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Pirate Jenny From The Three Penny Opera by Kurt Weill
Pirate Jenny From The Three Penny Opera
Key: Cm
[Verse]
Cm
You gentlemen can watch while I'm scrubbin' the floors
A7#5
And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gawkin'
A7#5
And maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell,
G#7
On a ratty waterfront in a ratty old hotel
G#m6
And you never guess to who you're talkin'
A#
You never guess to who you're talkin'
[Pre-Chorus]
F#6 Bm
Suddenly one night there's a scream in the night
F#6 Bm
And you yell "what the hell could that've been?"
Em7 C#7sus4
And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm scrubbin'
Em7 C#7sus4 F#add9
And you say "What the hell's she got to grin?"
[Chorus]
Bm F#5
And a ship, a black freighter,
Em
With a skull on its masthead
F#5
Will be comin' in.
[Verse]
Cm
You gentlemen can say "Hey girl, finish the floors
A7#5
Get upstairs, make the beds, earn your keep here!"
A7#5
You toss me your tips and look out at the ships
G#7
But I'm countin' your heads while I make up the beds
G#m6
'Cause there's nobody gonna sleep here
A#
Tonight none of you will sleep here
[Pre-Chorus]
F#6 Bm
Then that night there's a bang in the night
F#6 Bm
And you yell "Who's that kickin' up a row?"
Em7 C#7sus4
And you see me kinda starin' out the window
Em7 C#7sus4 F#add9
And you say "What's she got to stare at now?"
[Chorus]
Bm F#5
And the ship, the black freighter,
Em
Turns around in the harbor,
F#5
Shootin' guns from the bow.
[Verse]
Cm
Then you gentlemen can wipe off that laugh from your face
A7#5
Every buildin' in town is a flat one
A7#5
Your whole stinkin' place will be down to the ground
G#7
Only this cheap hotel standin' up safe and sound
G#m6
And you yell "Why do they spare that one?"
G#m6 A#
And you say "Why do they spare that one?"
[Pre-Chorus]
F#6 Bm
All the night through with the noise and to-do,
F#6 Bm
You wonder "Who's that person lives up there?"
Em7 C#7sus4
Then you see me stepping out into the morning,
Em7 C#7sus4 F#add9
Lookin' nice with a ribbon in my hair.
[Chorus]
Bm F#5
And the ship, the black freighter,
Em
Runs the flag up its masthead
F#5
And a cheer rings the air!
[Verse]
Cm
By noontime the dock is all swarmin' with men
A7#5
Comin' off of that ghostly freighter
A7#5
They're movin' in the shadows where no one can see
G#7
And they're chainin' up people and bringin' them to me,
G#m6
Askin' me, "Kill them now, or later?
G#m6 A#
Askin' me, "Kill them now, or later?"
[Pre-Chorus]
F#6 Bm
Noon by the clock and so still on the dock,
F#6 Bm
You can hear a foghorn miles away,
G7 N.C.
In that quiet of death, I'll say "Right now!"
G7
And they pile up the bodies and I'll say,
C#7sus4 E6 C#7sus4
"That'll learn ya!
[Chorus]
Bm F#5
And the ship, the black freighter,
Em
Disappears out to sea
F#5
And on it is me.
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