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The Ballad Of Mack The Knife (Der Moritat Von Mackie Messer)
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
From the play "The Threepenny Opera" (1928)
Standard Tuning

Chords for the first 2 lines of every verse (with high note for singing reference)

      Chord diagramC6C6    Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramG9G9     Chord diagramG9G9
e|----5-----5-----5------5-----|
Chord diagramBB|----5-----6-----3------0-----|
Chord diagramG+G|----5-----7-----4--OR--0-----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----5-----7-----3------0-----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----3-----5-----5------2-----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------3------3-----|

        Chord diagramC6C6               Chord diagramDmDm
Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear,
        Chord diagramG9G9               Chord diagramC6C6
And he shows them pearly white;
        Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramDm7Dm7
Just a jack-knife has Macheath, dear,
        Chord diagramDm7Dm7              Chord diagramC6C6
And he keeps it out of sight!

         Chord diagramC6C6                   Chord diagramDmDm
When the shark bites with his teeth, dear,
        Chord diagramG9G9               Chord diagramC6C6
Scarlet billows start to spread;
      Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramDm7Dm7
Fancy gloves, though, wears Macheath, dear,
           Chord diagramDm7Dm7            Chord diagramC6C6
So there's not a trace of red!

       Chord diagramC6C6              Chord diagramDmDm
On the sidewalk Sunday morning
       Chord diagramG9G9          Chord diagramC6C6
Lies a body oozing life;
        Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramDm7Dm7
Someone sneaking 'round the corner;
        Chord diagramDm7Dm7              Chord diagramC6C6
Is that someone Mack the Knife?

       Chord diagramC6C6             Chord diagramDmDm
From a tugboat by the river,
    Chord diagramG9G9                  Chord diagramC6C6
Chord diagramA augmentedA cement bag's dropping down;
      Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramDm7Dm7
The cement's just for the weight, dear;
       Chord diagramDm7Dm7              Chord diagramC6C6
Bet ya Mackie's back in town!

      Chord diagramC6C6          Chord diagramDmDm
Louie Miller disappeared, dear,
      Chord diagramG9G9              Chord diagramC6C6
After drawing out his cash,
       Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramDm7Dm7
And Macheath spends like a sailor;
        Chord diagramDm7Dm7              Chord diagramC6C6
Did our boy do something rash?

     Chord diagramC6C6            Chord diagramDmDm
Suky Tawdry, Jenny Diver,
      Chord diagramG9G9            Chord diagramC6C6
Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown;
        Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramDm7Dm7
Oh, the line forms on the right, dears,
         Chord diagramDm7Dm7              Chord diagramC6C6
Now that Mackie's back in town!

        Chord diagramC6C6               Chord diagramDmDm
Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear,
       Chord diagramG9G9                Chord diagramC6C6
And he shows them pearly white;
       Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramDm7Dm7
Just a jack-knife has Macheath, dear,
       Chord diagramDm7Dm7             Chord diagramC6C6
And he keeps it out of sight!

       Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramDm7Dm7
Just a jack-knife has Macheath, dear,

Slow down

       Chord diagramDm7Dm7             Chord diagramC6C6
And he keeps it out of sight!

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