Intro: D 

        D     D6      Cdim        A7
Well, the shark has   pretty teeth dear
A7/13-   A7    A4/7    A7 D6
And he keeps them pearly white
      Bm              Em
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath dear 
  G/B  A4/7        A7      D   Cdim A7
And he keeps it   out of sight.
      D     D6      Cdim        A7    A7/13-
When the shark bites with his teeth dear
  A7      A4/7     A7   D6
Scarlet billows start to spread
     Bm             Em               G/B
Fancy gloves though wears old MacHeath dear, 
 A4/7     A7     D     Cdim    A7
So there's never a trace of red
      D    D6      Cdim      A7
Sunday morning on the sidewalk  
    A7/13-   A7      A4/7 A7 D6
Lies a body oozing life
     Bm            Em                G/B
And some one's creeping around the corner
 A4/7      A7    D    Cdim   A7
Could that some one be Mack the knife
       D     D6     Cdim        A7
From a tug boat on the river a cement 
 A7/13-    A7    A4/7 A7 D6
Bag's dropping down
     Bm               Em                   G/B
The cement's just for the weight dear, five'll get 
A4/7     A7     D     Cdim    A7
You ten ol' Macky's back in town
       D      D6     Cdim
Louis Miller disappeared dear
   A7    A7/13-     A7    A4/7 A7 D6
After drawing all his cash
     Bm            Em
And old MacHeath spends like a sailor 
  G/B   A4/7     A7     D   Cdim A7
Did our boy do someting rash
       D     D6    Cdim        A7
Suky Tawdry, Jenny Diver, look out
 A7/13-     A7    A4/7    A7 D6
Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
      Bm              Em
Well, the line forms on the right girls 
   G/B    A4/7     A7      D
Now that Macky's back in town