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Mack The Knife Tab

by Bobby Darin


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 [] shark has, [] pretty [] teeth dear, []
And he [] keeps them, [] pearly [] white.
Just a [] jackknife, [] has old Mack [] Heath dear, []
And he [] keeps it [] [] out of [] sight. []

When the [] shark bites, [] with his [] teeth dear, []
Scarlet [] billows, [] start to [] spread.
Fancy [] gloves though, [] wears old Mack [] Heath dear, []
So there's [] never, [] [] a trace of [] red. []

Sunday [] morning, [] on the [] sidewalk, []
Lies  [] body, [] oozing [] life.
And some one's [] creeping, [] around the [] corner, []
Could that [] someone [] [] be Mack the [] knife? []

From a tug [] boat, [] on the [] river, []
A ce- [] ment bag's, [] dropping [] down.
The ce- [] ment's just, [] for the [] weight dear, []
Five 'll get you [] ten, [] [] old Mackys’ back in [] town. []

Louis [] Miller, [] disap- [] peared dear, []
After [] drawing, [] all his [] cash.
And old Mack [] Heath spends, [] like a [] sailor. []
Did our [] boy [] [] do something [] rash? []

Suky [] Tawdry, [] Jenny [] Diver, []
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 [] Mackys’ back in [] town! [] [] [] []