Mack the Knife by Louis Armstrong Chords

Tempo:
89.1 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

Dm

Am

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Mack the Knife by Louis Armstrong chords
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Dig man there goes back to knife
[C]
[Dm] [G]
[C] [Em] [Am]
[Dm] [Dm]
[Am] [C] [Am]
[G] [Dm]
[B] [C] [E]
[Am] [Dm] All
[G] [C] [G] the shark [C] has
[B] Trinity [A] dear [Dm] and he [G] shows them
[C] upper in wine
[Am] Just a jack knife
[Dm] Has Mac he dear
And he keeps it
[G] [C] Outside when [Gm] the shark [Am] bites
[G] with his teeth [Bm] dear
[G] Scarlet pillows stop [Dm] spray
[A] [Am] fancy gloves though
[Dm] Where's my heat dear?
So there's not a [G] trace [C] of [Am] red
on [C] the [B] sidewalk
[C] [Dm] Sunday [A] morning
[C] Lies a [G] body
[C] oozing [B] like
[C] [Am] someone's sneaking
[Dm] around the corner
[D] [G] Is there someone [C] Mac died
[G] [C] From a tugboat
[G] [Dm] by the river Cement [B] bags [C] Drooping down
[A] Yes the seamans
Just [Dm] for the weight dear bet you Mac he
[G] back [C] in town
[Bm] Look a year Louie [Gm] Miller
[G] [Dm] disappeared [C] dear
[Am] [G] [C] after drawing
[C] out [Abm] his [Gm] cash
[Em] And [Am] Mac he spends like [E] a sailor
[C] Did [G] our boy do something [C] rash
[G] Suki tawdry
[C] [Dm] Jenny diver
[G] Lottie Lenya
sweet Lucy [Cm] Brown
[Am] all the lines
Bonds on [Dm] the right tears
[G] Now that Mac he
[Am] back in town
[Eb] [Fm]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Cm] [Ab]
[Eb] [G] [Gm]
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
Dm
2311
Am
2311
B
12341112
C
3211
G
2131
Dm
2311
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To learn Louis Armstrong & His All Stars - (Live) Mack The Knife chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Dm, G, C, Dm, C, Am, Dm, C and C. Ease into the song by practicing at 44 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 89 BPM. With A Minor as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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Dig man there goes back to knife
[C] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] All _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ the shark [C] has
[B] Trinity [A] dear [Dm] and he [G] shows them
[C] upper in wine
[Am] Just a jack knife
[Dm] Has Mac he dear
And he keeps it
[G] _ [C] Outside _ when [Gm] the shark [Am] bites
[G] with his teeth [Bm] dear
[G] _ Scarlet pillows stop [Dm] spray
_ [A] [Am] fancy gloves though
[Dm] Where's my heat dear?
So there's not a [G] trace [C] of [Am] red
on [C] the [B] sidewalk
[C] _ [Dm] Sunday [A] morning
_ [C] Lies a [G] body
_ [C] oozing [B] like
[C] _ [Am] someone's sneaking
_ [Dm] around the corner
_ [D] [G] Is there someone _ [C] Mac died
_ [G] [C] From a tugboat
_ [G] [Dm] by the river _ Cement [B] bags [C] Drooping down
_ [A] Yes the seamans
Just [Dm] for the weight dear bet you Mac he
[G] back [C] in town
_ [Bm] Look a year Louie [Gm] Miller
[G] _ [Dm] disappeared [C] dear
[Am] _ [G] [C] after drawing
[C] out [Abm] his [Gm] cash
[Em] And [Am] Mac he spends like [E] a sailor
[C] Did [G] our boy do something [C] rash
[G] Suki tawdry
[C] _ [Dm] Jenny diver
_ [G] Lottie Lenya
sweet Lucy [Cm] Brown
[Am] all the lines
Bonds on [Dm] the right tears
[G] Now that Mac he
[Am] back in town
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ _

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This song was authored by Marc Blitzstein, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht.

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