Moritat = Mack The Knife chords by Bobby Darin
Verse 1
G
Oh, the shark, babe,
Am
D
has such teeth, dear
Am
D
G
And it shows them pearly white
D
G
Bbdim
A
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath,
Am
D
babe
Am
D
G
And he keeps it, ah, out of sight
D
G
D
Am
You know when that shark bites with his teeth,
D
babe
Am
D
G
Scarlet billows start to spread
D
Bm
Fancy gloves, oh,
Bbdim
Am
D
wears old MacHeath, babe
So there's never,
Am
D
G
never a trace of red
Verse 2
Eb
Ab
Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh,
Db
whoo sunny morning, un huh
Eb
Ebsus4
Ab
Lies a body just oozin' life, eek
G
And someone's sneakin'
Bdim
Db
Eb
'round the corner
Ab
Db
Ebsus4
Could that someone be Mack
Ab
the Knife?
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Verse 3
E
A
D
Esus4
A
There's a tugboat, huh, huh,
Bm
D
E
down by the river don'tcha know
D
Bm
D
E
Where a cement bag's just
A
a- drooppin' on down
Cdim
Oh, that cement is just,
Bm
D
E
C#m
E
it's there for the weight, dear
Esus4
E
Five'llget ya ten, old
A
Macky's back in town
F
Bb
Now did ya hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared,
Eb
F
babe
Eb
F
Bb
After drawin' out all his
hard- earned cash
And now MacHeath spends just
C#dim
Eb
Cm
Eb
like a sailor
F
Fsus4
Could it be our boy's
F
Bb
done somethin' rash?
Verse 4
F#
B
C#m
B
Now Jenny Diver , ho, ho,
C#m
E
yeah, Sukey Tawdry
C#m
E
F#sus4
Ooh, Miss Lotte
F#
B
Bm
C#m
Lenya and old Lucy Brown
F#
D#m
B
Ddim
Bdim
Ddim
C#m
Oh, the line forms on the right,
E
F#sus4
E
babe
F#
F#sus4
Now that
E
F#
B
Macky's back in town
Verse 5
G
C
F
C
Dm
C
I said Jenny Diver, whoa,
D
Dm
G
F
Sukey Taw dry
C
Dm
F
Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and
G
C
Ebdim
Dm
old Lucy Brown
G
C
Am
Ebdim
Cdim
Dm
Yes, that line forms on the right,
G
F
babe
G
Gsus4
Now that Macky's back in
G
Gsus4
F
G
C
town
F
C
F
C
F
Look out, old
D
E
D
Macky's back
Outro 1
C
Moritat = Mack The Knife
Bobby Darin
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