Mack the Knife Chords by Bobby Darin, Marc Blitzstein, Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht

Tempo:
83.35 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

C

D

Eb

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Mack the Knife chords
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[Bb] Oh the shark, baby, [C] has such teeth, dear [F] And it shows them [Bb] pearly white
Just a jack [E] knife has [Cm] old Maggie Heath, baby And it keeps [F] it [Bb] out of sight
You know when that shark bites [Bm] [C] with his teeth, [Cm] baby
[F] Scarlet billows [Bb] start to spread Fancy gloves [Dbm] though wears old [Cm] Maggie Heath, baby
So there's never, never a trace [Bb] of red [Gb] Now on [B] the sidewalk, [E] ooh, Sunday [Dbm] morning
[Gb] Lies a body just [B] oozing life And someone's sneaking [D] round [Dbm] the corner
Could that someone [Gb] be Mack [B] the Knife?
[G] There's [C] a tugboat down by the river, [F] don't you know
[G] Where a cement bag just drooping [C] on down Oh, that cement is just hit there for [Dm] the weight, dear
[F] Five will get you ten old [Bb] [C] Maggie's back in town
[Ab] Down [Db] to the airborne Louie Miller He [Ebm] disappeared, baby
[Ab] After drawing out [Db] all his hard-earned cash And now Maggie Heath spins [Bb] just [Ebm] like a sailor
[Ab] [Gb] Could it be our boy's died?
[Db] Something rash?
[A] Now Jenny [D] Diver, yeah, [E] Sukie Tawdry Ooh, [A] Miss Lolly Linger and [D] old Lucy Brown
Oh, the lion [D] forms on [Em] the right, [A] babe Now [Em] that [A] Mack is back [D] in town
[Bb] I [Cm] said Jenny Diver, whoa, [Fm] Sukie Tawdry Look out [Bb] to Miss Lolly Linger [Eb] and old Lucy Brown
[Bb] [Eb] Yes, that lion [C] forms [Bb] on the right, babe [D] Now that Mack is [Bb] [Eb] back in town
[C] [Eb] [C]
[Eb] [C] [Eb] Now that Mack is back
Key:  
Bb
12341111
C
3211
D
1321
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
C
3211
D
1321
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To start learning Bobby Darin, Marc Blitzstein, Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht - Mack The Knife chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: Bm, C, Cm, F, Bb, D, Bb, Eb, C, D, Dbm, Gb and B. A good strategy is to initiate at 41 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 83 BPM. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of Gb Major.

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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ Oh the shark, baby, [C] has such teeth, dear [F] And it shows them [Bb] pearly white
_ Just a jack [E] knife has [Cm] old Maggie Heath, baby And it keeps [F] it [Bb] out of sight
You know when that shark bites [Bm] [C] with his teeth, [Cm] baby
[F] Scarlet billows _ [Bb] start to spread _ Fancy gloves [Dbm] though wears old [Cm] Maggie Heath, baby
So there's never, never a trace [Bb] of red [Gb] Now on [B] the sidewalk, _ [E] ooh, Sunday [Dbm] morning
_ _ [Gb] Lies a body just [B] oozing life And someone's sneaking [D] round [Dbm] the corner
Could that someone [Gb] be Mack [B] the Knife?
_ [G] There's [C] a tugboat down by the river, [F] don't you know
[G] Where a cement bag just drooping [C] on down _ Oh, that cement is just hit there for [Dm] the weight, dear
[F] Five will get you ten old [Bb] [C] Maggie's back in town
[Ab] Down [Db] to the airborne Louie Miller _ He [Ebm] disappeared, baby
[Ab] After drawing out [Db] all his hard-earned cash And now Maggie Heath spins [Bb] just [Ebm] like a sailor
[Ab] [Gb] Could it be our boy's died?
[Db] Something rash?
[A] Now Jenny [D] Diver, yeah, [E] Sukie Tawdry Ooh, [A] Miss Lolly Linger and [D] old Lucy Brown
Oh, the lion [D] forms on [Em] the right, [A] babe Now [Em] that [A] Mack is back [D] in town
[Bb] I [Cm] said Jenny Diver, whoa, [Fm] Sukie Tawdry Look out [Bb] to Miss Lolly Linger _ [Eb] and old Lucy Brown
[Bb] [Eb] Yes, that lion [C] forms [Bb] on the right, babe [D] Now that Mack is _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] back in town
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] Now that Mack is back

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