Mack The Knife

D13 G6 Am7 Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear D13 D9 G6 And he shows 'em, pearly white G6 Em7 Em6 Am7 Just a jack knife has Macheath, dear Am7 D7 G6 And he keeps it, keeps it way out of sight D13 G6 Am7 When that shark bites with his teeth, dear D13 D9 G6 Scarlet billows, they begin to spread G6 Em7 Em6 Am7 Fancy white gloves though has Macheath, dear Am7 G6 Eb7 So there's rarely, never one trace of red Eb9 Ab6 Bbm7 On the sidewalk, one Sunday mornin' Eb13 Eb9 Ab6 Lies a body oozin' life Ab6 Fm7 Fm6 Bbm7 Someone's sneaking 'round the corner Bbm7 Bbm6 Eb13 Eb7 Ab6 Could that someone, perhaps, perchance, be Mack the Knife? Eb13 Ab6 Bbm7 From a tugboat on the river goin' slow Eb13 Eb9 Ab6 A cement bag, it is dropping down Ab6 Fm7 Fm6 Bbm7 Yeah, the cement is just for the weight, dear Bbm7 Bbm6 Eb13 Eb7 Ab6 E7 You can make a large bet Macheath is back in town E13 A6 Bm7 My man Louie Miller, he split the scene, babe E13 E9 A6 After drawin' out all the bread from his stash F#m7 F#m6 Bm7 Now Macheath spends just like a pimp, babe Bm7 Bm6 E13 E7 A6 F7 Do you suppose that our boy, he did some thing rash? F9 Bb6 Cm7 Ah, old Satchmo, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darrin F9 Bb6 They did this song nice, Lady Ella too Gm7 Gm6 Cm7 They all sang it, with so much feeling Cm7 Cm6 F13 F7 Bb6 Gb7 That Old Blue Eyes, he ain't gonna add nothing new Gb13 B6 Dbm7 But with Quincy's big band, right behind me Gb9 Gb7 Abm7 Swinging hard, Jack, I know I can't lose Abm7 Abm6 Dbm7 When I tell you, all about Mack the Knife babe Dbm7 Gb13 Gb7 Abm7 It's an offer, you can nev er refuse Gb13 Abm7 Dbm7 We got George Benson, we got Newman & Foster Gb13 Gb7 Abm7 We got the Brecker Brothers, and Hampton's bringing up the rear Abm7 Abm6 Dbm7 All these bad cats, and more, are in the band now Dbm7 Dbm6 Gb13 Gb7 Abm7 They make the greatest sounds, you ever gonna hear Abm7 Dbm7 Abm7 Hey Sookie Taudry, Jenny Diver, Polly Peachum, Old Miss Lulu Brown Abm7 Dbm7 Oh the line forms, on the right dear Abm7 Abm6 Dbm7 Now that Macheath, I mean that man Macheath Cm7 Gb7#5 Yeah he's bad, mercy mercy Abm7 Dbm7 Yeah he's badder than old Leroy Brown Gb9 Abm7 You better lock your door, and call the law Abm6 Abm7 Dbm7 Because Macheath's, that bum, Gb7#5 E6 He's back in town