Mack The Knife Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Oh, the shark has pre[Am]tty teeth dear
And he shows [D]'em, pearly [G]white
Just a [Bm]jack [Bbm]knife [F#]has
[Am]MacHeath dear
And he keeps it [D]way out of sight
[G]

[Verse 2]
When that shark bites with his [Am]teeth,
dear
Scarlet billows [D]begin to [G]spread
[Bm]Fancy [G]whi[Bm]te gloves has[Bbdim]
[Bbm]MacHea[Bbdim]th dear[Am][Dsus4]
So there's [Am]never, [D]never a trace of red
[G]

[Verse 3]
[Eb]
On the side[Ab]walk,
[Fm]one [Bbm]Sunday m[Ab]orn [Bbm]ing[Eb]
[Bbm]Lies a body,
[Eb]oozin' life[Ab][Fm][Ab]
[Fm]Someone's [Ab]snea[Fm]k
[Cbdim]ing 'round the corne[Bbm]r
Could that someone perhaps perchance
be [Gb]Mack [Eb]The Knife?
[Fm]

[Verse 4]
[E]
From a [A]tug[Bm]boat,
[F#m]on the[A] river goi[Bm]ng slo[D]w[E]
A ce[Bm]ment [E]bag is dropping [A]down[F#m]
[A]You know that ce [C#m]ment i[A]s
[Cdim]for the weight d[Bm]ear[E]
[Bm]You can [D]make[E] a large bet
That bum's in town.
[A]

[Verse 5]
[F]
My man Louis [Gm]Miller,
he split the [Bb]scene [Cm]babe[Eb]
[F]After[Eb] draw[F]ing out all
the bread [Bb]from his stash
Now MacHeath [Dbdim]spend s
[C]like a [Cm]sailor
[Eb]Do you [F]suppose thi[Eb]s guy he
[F]did [Bb]something [F#]rash

[Verse 6]
Old Satchmo, [B]Louis [E]Arm[B]strong,
Bobby Dar[E]in
They did [C#m]this s[E]ong nice,
[C#m]Lady Ella t[F#]oo
They all sang it, [B]with so much feeling
That Old Blue Eyes,
he ain't gonna add anything new
But with this [Bdim]big fat band,

[Verse 7]
[Ddim]
jumping behind me
Swinging [A#]hard Jack. [G#dim]I know
[C#m]I can'[F#]t lose
When I tell you, all about [C#m]Mack
[F#]the knife babe
It's an offer, you can [G#m]never
refuse

[Verse 8]
We got Patrick Williams, [G]Bill Miller
playing that [C]piano
And [F]this [C]wonderful big[Am] big[Dm] band,
bringing up the rear
All the fat cats, in this band now
They make the [G]greatest sounds,
you're [Dm]ever gon[G]na hear

[Verse 9]
Oh Sookie Tawdry, Jenny Diver, [C]Polly

[Verse 10]
Peachum, Miss Lu- lu Brown
[C]Hey the line [Am]forms[Cdim],
on the [Gm]right [G]dear
Now [D]that[G][Dm][G][Dm][G]
MacHeath's back in [C]town
You'd better lock [Am]your [F#dim]doors,[F][C][F][C]
and call the law
Because MacHeath's back in town