Mack The Knife Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]1928, the Threepenny Opera.
A single singer playing his
own accompaniments
would find it hard to do justice to
the [C]Threepenny Opera.
[G]But there are at least two songs in it
that the harmonium does seem suited to,
and which I shall try to sing.
The first is Moritat von Mekimessa,
better known to Americans
as Mack of the Knife.
I won't be [D]singing the more
famili[Am]ar verses,
[G]but just three stanzas
which Brecht added for the film.
They end the film and provide
[C]a moral.[G]
[C][Am][D][G]
[C][G]
[C#]Here[C] it co[Am]mes, the happy [C]ending
Westward [D]look, the [C]land is [Am]bright
[C]When [G]you've money [Am]in your po[D]cket
Thing[Am]s will [D]generally come [C]right
[Am]Smith [C]ac [Am]cuses[C] Jones of things
which [G]Only [D]Smith may perpetrate
[C]But the[G] ending[Am]'s happy
when [D]they [Am]jointly [D]rub the poor
man's [C]plate.[Am][C]
[Am]Some are children of the [C]darkness.
[D]Some are children of the [C]sun.
[G]You can [Am]see the sons of sun[D]shine.
Sons of dark are seen [C]by [Am]none.[C][C#]