Mack The Knife Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][D][Am][D][Am][D][Am][G]
[D][Em][Am][D][Am][D][G][Am][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Oh,
the shark, babe, has such [C]teeth, [Am]dear
And it shows [D]them pearly [G]white[D][Am][G]
[D]Just a [Em]jackknife has old MacHeath, b[Am]abe
And he keeps it,
[D]ah,[Am] out [D]of sight[G][D]
[Am]Ya know [G]when that shark bites with his teeth,
[Am]babe
[D]Scarlet [Am]bil [D]lows start to [G]spread
[D]Fancy [Em]gloves, [B]oh,
[Em]wears old MacHeath, babe[Am]
So there's [D]never, never a trace of red
[G]Now

[Verse 2]
[D]on [G]the sidewalk,
huh, huh, whoo sunny [Am]morning, un huh
[D]Lies [Am]a bod[D]y ju[Am]st oo[D]zin' life, eek[G]
And [D]someone's [Em]sneakin'
'round the [Am]corner
Could that [D]someone [Am]be Mack
[D]the[G] Knife?[D][G]

[Verse 3]
[D]There's [G]a tugboat,
huh, huh, down by the river [Am]dontchaknow
Where a ce[D]ment bag's
just a'drooppin' on down
[G]Oh, tha[D]t cemen[G]t is [Em]just,
it's there for the [Am]weight, dear
Five'll get ya ten old
Macky's back in town
Now d'ja hear [D]'bout [G]Louie Miller? He disappea[Am]red,
[G]bab[Am]e
After [D]drawin' out all his
[G]hard- earned cash
An[D]d n[Em]ow MacHeath spends
just [Bm]like a [Em]sailor[Am]
Could it be our boy's [D]done
[Am]some[D]thin' rash[G]?

[Verse 4]
[G]
Now Jenny [Am]Diver, [D]ho,[Am] ho,[D]
yeah, [Am]Sukey Tawdry
Ooh, Miss Lotte [D]Lenya and
[Am]old Lucy B[G]rown
[D]Oh, the [Em]line forms on the [Am]right, babe
Now that Macky's back [D]in [G]town

[Verse 5]
[G]I said Jenny Diver, whoa, S[D]ukey T[G]awdry
Look out to Miss [Am]Lotte [G]Lenya and [D]old[G]
[Am]Lucy[C] Bro[Am]wn[D][G][Em][Am][Em]
[D]Yes, [Em]that [D]line [G]for[Em]ms o[Am]n the[D] ri[Am]ght,[D][G]
[D]babe[G]
Now that Macky's back
[Am]in t[G]own[Em]
[Am]Look [D]out, [Am]old Mack[G]y's back