{"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":2888390,"song":"Mack The Knife","artist":"Dave Van Ronk","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11650447-mack-the-knife-chords-by-dave-van-ronk/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2888390?type=chord","rating":4.94716,"votes":28,"content":"\"As for the jug band, that came about more or less by accident. One weekend Max Gordon, the owner of the\r\nVillage Vanguard, was in Cambridge for some reason, and he walked by the Club 47 and saw this huge line of\r\npeople waiting to get in to see the Jim Kweskin Jug Band. In his mind's eye he transposed this queue to 7th\r\nAvenue South, where he had his room, and visions of sugarplums started dancing in his head. So when he got\r\nback to New York, he called Robert Shelton and said, 'Are there any jug bands around town?' Bob said, 'Well,\r\nyeah, but what you really ought to do is get hold of Dave Van Ronk and have him put one together.' So he did,\r\nand I did.\"\r\n\r\nCapo 7\r\n\r\n[Chords]\r\n[tab][ch]A6[/ch]    x02222\r\nE9    020102 or 022102[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\n       [ch]A6[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]E9[/ch]        [ch]A6[/ch]\r\ne|-----2-2-|-----2-2-|-----2-2-|-5-4-2---|\r\nB|-2-5-----|-2-5-----|---3-----|---------|\r\nG|---------|---------|-4-------|---------|\r\nD|---------|---------|---------|---------|\r\nA|---------|---------|---------|---------|\r\nE|---------|---------|---------|---------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]E9[/ch]        [ch]A6[/ch]\r\ne|-----7-5-|-542-5---|---2-5---|-542-5\\--|\r\nB|-2-5-----|---------|---------|-------2-|\r\nG|---------|-------4-|-4-----4-|---------|\r\nD|---------|---------|---------|---------|\r\nA|---------|---------|---------|---------|\r\nE|---------|---------|---------|---------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]A6[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E9[/ch]          [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nAnd he shows them, pearly white[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nJust a jack-knife has MacHeath, dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E9[/ch]             [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nAnd he keeps it out of sight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A6[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhen a shark bites with his teeth, dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E9[/ch]               [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nScarlet billows start to spread[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFancy gloves, oh, wears MacHeath, dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E9[/ch]    [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nSo there's not a trace of red[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A6[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOn a sidewalk, Sunday morning,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E9[/ch]           [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nLies a body once in life[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSomeone sneakin' 'round the corner[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E9[/ch]                [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nIs that someone, Mack the Knife?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Outro]\r\n       [ch]A6[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]E9[/ch]        [ch]A6[/ch]\r\ne|-----2-2-|-----2-2-|-----2-2-|-5-4-2---|\r\nB|-2-5-----|-2-5-----|---3-----|---------|\r\nG|---------|---------|-4-------|---------|\r\nD|---------|---------|---------|---------|\r\nA|---------|---------|---------|---------|\r\nE|---------|---------|---------|---------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]E9[/ch]        [ch]A6[/ch]\r\ne|-----7-5-|-542-5---|---2-5---|-542-5---|\r\nB|-2-5-----|---------|---------|-------2-|\r\nG|---------|-------4-|-4-----4-|---------|\r\nD|---------|---------|---------|---------|\r\nA|---------|---------|---------|---------|\r\nE|---------|---------|---------|---------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat to Fade)","plain_text":"\"As for the jug band, that came about more or less by accident. One weekend Max Gordon, the owner of the\nVillage Vanguard, was in Cambridge for some reason, and he walked by the Club 47 and saw this huge line of\npeople waiting to get in to see the Jim Kweskin Jug Band. In his mind's eye he transposed this queue to 7th\nAvenue South, where he had his room, and visions of sugarplums started dancing in his head. So when he got\nback to New York, he called Robert Shelton and said, 'Are there any jug bands around town?' Bob said, 'Well,\nyeah, but what you really ought to do is get hold of Dave Van Ronk and have him put one together.' So he did,\nand I did.\"\n\nCapo 7\n\n[Chords]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat to Fade)","chords":["A6","E9","Bm","B","G","D","A","E","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]}}}