Mack The Knife

Mack The Knife easy guitar chords by Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr.

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  • D

  • Em

  • Am

  • A

  • G

  • C

  • Abdim

    6
  • Ddim

  • Dm

  • B

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • Bb

  • F#m

    2
  • Eb

    6
  • Fm

  • Bbm

  • C#

    4
  • Ab

    4
  • E

  • F

  • Gm

    3
  • Cm

    3
  • Fsus4

  • Gb

    2
  • Ebm

    6
  • Abm

    4
  • Cb

    2
  • Dbm

    4
  • G#m

    4
  • F#

    2
  • C#m

    4
  • E#

  • A#m

  • D#m

    6
  • G#sus4

    4
  • G#

    4
  • Fdim

    3
  • Baug

  • D

  • Em

  • Am

  • A

  • G

  • C

  • Abdim

    6
  • Ddim

  • Dm

  • B

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • Bb

  • F#m

    2
  • Eb

    6
  • Fm

  • Bbm

  • C#

    4
  • Ab

    4
  • E

  • F

  • Gm

    3
  • Cm

    3
  • Fsus4

  • Gb

    2
  • Ebm

    6
  • Abm

    4
  • Cb

    2
  • Dbm

    4
  • G#m

    4
  • F#

    2
  • C#m

    4
  • E#

  • A#m

  • D#m

    6
  • G#sus4

    4
  • G#

    4
  • Fdim

    3
  • Baug

  • Verse 1

    Kurt
    D

    Weill and

    Mark
    Em

    Blitzstein, a couple of
    Am

    Dutchmen I used to know in
    Em
    D

    Germany when I was a little kid.
    Em
    D
    Am

    Marvelous orchestration by both

    Frank

    Foster and
    Em

    Quincy
    D

    Jones.

    There was

    Germany, yes.
    A
    D
    G
    C
    Em
    Am

    Hey, the shark has pretty teeth,
    C
    Am

    An d he shows them
    C
    D
    G
    Em

    pearly white
    G

    Just a jackknife has
    Am

    MacHeath, dear
    C
    Am
    D

    But he keeps it way out
    Abdim
    Ddim

    of sight
    Dm
    D
    G
    Em
    C
    B

    When that shark bites with
    Bm
    A
    Am

    his teeth, dear
    A

    Scarlet billows,
    D
    G
    Bm

    they begin to spread
    Bb
    B
    F#m
    Em

    Fancy white gloves, though,
    B
    A

    has my keith, dear
    Am
    D

    So there's never,

    never one trace of red
    Eb
    Fm

    On a sidewalk one
    Bbm

    Sunday mornin'
    C#
    Eb
    Fm

    Lies a body oozin' life
    Bb
    Fm

    Someone's sneakin'
    Bb
    Bbm

    round the corner
    C#
    Eb

    Could that someone perhaps be

    Mack the
    Ab

    Knife?
    E
    D
    A
    D
    Bm

    From a tugboat on a river going slow
    D
    Bm
    D
    A
    D

    A cement bag, it is dropping down
    A
    F#m

    Oh, the cement,
    A
    Bm

    just for the weight, dear
    D
    Em
    E

    You can make a large bet that
    Em

    that bum is back in town
    F

    My man

    Louie
    Bb
    F
    Bb
    Gm
    Cm

    Miller, he split the scene, babe

    After drawing out all the
    Gm
    Bb

    bread from his stash

    Now
    Gm
    Bb

    Mac, he spends just
    Gm
    F
    Cm

    like a pimp, babe
    Gm
    Eb
    Bb
    Fsus4
    Eb

    Do you suppose that our boy,
    Bbm
    F
    Bbm
    F
    Fm
    Gb

    he did something rash?
    Ebm

    Oh,
    Gb
    Abm

    Satchmo,
    Cb

    Louie
    Abm

    Armstrong,
    Dbm

    Bobby
    Abm

    Downey
    Dbm
    G#m

    They did this song nice,
    F#

    Lady
    E
    Cb
    G#m

    Ella too
    E

    They sang it with so much feeling
    G#m
    C#m
    E

    That old blue -eyes,
    F#
    G#m
    G
    C

    he ain't gonna add anything new
    Am
    Dm

    This big band swinging behind me
    E#
    Dm
    E#

    Rockin' hard jack,
    G
    Am

    I know I can't lose
    Em
    G
    Am
    G
    C

    When I tell you all about

    Mack the
    D
    Dm

    Knife, babe
    E#
    Am
    E#

    It's an offer you can
    G
    Em

    never refuse
    C#

    We got

    Frank

    Jr.

    We got
    A#m

    Bill
    F#

    Miller and the piano
    D#m

    We got the great
    F#

    Herb

    Cotler
    C#

    Beatin' on those drums
    A#m
    C#

    All these bad cats
    F#

    That are in this band now
    G#sus4

    They make the greatest sound
    F#
    G#

    s you're ever gonna hear
    A#m
    C#
    A
    D

    Suki taught me
    Bm

    Jenny

    Diver,
    A

    Jenny

    Diver
    G

    Holly
    D

    Peacham
    G
    D
    G

    Old
    A
    D

    Lucy

    Brown
    A
    F#m

    Now the line forms
    Bm
    Em

    On the right, dear

    Now that

    Mackie
    Fdim

    Yeah, that man is back
    D

    I'm gonna tell you what to do,
    Baug

    so you're gonna be fine
    Em
    Bm

    You better lock your door and call the law
    Bm

    Because
    D

    Mackey, that dirty son of a...
    D
    D

    He's coming back,

    you better get under the bed

    Or go to the country and go suck leg
    Ddim

    Or he gonna get you, boy, I tell ya

    Bravo!

    Thank you.

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