{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1750940,"song":"Mack The Knife","artist":"Kurt Weill","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11378072-mack-the-knife-chords-by-kurt-weill/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1750940?type=chord","rating":4.69291,"votes":27,"content":"The Ballad Of Mack The Knife (Der Moritat Von Mackie Messer)\r\nKurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht\r\nFrom the play \"The Threepenny Opera\" (1928)\r\nStandard Tuning\r\n\r\nChords for the first 2 lines of every verse (with high note for singing reference)\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C6[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G9[/ch]     [ch]G9[/ch]\r\ne|----5-----5-----5------5-----|\r\nB|----5-----6-----3------0-----|\r\nG|----5-----7-----4--OR--0-----|\r\nD|----5-----7-----3------0-----|\r\nA|----3-----5-----5------2-----|\r\nE|----------------3------3-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C6[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G9[/ch]               [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAnd he shows them pearly white;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nJust a jack-knife has Macheath, dear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAnd he keeps it out of sight![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C6[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen the shark bites with his teeth, dear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G9[/ch]               [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nScarlet billows start to spread;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nFancy gloves, though, wears Macheath, dear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nSo there's not a trace of red![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C6[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOn the sidewalk Sunday morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G9[/ch]          [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nLies a body oozing life;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nSomeone sneaking 'round the corner;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nIs that someone Mack the Knife?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C6[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFrom a tugboat by the river,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G9[/ch]                  [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nA cement bag's dropping down;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nThe cement's just for the weight, dear;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nBet ya Mackie's back in town![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C6[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLouie Miller disappeared, dear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G9[/ch]              [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAfter drawing out his cash,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nAnd Macheath spends like a sailor;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nDid our boy do something rash?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C6[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSuky Tawdry, Jenny Diver,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G9[/ch]            [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nPolly Peachum, Lucy Brown;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nOh, the line forms on the right, dears,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nNow that Mackie's back in town![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C6[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G9[/ch]                [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAnd he shows them pearly white;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nJust a jack-knife has Macheath, dear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]             [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAnd he keeps it out of sight![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nJust a jack-knife has Macheath, dear,[/tab]\r\n\r\nSlow down\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]             [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAnd he keeps it out of sight![/tab]","plain_text":"The Ballad Of Mack The Knife (Der Moritat Von Mackie Messer)\nKurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht\nFrom the play \"The Threepenny Opera\" (1928)\nStandard Tuning\n\nChords for the first 2 lines of every verse (with high note for singing reference)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSlow down","chords":["C6","Dm","G9","B","G","D","A","E","Am","Dm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]}}}