Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin, 1959 (capo 3rd fret)
Chord Shapes:
A6=(0,0,2,2,2,2)
Bm=(2,2,4,4,3,2)
Bm7=(2,2,4,2,3,2)
F#m=(2,4,4,2,2,2)
F#m7=(2,4,2,2,2,2)
E7sus4=(0,2,0,2,0,0)
Verse
[A] [A6] [Bm] [Bm7]
Well, the shark has, pretty teeth dear,
[E] [E7] [A]
And he keeps them, pearly white.
[F#m] [F#m7] [Bm] [Bm7]
Just a jackknife, has old Mack Heath dear,
[E] [E7sus4] [E7] [A] [E7]
And he keeps it out of sight.
Verse
[A] [A6] [Bm] [Bm7]
When the shark bites, with his teeth dear,
[E] [E7] [A]
Scarlet billows, start to spread.
[F#m] [F#m7] [Bm] [Bm7]
Fancy gloves though, wears old Mack Heath dear,
[E] [E7sus4] [E7] [A] [E7]
So there's never, a trace of red.
Verse
[A] [A6] [Bm] [Bm7]
Sunday morning, on the sidewalk,
[E] [E7] [A]
Lies A body, oozing life.
[F#m] [F#m7] [Bm] [Bm7]
And some one's creeping, around the corner,
[E] [E7sus4] [E7] [A] [E7]
Could that someone be Mack the knife?
Verse
[A] [A6] [Bm] [Bm7]
From a tug [A] boat, [A6] on the [Bm] river, [Bm7]
[E] [E7] [A]
A cement bag's, dropping down.
[F#m] [F#m7] [Bm] [Bm7]
The cement's just, for the weight dear,
[E] [E7sus4] [E7] [A] [E7]
Five 'll get you ten, old Mackys’ back in town.
Verse
[A] [A6] [Bm] [Bm7]
Louis Miller, disappeared dear,
[E] [E7] [A]
After drawing, all his cash.
[F#m] [F#m7] [Bm] [Bm7]
And old Mack Heath spends, like a sailor.
[E] [E7sus4] [E7] [A] [E7]
Did our boy do something rash?
Verse
[A] [A6] [Bm] [Bm7]
Suky Tawdry, Jenny Diver,
[E] [E7] [A]
Look out Miss Lotte Lenya, and old Lucy Brown.
[F#m] [F#m7] [Bm] [Bm7]
Well, the line forms, on the right girls,
[E] [A] [D] [A] [E] [A]
Now that Mackys’ back in town!
