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The Ballad Of Mack The Knife (Der Moritat Von Mackie Messer) Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht From the play "The Threepenny Opera" (1928) Standard Tuning Chords for the first 2 lines of every verse (with high note for singing reference) C6 Dm G9 G9 e|----5-----5-----5------5-----| B|----5-----6-----3------0-----| G|----5-----7-----4--OR--0-----| D|----5-----7-----3------0-----| A|----3-----5-----5------2-----| E|----------------3------3-----|
Oh, the C6shark has pretty Dmteeth, dear, And he sG9hows them pearly C6white; Just a jAmack-knife has MacDm7heath, dear, And he kDm7eeps it out of siC6ght!
When the C6shark bites with his Dmteeth, dear, Scarlet G9billows start to C6spread; Fancy Amgloves, though, wears Dm7Macheath, dear, So there's Dm7not a trace of C6red!
On the C6sidewalk Sunday Dmmorning Lies a G9body oozing C6life; Someone Amsneaking 'round the Dm7corner; Is that Dm7someone Mack the C6Knife?
From a C6tugboat by the Dmriver, A ceG9ment bag's dropping C6down; The ceAmment's just for the Dm7weight, dear; Bet ya Dm7Mackie's back in C6town!
Louie C6Miller disapDmpeared, dear, After G9drawing out his C6cash, And MacAmheath spends like a Dm7sailor; Did our Dm7boy do something C6rash?
Suky C6Tawdry, Jenny DmDiver, Polly G9Peachum, Lucy C6Brown; Oh, the Amline forms on the Dm7right, dears, Now that Dm7Mackie's back in C6town!
Oh, the C6shark has pretty Dmteeth, dear, And he G9shows them pearly C6white; Just a Amjack-knife has Dm7Macheath, dear, And he Dm7keeps it out of C6sight!
Just a Amjack-knife has Dm7Macheath, dear, Slow down
And he Dm7keeps it out of C6sight!