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Pirate Jenny By Brecht/Weill from The Three penny Opera This is not my work, I edited this for playability. Original version appears on http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/uke/tabs/051202.html [Verse]
You genCmtlemen can watch while I'm scrubbin' the floors And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gA7#5awkin' And A7#5maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell, On a rG#7atty waterfront in a ratty old hotel And you G#m6never guess to who you're talkin' You never guess to wA#ho you're talkin'
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F#6Suddenly one night there's a scBmream in the night And you yF#6ell "what the hell could that've bBmeen?" And you sEm7ee me kinda grinnin' while I'm sC#7sus4crubbin' And you Em7say "What the hell's she got to C#7sus4grin?" F#add9
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And a Bmship, a black fF#5reighter, With a sEmkull on its masthead Will be comin'F#5 in.
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CmYou gentlemen can say "Hey girl, finish the floors Get upstairs, make the beds, earn your A7#5keep here!" You A7#5toss me your tips and look out at the ships But I'm cG#7ountin' your heads while I make up the beds 'Cause there's nG#m6obody gonna sleep here Tonight none of you will sleep herA#e
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F#6Then that night there's a Bmbang in the night And you yF#6ell "Who's that kickin' up a Bmrow?" And you Em7see me kinda starin' out the wC#7sus4indow And you sEm7ay "What's she got to stare atC#7sus4 now?" F#add9
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And the Bmship, the black fF#5reighter, Turns aEmround in the harbor, Shootin' guns from the bF#5ow.
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CmThen you gentlemen can wipe off that laugh from your face Every buildin' in town is a fA7#5lat one Your A7#5whole stinkin' place will be down to the ground Only G#7this cheap hotel standin' up safe and sound And you yG#m6ell "Why do they spare that one?" And you sG#m6ay "Why do they spare that one?" A#
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F#6All the night through with the Bmnoise and to-do, You F#6wonder "Who's that person lives up tBmhere?" Then you sEm7ee me stepping out into the mC#7sus4orning, Lookin' nEm7ice with a ribbon in my C#7sus4hair. F#add9
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And the sBmhip, the black fF#5reighter, Runs the fEmlag up its masthead And a cheer rings the F#5air!
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CmBy noontime the dock is all swarmin' with men Comin' off of that ghostly A7#5freighter They're mA7#5ovin' in the shadows where no one can see And they're cG#7hainin' up people and bringin' them to me, Askin' G#m6me, "Kill them now, or later? Askin' G#m6me, "Kill them now, or later?" A#
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F#6Noon by the clock and so sBmtill on the dock, You can F#6hear a foghorn miles awBmay, G7 N.C. In that quiet of death, I'll say "Right now!" And they pG7ile up the bodies and I'll say, "That'll lC#7sus4earn ya! E6 C#7sus4
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And the sBmhip, the black F#5freighter, DisappEmears out to sea And on it is F#5me.