Key: Eb major
Verse 1
A
Am
A
Oh, the shark babe
Bb
Bm
Has such teeth,dear
E
A
And he shows them, pearly white
Just a jackknife
G#
Cdim
Bm
Has old macheath, dear
Bb
E
And he keeps it out of sight
A
Verse 2
When the shark bites
Bm
With his teeth,dear
E
Bm
A
Scarlet billows start to spread
F
G#
F
Fancy gloves,though,wears old
Bm
Macheath,dear
D
So there's never a trace of red
A
Verse 3
F
Bb
On the sidewalk Sunday
C
Bb
Cm
morning
F
Bb
F
Bb
Lies a body just oozing life
Edim
Someone's sneaking
Cm
Round the corner
F
Could that someone be
Mack the knife?
Bb
Verse 4
F#
B
C#m
G#m
B
There's a tugboat
C#m
down by the river
Didn't you know
E
F#
B
A ce ment bag's dropping down
F#
E
Well that cement's
B
Fdim
E
C#m
Just for the weight dear
A#m
E
Bm
Five will get you ten
E
Bm
A#
Bm
Mackie's back in
town
B
G#m
B
G#m
Verse 5
G
C
F
Here about Louie Miller
Am
F
He disappeared,dear
G
F
E
Bb
After drawing out all his
C
Am
Hard- earned cash
G
C
Am
And Macheath spends
Ebdim
D
F
G
Just like a sailor
F
G
F
Could it be our boy
C
G
F
Did something rash?
Interlude 1
Ab
Bbm
Db
Bbm
Db
Bbm
Db
Ebm
Gb
Ab
Db
Bbm
Db
Ab
Db
Eb
C
Ebm
Ab
Abm
Ab
C#
A
Verse 6
D
Bm
Em
Jenny Diver,Sukey Tawdry
G
Em
A
Bm
Lawdie Lenya and old Lucy Brown
A
Bm
E
Fdim
Oh the line form
G#dim
A
s on the right babe
Em
G
A
Em
G
A
Now that Mackie's back
D
in town
Outro 1
G
D
G
D
G
G
D
D
Eaug
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