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Mack The Knife
Bobby Darin
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Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin, 1959 (capo 3rd fret)
Chord Shapes: A6=(0,0,2,2,2,2) Bm=(2,2,4,4,3,2) Bm7=(2,2,4,2,3,2)
F#m=(2,4,4,2,2,2) F#m7=(2,4,2,2,2,2) E7sus4=(0,2,0,2,0,0)
Well, the [A] shark has, [A6] pretty [Bm] teeth dear, [Bm7]
And he [E] keeps them, [E7] pearly [A] white.
Just a [F#m] jackknife, [F#m7] has old Mack [Bm] Heath dear, [Bm7]
And he [E] keeps it [E7sus4] [E7] out of [A] sight. [E7]
When the [A] shark bites, [A6] with his [Bm] teeth dear, [Bm7]
Scarlet [E] billows, [E7] start to [A] spread.
Fancy [F#m] gloves though, [F#m7] wears old Mack [Bm] Heath dear, [Bm7]
So there's [E] never, [E7sus4] [E7] a trace of [A] red. [E7]
Sunday [A] morning, [A6] on the [Bm] sidewalk, [Bm7]
Lies A [E] body, [E7] oozing [A] life.
And some one's [F#m] creeping, [F#m7] around the [Bm] corner, [Bm7]
Could that [E] someone [E7sus4] [E7] be Mack the [A] knife? [E7]
From a tug [A] boat, [A6] on the [Bm] river, [Bm7]
A ce- [E] ment bag's, [E7] dropping [A] down.
The ce- [F#m] ment's just, [F#m7] for the [Bm] weight dear, [Bm7]
Five 'll get you [E] ten, [E7sus4] [E7] old Mackys� back in [A] town. [E7]
Louis [A] Miller, [A6] disap- [Bm] peared dear, [Bm7]
After [E] drawing, [E7] all his [A] cash.
And old Mack [F#m] Heath spends, [F#m7] like a [Bm] sailor. [Bm7]
Did our [E] boy [E7sus4] [E7] do something [A] rash? [E7]
Suky [A] Tawdry, [A6] Jenny [Bm] Diver, [Bm7]
Look out Miss [E] Lotte Lenya, [E7] and old [A] Lucy Brown.
Well, the [F#m] line forms, [F#m7] on the [Bm] right girls, [Bm7]
Now that [E] Mackys� back in [A] town! [D] [A] [E] [A]
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