Chords for The Black Freighter (From "The Threepenny Opera")
Tempo:
83 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
E
A
Abm
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] You gentlemen can gawk while I'm scrubbing the floors and I'm scrubbing the [A] floors while you're gawking
ratty waterfront in this ratty hotel
guess to whom you're talking
the hell is that din?
[E] And you say
[Ab] And the
[Ebm] Parade
as a moustache
ratty waterfront in this ratty hotel
guess to whom you're talking
the hell is that din?
[E] And you say
[Ab] And the
[Ebm] Parade
as a moustache
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Eb
E
A
Abm
Ab
Eb
E
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] You gentlemen can gawk while I'm scrubbing the floors and I'm scrubbing the [A] floors while you're gawking
And maybe once you tip me and it [B] made you feel so [C] well in this ratty waterfront in this ratty hotel
But [F] you never know to whom you're [Fm] talking
You never guess to whom you're talking
[Eb] Suddenly one night [Abm] there's a scream in the night [Eb] and a yell, what the hell is that din?
[E] And you see me kind of grinning [Eb] while I'm scrubbing
_ [E] And you say
What she [Eb] got to grin
_ _ _ [Ab] And the
_ [Abm] Shithead
_ [Ebm] Parade
_ With [Db] a skull as a moustache
_ _ _ _ _ [B] [Bb] Sails into the [G] pool _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] Then you gentlemen can say hey girls scrub the floors make the best get up the stairs and you keep here
And you pass out the tits as you look after the sheep but [Cm] I'm counting the pigs as I'm making a mess
[Fm] Cause tonight none of you will sleep here
[F] Tonight none of you will sleep here
[Eb] And then on the night there's [Abm] a bang in the night and [Eb] you yell what the hell [Abm] is that din
And [E] you see me kind of staring [Eb] _
low
[E] And you say what she got to [Eb] stare at now
_ _ [Ab] And the [Abm] Shithead _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Dbm] With the fifty long _ _ _ cannons
[B] Opens [Bb] fire on the [Gm] door
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Abm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[E] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And you Gentlemen
Can wipe all the grins off your face
Every building in the town is a flat one
The whole thinking
Place will be down to the [C] ground
Only this cheap hotel will [Eb] be standing
safe [Fm] and sound
And you'll say why didn't they spare that one
You'll say why didn't they spare that [Eb] one
Then all night through
With [Abm] an aww isn't to do
[Eb] You'll wonder whose the person [Abm] lives up there
[E] And you'll see me
Stepping out [Gm] into the morning
[Eb] _ [E] Looking nice with a ribbon in [Eb] my hair _
[Ab] And the ship and the [Ebm] brider
_ _ [Dbm] Runs a flag up a _ [Db] masthead
_ [B] And the deer ring [Ab] the [D] _
alarm
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Then just before noon there'll be hundreds of men
Coming [E] up off that toasty freighter
[A] And they're moving in the shadows where no one can see
And they're chaining up the people
And they're bringing them to me
[Fm] Asking me, kill them now or later
Asking me, kill them now or later
[Eb] Noon on the [Abm] clock and so still on the dock
[Eb] You could hear a foghorn [Abm] miles away
_ _ [E] In the choir _ _ [Eb] I'll say it, kill them now
_ [E] And they'll pile up the bodies [Eb] and I'll say _ _ _
_ Oopla
_ [Ab] And the ship _ _ [Ebm] and _ freighter
Sails [Dbm] away out to sea _
And on [Bb] _ [Ab] it's [Eb] way _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [E] You gentlemen can gawk while I'm scrubbing the floors and I'm scrubbing the [A] floors while you're gawking
And maybe once you tip me and it [B] made you feel so [C] well in this ratty waterfront in this ratty hotel
But [F] you never know to whom you're [Fm] talking
You never guess to whom you're talking
[Eb] Suddenly one night [Abm] there's a scream in the night [Eb] and a yell, what the hell is that din?
[E] And you see me kind of grinning [Eb] while I'm scrubbing
_ [E] And you say
What she [Eb] got to grin
_ _ _ [Ab] And the
_ [Abm] Shithead
_ [Ebm] Parade
_ With [Db] a skull as a moustache
_ _ _ _ _ [B] [Bb] Sails into the [G] pool _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] Then you gentlemen can say hey girls scrub the floors make the best get up the stairs and you keep here
And you pass out the tits as you look after the sheep but [Cm] I'm counting the pigs as I'm making a mess
[Fm] Cause tonight none of you will sleep here
[F] Tonight none of you will sleep here
[Eb] And then on the night there's [Abm] a bang in the night and [Eb] you yell what the hell [Abm] is that din
And [E] you see me kind of staring [Eb] _
low
[E] And you say what she got to [Eb] stare at now
_ _ [Ab] And the [Abm] Shithead _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Dbm] With the fifty long _ _ _ cannons
[B] Opens [Bb] fire on the [Gm] door
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Abm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[E] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And you Gentlemen
Can wipe all the grins off your face
Every building in the town is a flat one
The whole thinking
Place will be down to the [C] ground
Only this cheap hotel will [Eb] be standing
safe [Fm] and sound
And you'll say why didn't they spare that one
You'll say why didn't they spare that [Eb] one
Then all night through
With [Abm] an aww isn't to do
[Eb] You'll wonder whose the person [Abm] lives up there
[E] And you'll see me
Stepping out [Gm] into the morning
[Eb] _ [E] Looking nice with a ribbon in [Eb] my hair _
[Ab] And the ship and the [Ebm] brider
_ _ [Dbm] Runs a flag up a _ [Db] masthead
_ [B] And the deer ring [Ab] the [D] _
alarm
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Then just before noon there'll be hundreds of men
Coming [E] up off that toasty freighter
[A] And they're moving in the shadows where no one can see
And they're chaining up the people
And they're bringing them to me
[Fm] Asking me, kill them now or later
Asking me, kill them now or later
[Eb] Noon on the [Abm] clock and so still on the dock
[Eb] You could hear a foghorn [Abm] miles away
_ _ [E] In the choir _ _ [Eb] I'll say it, kill them now
_ [E] And they'll pile up the bodies [Eb] and I'll say _ _ _
_ Oopla
_ [Ab] And the ship _ _ [Ebm] and _ freighter
Sails [Dbm] away out to sea _
And on [Bb] _ [Ab] it's [Eb] way _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _