Vox start on the 6
Bobby darin in Bb, I play in Bb
Bb |
Bb6 | Cm | |
Oh, the | shark, babe, has such | teeth, dear |
F7 | Bb6 | |
And it | shows them pearly | white |
Bb/D | Dbdim | Cm | |
Just a | jackknife | has old Mac | Heath, babe |
Bb6 | |
And he keeps it out of sight |
Bb6 | Cm | |
You know when that | shark bites with his | teeth, babe |
F7 | Bb6 | |
Scarlet | billows start to | spread |
Bb/D | Dbdim | Cm | |
Fancy | gloves, though | wears old Mac | Heath, babe |
Bb6 | |
So there’s never, never a trace of | red |
B |
B | Dbm | |
On a | sidewalk, ooh sunny | mornin uh-huh |
Gb7 | B6 | |
Lies a | body just | oozin’ life |
B/Eb | Ddim | Dbm | |
Some, someone’s | sneakin’ | ’round a | corner |
B6 | |
Could that someone be old Mack the | Knife? |
C |
C6 | Dm | |
There’s a | tugboat down by the | river, don’t you know |
G7 | C6 | |
Where a | cement bag, just a’ | droopin’ on down |
C/E | Ebdim | Dm | |
Oh, that cem | ent is | just it’s there for the | weight, dear |
C6 | |
Five’ll get you ten old Macky’s back in | town |
Db6 |
Db6 | Ebm | Ab7 | |
Now d’ja | hear ‘bout Louie | Miller? He disap | peared, babe |
Db6 | |
After drawin’ out all his | hard earned cash |
Db/F | Edim | Ebm | |
And now Mac | Heath spend | just like a sa | ilor |
Db6 | |
Could it be our boy’s done somethin’ | rash? |
D |
D6 | Em | |
Jenny | Diver, yeah, yeah, Sukey | Tawdry |
A7 | D6 | |
Ooh Miss | Lotte Lenya, and old | Lucy Brown |
D/Gb | Fdim | Em | |
Oh the | line forms, | on the | right, babe |
D6 | |
Now that Macky’s back in | town |
Eb |
Eb6 | Fm | |
I said, Jenny | Diver, Sukey | Tawdry |
Bb7 | Eb6 | |
Look out Miss Lotte | Lenya and old | Lucy Brown |
Last chord in this line is not a typo, this line
lands on the ii in every other verse, but on the
V in this verse.
Eb/G | Gbdim | Bb | |
Oh that | line forms | on the | right, babe |
Fm7 | Bb | Fm7 | Bb | Fm7 | Bb | Bb | |
Now, that | Mac | ky’s |
Eb | Db7 | Eb | Db7 | Eb | Db7 | |
Back in | town |
Eb | Eb7#9 |
Look out, old Macky is back |