Mack the knife - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington Chords

Tempo:
83.55 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

A

Bb

Ab

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Mack the knife - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington chords
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[E] [D] Oh, the shark has [Em] [Am] curly teeth, dear, and he shows them [Gb] curly [G] white.
[A] Just [G] a jackknife [Bb]
[C] has my key, dear, [Bb] [C] and he [Gm] keeps it out of sight.
[B] [C] When the [G] shark bites [Am] with his teeth, dear, [Bb] he's got a [C] billow [Db] to [G] spread.
[C] [G] There she [Bb] goes, oh, [Am] where's my key, dear?
[E] So there's no goody trade, no goody [D] trade [Bbm] of [Ab] red.
On a sidewalk, [Bbm] on a Sunday morning, lies a body,
[Ab] who's in life.
Someone's sneaking [D]
[Bbm] round that corner.
Now could it be, could it be, could it [F] be [Eb] [Ab] Mack [A] the Knife?
[Gbm] On a tugboat, down [D] by the river, don't you know?
A seaman's back,
[Gbm] up and down.
That seaman's just [Bm] one away, dear.
[B] That's the jack-cat [A] called Mackey.
Oh, oh, Mackey, he's back in [Eb] town.
[Gm] Ah, looky, comey, hello, [Eb] Lucy Brown.
Teach them, give them, mama, [Gm] mama, mama, mama, Lucy Brown.
Get the line phone, [Eb] sing it alone.
Hello darling, look out there Bobby Derrick.
[Bb] Me and your folks sing the same song next [Dbm] year.
[Abm] Come along now Bobby Derrick and [Gb] Louis [Dbm] Armstrong.
They've made a record, woo!
[Abm] And they're strong, and now they're in the ring.
[Dbm] [Ab] Well they can wreck, but wreck [B] such a record is a single [C] song.
Yes, yes, yes, yes we're [Dm] swungin'.
Yes, yes, yes, yes we're swungin'.
We [Am] swung, we swung all night getting down.
While you people [Dm] here at the dance floor.
[C] We're gonna sing, we're gonna swing, we're gonna add [Bbm] one more.
One, two, three, four.
[Ebm] [Db]
[Bbm]
[Ebm] [Bb] [Db]
[D]
[G] [Bm]
[G] [D]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Bb] [Eb]
[C] [Dbm]
[Gbm] We did it, we did it, [A] we [Dbm] did it, we did it.
[A] [A]
[Dbm] [A] [Ab] [E] [Abm] Can
[E]
we [Abm] go with one, or [E] with none.
I eat Mcintyre!
[Abm] I eat Mcintyre!
[E] [N]
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
A
1231
Bb
12341111
Ab
134211114
C
3211
G
2131
A
1231
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To learn Ella Fitzgerald - (Live At The Cote dAzur, 7/28/1966) Mack The Knife chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - E, Abm, E, A, A, Dbm, Ab, Bbm, Ab, D and Bbm. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 41 BPM and then match the original tempo of 84 BPM. With D Minor as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[E] _ _ _ _ [D] Oh, the shark has [Em] [Am] curly teeth, dear, and he shows them [Gb] curly [G] white.
[A] _ Just [G] a jackknife [Bb]
[C] has my key, dear, [Bb] [C] and he [Gm] keeps it out of sight.
[B] _ [C] When the [G] shark bites [Am] with his teeth, dear, [Bb] he's got a [C] billow [Db] to [G] _ spread.
[C] [G] There she [Bb] goes, oh, [Am] where's my key, dear?
[E] So there's no goody trade, no goody [D] trade [Bbm] of [Ab] red.
On a sidewalk, _ [Bbm] on a Sunday morning, lies a body, _ _
[Ab] who's in life.
Someone's sneaking _ [D]
[Bbm] round that corner.
Now could it be, could it be, could it [F] be [Eb] [Ab] Mack [A] the Knife?
[Gbm] On a tugboat, down [D] by the river, don't you know?
A seaman's back, _
[Gbm] up and down.
That seaman's just [Bm] one away, dear.
[B] That's the jack-cat [A] called Mackey.
Oh, oh, Mackey, he's back in [Eb] town.
[Gm] Ah, looky, comey, hello, [Eb] Lucy Brown.
Teach them, give them, mama, [Gm] mama, mama, mama, Lucy Brown.
Get the line phone, [Eb] sing it alone.
Hello darling, look out there Bobby Derrick.
[Bb] Me and your folks sing the same song next [Dbm] year.
[Abm] Come along now Bobby Derrick and [Gb] Louis [Dbm] Armstrong.
They've made a record, woo! _
[Abm] _ And they're strong, and now they're in the ring.
[Dbm] _ _ [Ab] Well they can wreck, but wreck [B] such a record is a single [C] song.
_ Yes, yes, yes, yes we're [Dm] swungin'.
Yes, yes, yes, yes we're swungin'.
We [Am] swung, we swung all night getting down.
While you people [Dm] here at the dance floor.
[C] We're gonna sing, we're gonna swing, we're gonna add [Bbm] one more.
One, two, three, four. _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _
[Gbm] _ _ _ We did it, we did it, [A] _ we [Dbm] did it, we did it. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dbm] _ _ [A] _ [Ab] _ [E] _ [Abm] Can _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ we _ [Abm] go with one, or [E] with none.
I eat _ _ _ _ Mcintyre!
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ I eat Mcintyre!
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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