Chords for Frank Sinatra - Mack The Knife
Tempo:
154.25 bpm
Chords used:
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D
B
G
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
That's all one guy, nobody else, just him.
It's 30,000 a week.
[Bm]
Hey, [Ab] the shark [B] has pretty [Cm] teeth, dear
he [C] shows [D] them
[Eb] pearly white
[E] the jackknife [G]
That's all one guy, nobody else, just him.
It's 30,000 a week.
[Bm]
Hey, [Ab] the shark [B] has pretty [Cm] teeth, dear
he [C] shows [D] them
[Eb] pearly white
[E] the jackknife [G]
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
That's all one guy, nobody else, just him. _ _ _
_ It's _ 30,000 a week.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Hey, [Ab] the shark [B] has _ _ _ pretty [Cm] teeth, dear
[E] _ And he [C] shows [D] them _ _ _
[Eb] pearly white
_ _ Just _ [E] the jackknife [G] _ _ _
[A] has _ [B] mackeith's, dear
_ _ [Am]
And he [C] keeps it _ _ [G] way out of [C] sight
_ _ _ _ [D]
When [B] that shark bites _ [Dm] _ _ [B]
with [A] his teeth, dear
So he uses eye lens to the bite
_ [Bb] _ Scarlet pillows [Gm] begin to spread
_ _ [E] _ _ _
Fancy white gloves, [G] though, _ [A] has _ [B] mackeith's, dear
_ [Am] So there's [C] never, never [D] one trace [G] of red
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _
On the sidewalk _ one [Bb]
Sunday morning
_ [Ab] _ _ Eyes are body _ _ _ _ [G]
[C] oozing light
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Someone's [Ab] sneaking _ _ _ _ [Db]
round the corner
_ Could _ [Fm] that someone perhaps perchance be
[Gm] Mack [Ab] the Knife _ _ [E] _ _ from a [Db] tugboat
[E] _ _ On [D] the river going [E] slow
[D] _ A cement bag, _ [B] it [E] is dropping down
[Gb] _ _ _ [E] _ [Ab] But the cement _ _ [Dbm] is just [D] for the weight, dear
_ _ [B] You can make a big bet, [E] _ mackeith's back in town
_ [F] _ My _ [Bb]
man, Louis Miller, _ he [G] split [Cm] the cement bag
_ [E] _ After [Eb] drawing out all the breath [A] from [Dm] his stash
_ _ _ _ Now _ mackeith's spends just like [Cm] a pimp, babe
_ Do [D] you suppose that this month [F] he did [Cm] _ [Bb] something rash
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [B] Old [Ab] Saxmo, Louis Armstrong, [Db] Bobby Darin
_ [E] _ They did this [Abm] song nice, _ _ Lady Ella, too
_ They _ _ all sang it [Ab] _ with so [E] much _ feeling
[Dbm] _ That [Eb] old blue eyes, he ain't gonna add nothing [Abm]
new
_ [Em] _ But with this great [E] big band _ _ right [D]
behind me
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] Swinging hard, Jack, _ I know I [Bm] can't lose
_ _ _ [C] And when I [G] tell you all about [Db] acts of [Dm]
naive faith
_ _ It's an offer [Em] _ you [G] can't refuse
_ _ [Fm] _ We got John [Db] Faltini, _ _ we got William [Eb] Miller
_ _ We got Tohe Matola, _ _ [Gb] Herb Kotler bringing [Db] up the rear
_ _ _ _ All these [Fm] glad caddies [Bb] _ are in this [Eb] band now
_ _ They make the [Bb] greatest [Eb] sound you ever gonna _
[Fm] hear
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B]
Snoopy's coughing, _ _ _ _ Billy [E] _ Diver, _ _ _ Holly Beecham
_ _ This blue loom crowd, _ [D] _ _ hey, the line's formed
_ Here on the right, dear
_ _ [Em] _ Because mackeith, _ _ _ yeah, [Fm] that plumber's back in [F] town
_ He's a mother, [Gbm] _
_ _ he's better than old [A] Leroy Brown
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ You better lock your [G] door and call the [B] law
Because _ mackeith, _ _ [Gb] _ [D] he's back in town
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
That's all one guy, nobody else, just him. _ _ _
_ It's _ 30,000 a week.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Hey, [Ab] the shark [B] has _ _ _ pretty [Cm] teeth, dear
[E] _ And he [C] shows [D] them _ _ _
[Eb] pearly white
_ _ Just _ [E] the jackknife [G] _ _ _
[A] has _ [B] mackeith's, dear
_ _ [Am]
And he [C] keeps it _ _ [G] way out of [C] sight
_ _ _ _ [D]
When [B] that shark bites _ [Dm] _ _ [B]
with [A] his teeth, dear
So he uses eye lens to the bite
_ [Bb] _ Scarlet pillows [Gm] begin to spread
_ _ [E] _ _ _
Fancy white gloves, [G] though, _ [A] has _ [B] mackeith's, dear
_ [Am] So there's [C] never, never [D] one trace [G] of red
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _
On the sidewalk _ one [Bb]
Sunday morning
_ [Ab] _ _ Eyes are body _ _ _ _ [G]
[C] oozing light
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Someone's [Ab] sneaking _ _ _ _ [Db]
round the corner
_ Could _ [Fm] that someone perhaps perchance be
[Gm] Mack [Ab] the Knife _ _ [E] _ _ from a [Db] tugboat
[E] _ _ On [D] the river going [E] slow
[D] _ A cement bag, _ [B] it [E] is dropping down
[Gb] _ _ _ [E] _ [Ab] But the cement _ _ [Dbm] is just [D] for the weight, dear
_ _ [B] You can make a big bet, [E] _ mackeith's back in town
_ [F] _ My _ [Bb]
man, Louis Miller, _ he [G] split [Cm] the cement bag
_ [E] _ After [Eb] drawing out all the breath [A] from [Dm] his stash
_ _ _ _ Now _ mackeith's spends just like [Cm] a pimp, babe
_ Do [D] you suppose that this month [F] he did [Cm] _ [Bb] something rash
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [B] Old [Ab] Saxmo, Louis Armstrong, [Db] Bobby Darin
_ [E] _ They did this [Abm] song nice, _ _ Lady Ella, too
_ They _ _ all sang it [Ab] _ with so [E] much _ feeling
[Dbm] _ That [Eb] old blue eyes, he ain't gonna add nothing [Abm]
new
_ [Em] _ But with this great [E] big band _ _ right [D]
behind me
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] Swinging hard, Jack, _ I know I [Bm] can't lose
_ _ _ [C] And when I [G] tell you all about [Db] acts of [Dm]
naive faith
_ _ It's an offer [Em] _ you [G] can't refuse
_ _ [Fm] _ We got John [Db] Faltini, _ _ we got William [Eb] Miller
_ _ We got Tohe Matola, _ _ [Gb] Herb Kotler bringing [Db] up the rear
_ _ _ _ All these [Fm] glad caddies [Bb] _ are in this [Eb] band now
_ _ They make the [Bb] greatest [Eb] sound you ever gonna _
[Fm] hear
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B]
Snoopy's coughing, _ _ _ _ Billy [E] _ Diver, _ _ _ Holly Beecham
_ _ This blue loom crowd, _ [D] _ _ hey, the line's formed
_ Here on the right, dear
_ _ [Em] _ Because mackeith, _ _ _ yeah, [Fm] that plumber's back in [F] town
_ He's a mother, [Gbm] _
_ _ he's better than old [A] Leroy Brown
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ You better lock your [G] door and call the [B] law
Because _ mackeith, _ _ [Gb] _ [D] he's back in town
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _