Chords for Louis Armstrong sings "Mack the Knife"
Tempo:
82.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Dm
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [D] [G] [C] [Dm] [G]
[C] Oh, [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G] [C]
[E] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [C] [G]
[Am] the shark has [Em] pretty deep [G] deal, [Am] and he shows [G] them [C] fairly wide.
Just a jackknife [Dm] has my heat deal, and he keeps it [G] [Am] out of sight.
[G]
[C] When the shark [Em] bites [Dm] with his deep [G] deal, scarlet billows [C] start to [G] spread.
[C]
[Em] Fancy gloves, [Am] though, [Dm] wears my heat deal, so there's not a [G] trace [C] of [Am] red.
[G] Oh, [Ab] on the sidewalk [G] Sunday [Db] [Dm] morning, [Am] lies a [D] body, [G] [C] oozing [Cm] life.
[E] [Am] Someone's sneaking [Cm] [Am] round the [Dm] corner.
Is that someone?
[G] Mack the [C] knife, [G]
yes, [C] from a tugboat by the [G] river, baby.
[Dm] A cement [B] bag [G] [Am] drooping down, [Ab]
and the [Am] cement's for the [E] weight [Ab] deal.
That's you, Mackie, [G] [Am] back in town.
[G]
Yes, [C] Louis Miller, [Dm] just big [G] deal.
[Dm] Had to draw it [G] out, all [C] his cash,
[E] [Am] and my heat spends [Dm] like a sailor.
Did our boy [G] do something [C] rash?
[G] [C] Sneak at me, turning [Dm] table.
[G] I [Dm] feel him, yes, [C] he's closely round.
[E]
[Am] Yes, the line finds [Dm] on the right deal.
Now that [G] Mackie's back [C] in town.
[N]
[C] Oh, [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G] [C]
[E] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [C] [G]
[Am] the shark has [Em] pretty deep [G] deal, [Am] and he shows [G] them [C] fairly wide.
Just a jackknife [Dm] has my heat deal, and he keeps it [G] [Am] out of sight.
[G]
[C] When the shark [Em] bites [Dm] with his deep [G] deal, scarlet billows [C] start to [G] spread.
[C]
[Em] Fancy gloves, [Am] though, [Dm] wears my heat deal, so there's not a [G] trace [C] of [Am] red.
[G] Oh, [Ab] on the sidewalk [G] Sunday [Db] [Dm] morning, [Am] lies a [D] body, [G] [C] oozing [Cm] life.
[E] [Am] Someone's sneaking [Cm] [Am] round the [Dm] corner.
Is that someone?
[G] Mack the [C] knife, [G]
yes, [C] from a tugboat by the [G] river, baby.
[Dm] A cement [B] bag [G] [Am] drooping down, [Ab]
and the [Am] cement's for the [E] weight [Ab] deal.
That's you, Mackie, [G] [Am] back in town.
[G]
Yes, [C] Louis Miller, [Dm] just big [G] deal.
[Dm] Had to draw it [G] out, all [C] his cash,
[E] [Am] and my heat spends [Dm] like a sailor.
Did our boy [G] do something [C] rash?
[G] [C] Sneak at me, turning [Dm] table.
[G] I [Dm] feel him, yes, [C] he's closely round.
[E]
[Am] Yes, the line finds [Dm] on the right deal.
Now that [G] Mackie's back [C] in town.
[N]
Key:
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C
Dm
Am
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C
Dm
[Am] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
[C] Oh, _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[Am] the shark has [Em] pretty deep [G] deal, [Am] and he shows [G] them [C] fairly wide. _
Just a jackknife [Dm] has my heat deal, and he keeps it [G] [Am] out of sight.
[G] _
[C] When the shark [Em] bites [Dm] with his deep [G] deal, _ scarlet billows [C] start to [G] spread.
[C] _
[Em] Fancy gloves, [Am] though, [Dm] wears my heat deal, so there's not a [G] trace [C] of [Am] red.
[G] Oh, [Ab] on the sidewalk _ [G] Sunday [Db] [Dm] morning, _ [Am] lies a [D] body, [G] [C] oozing [Cm] life. _
[E] [Am] Someone's sneaking [Cm] _ [Am] round the [Dm] corner. _
Is that someone?
[G] Mack the [C] knife, [G]
yes, [C] from a tugboat _ by the [G] river, baby.
[Dm] A cement [B] bag [G] [Am] drooping down, [Ab] _
and the [Am] cement's for the [E] weight [Ab] deal.
That's you, Mackie, _ [G] [Am] back in town.
[G]
Yes, [C] Louis Miller, _ [Dm] just big [G] deal.
[Dm] Had to draw it [G] out, all [C] his cash, _
[E] [Am] and my heat spends [Dm] like a sailor.
Did our boy [G] do something [C] rash? _
[G] [C] Sneak at me, turning [Dm] table. _
[G] I [Dm] feel him, yes, [C] he's closely round.
_ [E]
[Am] Yes, the line finds [Dm] on the right deal.
Now that [G] _ Mackie's back [C] in town. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
[C] Oh, _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[Am] the shark has [Em] pretty deep [G] deal, [Am] and he shows [G] them [C] fairly wide. _
Just a jackknife [Dm] has my heat deal, and he keeps it [G] [Am] out of sight.
[G] _
[C] When the shark [Em] bites [Dm] with his deep [G] deal, _ scarlet billows [C] start to [G] spread.
[C] _
[Em] Fancy gloves, [Am] though, [Dm] wears my heat deal, so there's not a [G] trace [C] of [Am] red.
[G] Oh, [Ab] on the sidewalk _ [G] Sunday [Db] [Dm] morning, _ [Am] lies a [D] body, [G] [C] oozing [Cm] life. _
[E] [Am] Someone's sneaking [Cm] _ [Am] round the [Dm] corner. _
Is that someone?
[G] Mack the [C] knife, [G]
yes, [C] from a tugboat _ by the [G] river, baby.
[Dm] A cement [B] bag [G] [Am] drooping down, [Ab] _
and the [Am] cement's for the [E] weight [Ab] deal.
That's you, Mackie, _ [G] [Am] back in town.
[G]
Yes, [C] Louis Miller, _ [Dm] just big [G] deal.
[Dm] Had to draw it [G] out, all [C] his cash, _
[E] [Am] and my heat spends [Dm] like a sailor.
Did our boy [G] do something [C] rash? _
[G] [C] Sneak at me, turning [Dm] table. _
[G] I [Dm] feel him, yes, [C] he's closely round.
_ [E]
[Am] Yes, the line finds [Dm] on the right deal.
Now that [G] _ Mackie's back [C] in town. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _