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
