Dave van Ronk - Mack the knife
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Capo: 7
Tuning: E A D G B E
"As for the jug band, that came about more or less by accident. One weekend Max Gordon, the owner of the
Village Vanguard, was in Cambridge for some reason, and he walked by the Club 47 and saw this huge line of
people waiting to get in to see the Jim Kweskin Jug Band. In his mind's eye he transposed this queue to 7th
Avenue South, where he had his room, and visions of sugarplums started dancing in his head. So when he got
back to New York, he called Robert Shelton and said, 'Are there any jug bands around town?' Bob said, 'Well,
yeah, but what you really ought to do is get hold of Dave Van Ronk and have him put one together.' So he did,
and I did."
Capo 7
[Chords]
A6 x02222
E9 020102 or 022102
[Intro]
A6 Bm E9 A6
e|-----2-2-|-----2-2-|-----2-2-|-5-4-2---|
B|-2-5-----|-2-5-----|---3-----|---------|
G|---------|---------|-4-------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
F#m Bm E9 A6
e|-----7-5-|-542-5---|---2-5---|-542-5\--|
B|-2-5-----|---------|---------|-------2-|
G|---------|-------4-|-4-----4-|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
Oh, the A6shark has Bmpretty teeth, dear
And he E9shows them, A6pearly white
Just a F#mjack-knife has BmMacHeath, dear
And he E9keeps it out ofA6 sight
When a A6shark bites with his Bmteeth, dear
Scarlet E9billows start to A6spread
Fancy F#mgloves, oh, wears BmMacHeath, dear
So there's E9not a A6trace of red
On a A6sidewalk, BmSunday morning,
Lies a E9body once in A6life
Someone F#msneakin' 'round the Bmcorner
Is that E9someone, Mack the A6Knife?
[Outro]
A6 Bm E9 A6
e|-----2-2-|-----2-2-|-----2-2-|-5-4-2---|
B|-2-5-----|-2-5-----|---3-----|---------|
G|---------|---------|-4-------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
F#m Bm E9 A6
e|-----7-5-|-542-5---|---2-5---|-542-5---|
B|-2-5-----|---------|---------|-------2-|
G|---------|-------4-|-4-----4-|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
(Repeat to Fade)