[C]Un [G]der [C]life [Am]form[C]s[Am]
[Ebdim]of the right gear[G]
Now that [Dm]Mackie, [G]yea[Dm]h,
[G]old Mackie[Dm]
[G]Mackie's back in [C]town[Am][Adim][Cm]
[C][Am][F][Adim][C][Am][Adim]
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