Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Key: Bb
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
|Bb |Bb |
Verse 1:
A#Cm
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
F7A#
And it shows them pearly white
GmCm
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
F7A#
And he keeps it, ah, out of sight
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Verse 2:
Cm
Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
F7A#
Scarlet billows start to spread
GmCm
Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe
F7A#B
So there's never, never a trace of red
Verse 3:
BC#m
Now on the sidewalk, uh huh, huh, oh, Sunday morning, uh huh
F#7B
Lies a body just oozing life
G#mC#m
Someone's sneaking 'round the corner
F#7BC
Could that someone be Mack, the knife?
Verse 4:
CDm
There's a tug boat, uh huh, huh huh, down by the river, dont you know?
G7C
Where a cement bags just a-drooping on down
AmDm
Oh, that cement is just, its there for the weight, dear
G7CC#
Five will get you ten ol Mackys back in town
Verse 5:
C#D#m
Now d'ya hear about Louis Miller, he disappeared, babe
G#7C#
After drawing out all his hard earned cash
A#mD#m
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
G#7C#D
Could it be our boy's done something rash?
Verse 6:
DEm
Now Jenny Diver, huh huh, yeah, Sookie Taudry
A7D
Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
BmEm
Oh, the line forms on the right, babe
A7D
Now that Mackys back in town
Verse 7:
D#Fm
I said Jenny Diver, woah, woah Sookie Taudry
A#7D#
Look out Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
CmFm
Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
A#7D#D#mD#D#mD#D#m
Now that Mackys back in town
C
Look out old Mackys back
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