Written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein
Intro C6 verse 1 Dm G7 C6 Oh, the shark babe has such teeth dear, and he shows them, pearly white. Em Cdim7 Dm G7 C6 Just a jack knife has old MacHeath babe, and he keeps it out of sight. verse 2 Dm You know when that shark bites, with his teeth, dear. G7 C6 Scarlet billows start to spread Em Cdim7 Dm And fancy gloves though has old MacHeath babe, G7 C6 Ab So there's never, never a trace of red. verse 3 Db6 Ebm Ab7 Db6 On the sidewalk, one Sunday morning, don't you know Ab7 Db6 lies a body, just oozin' life. Dbdim7 Ebm And someone's sneaking 'round the corner, Ab Db6 A Could that be our boy Mack the Knife? verse 4 D6 Em From a tugboat, down by the river dont ya know, A7 D6 Theres a cement bag just dropping on down. Ddim7 Em That cement there is there for the weight dear A D6 Bb Five will get you ten old Mackie's back in town. Verse 5 Eb6 Fm Dear Louis Miller, he disappeared babe, Bb7 Eb6 After drawing out all his hard earned cash. Ebdim7 Fm And now MacHeath spends, he spends just like a, like a sailor Bb Eb6 B Could it be, could it be, could it be, our boys done something rash? Verse 6 E6 F#m Hey, Jenny Diver, oh Sookie Taudry, B7 E6 Look out Miss Mary Lennor, oh Lucy Brown Edim7 F#m B Here the line forms, on the right babe. E C Now that MacHeath's, back in town. Verse 7 F6 Gm C7 I say Jenny Diver, oh Sookie Taudry, F6 Look out Miss Mary Lennor, and oh Lucy Brown Fdim7 C Here the line forms, on the right babe. F6 Fdim7 F6 Fdim7 F6 Fdim7 Now that MacHeath's, back in town. Outro F6 Look out old MacHeath is back!