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[Chords]
[A6] 5x465x
[Ab6] 4x354x
[Abm6] 4x3444
[Abm7] 4x444x
[Am7] 5x555x
[B6] 7x687x
[Bb6] 6x576x
[Bbm6] 6x5666
[Bbm7] 6x666x
[Bm6] 7x6777
[Bm7] 7x777x
[Cm6] x3121x
[Cm7] 3x131x
[D13] x54557
[D7] x5453x
[D9] x54555
[Dbm6] x4343x
[Dbm7] 4x242x
[E13] x76779
[E6] 076650
[E7] 076750
[E9] 076777
[Eb13] x65668
[Eb7] x6564x
[Eb9] x65666
[Em6] 07565x
[Em7] 7x575x
[F#m6] 2x1222
[F#m7] 2x222x
[F13] 1x123x
[F7] 1x121x
[F9] x87888
[Fm6] x8676x
[Fm7] 8x686x
[G6] 3x243x
[Gb13] 2x234x
[Gb7] 2x232x
[Gb7#5] 2x233x
[Gb9] x1212x
[Gm6] 3x2333
[Gm7] 3x333x
Verse 1
[D13] [G6] [Am7]
Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
[D13] [D9] [G6]
And he shows 'em, pearly white
[G6] [Em7] [Em6] [Am7]
Just a jack knife has Macheath, dear
[Am7] [D7] [G6]
And he keeps it, keeps it way out of sight
Verse 2
[D13] [G6] [Am7]
When that shark bites with his teeth, dear
[D13] [D9] [G6]
Scarlet billows, they begin to spread
[G6] [Em7] [Em6] [Am7]
Fancy white gloves though has Macheath, dear
[Am7] [G6] [Eb7]
So there's rarely, never one trace of red
Verse 3
[Eb9] [Ab6] [Bbm7]
On the sidewalk, one Sunday mornin'
[Eb13] [Eb9] [Ab6]
Lies a body oozin' life
[Ab6] [Fm7] [Fm6] [Bbm7]
Someone's sneaking 'round the corner
[Bbm7] [Bbm6] [Eb13] [Eb7] [Ab6]
Could that someone, perhaps, perchance, be Mack the Knife?
Verse 4
[Eb13] [Ab6] [Bbm7]
From a tugboat on the river goin' slow
[Eb13] [Eb9] [Ab6]
A cement bag, it is dropping down
[Ab6] [Fm7] [Fm6] [Bbm7]
Yeah, the cement is just for the weight, dear
[Bbm7] [Bbm6] [Eb13] [Eb7] [Ab6] [E7]
You can make a large bet Macheath is back in town
Verse 5
[E13] [A6] [Bm7]
My man Louie Miller, he split the scene, babe
[E13] [E9] [A6]
After drawin' out all the bread from his stash
[F#m7] [F#m6] [Bm7]
Now Macheath spends just like a pimp, babe
[Bm7] [Bm6] [E13] [E7] [A6] [F7]
Do you suppose that our boy, he did some thing rash?
Verse 6
[F9] [Bb6] [Cm7]
Ah, old Satchmo, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darrin
[F9] [Bb6]
They did this song nice, Lady Ella too
[Gm7] [Gm6] [Cm7]
They all sang it, with so much feeling
[Cm7] [Cm6] [F13] [F7] [Bb6] [Gb7]
That Old Blue Eyes, he ain't gonna add nothing new
Verse 7
[Gb13] [B6] [Dbm7]
But with Quincy's big band, right behind me
[Gb9] [Gb7] [Abm7]
Swinging hard, Jack, I know I can't lose
[Abm7] [Abm6] [Dbm7]
When I tell you, all about Mack the Knife babe
[Dbm7] [Gb13] [Gb7] [Abm7]
It's an offer, you can nev er refuse
Verse 8
[Gb13] [Abm7] [Dbm7]
We got George Benson, we got Newman & Foster
[Gb13] [Gb7] [Abm7]
We got the Brecker Brothers, and Hampton's bringing up the rear
[Abm7] [Abm6] [Dbm7]
All these bad cats, and more, are in the band now
[Dbm7] [Dbm6] [Gb13] [Gb7] [Abm7]
They make the greatest sounds, you ever gonna hear
Verse 9
[Abm7] [Dbm7] [Abm7]
Hey Sookie Taudry, Jenny Diver, Polly Peachum, Old Miss Lulu Brown
[Abm7] [Dbm7]
Oh the line forms, on the right dear
[Abm7] [Abm6] [Dbm7]
Now that Macheath, I mean that man Macheath
Outro
[Cm7] [Gb7#5]
Yeah he's bad, mercy mercy
[Abm7] [Dbm7]
Yeah he's badder than old Leroy Brown
[Gb9] [Abm7]
You better lock your door, and call the law
[Abm6] [Abm7] [Dbm7]
Because Macheath's, that bum,
[Gb7#5] [E6]
He's back in town
