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Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin, 1959 (capo 3rd fret)\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n          C<\/span>                 Dm<\/span>\r\nWell, the shark has, pretty teeth dear,\r\n       G<\/span>                  C<\/span>\r\nAnd he keeps them, pearly white.\r\n       Am<\/span>                     Dm<\/span>\r\nJust a jackknife, has old Mack Heath dear,\r\n       G<\/span>                      C<\/span>      G<\/span>\r\nAnd he keeps it        out of sight.\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n         C<\/span>                     Dm<\/span>\r\nWhen the shark bites, with his teeth dear,\r\n        G<\/span>                 C<\/span>\r\nScarlet billows, start to spread.\r\n       Am<\/span>                           Dm<\/span>\r\nFancy  gloves though, wears old Mack Heath dear,\r\n           G<\/span>                        C<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\nSo there's never,        a trace of red.\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n       C<\/span>               Dm<\/span>\r\nSunday morning, on the sidewalk,\r\n       G<\/span>            C<\/span>\r\nLies A body, oozing life.\r\n               Am<\/span>                  Dm<\/span>\r\nAnd some one's creeping, around the corner,\r\n           G                          C      G\r\nCould that someone        be Mack the knife?\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n          C                 Dm\r\nFrom a tug [A] boat, [A6] on the [Bm] river, [Bm7]\r\n    G                    C\r\nA cement bag's, dropping down.\r\n      Am                  Dm\r\nThe cement's just, for the weight dear,\r\n                 G                               C     G\r\nFive 'll get you ten,        old Mackys\u2019 back in town.\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n      C            Dm\r\nLouis Miller, disappeared dear,\r\n      G                C\r\nAfter drawing, all his cash.\r\n             Am                  Dm\r\nAnd old Mack Heath spends, like a sailor.\r\n        G                       C     G\r\nDid our boy        do something rash?\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n     C             Dm\r\nSuky Tawdry, Jenny Diver,\r\n              G                    C\r\nLook out Miss Lotte Lenya, and old Lucy Brown.\r\n          Am                Dm\r\nWell, the line forms, on the right girls,\r\n         G               C      F C G C\r\nNow that Mackys\u2019 back in town!\r\n
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Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin, 1959 (capo 3rd fret) [Verse] C Dm Well, the shark has, pretty teeth dear, G C And he keeps them, pearly white. Am Dm Just a jackknife, has old Mack Heath dear, G C G And he keeps it out of sight. [Verse] C … CLICK TO VIEW SONGMack the Knife<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31501,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions\/31501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}