Pirate Jenny From The Three Penny Opera
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Verse
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,
On a ratty waterfront in a ratty
old hotel
And you never guess to who
you're talkin'
You never guess to who you're
talkin'
Pre-chorus
Suddenly one night there's a
scream in the night
And you yell "what the hell
could that've been?"
Em7 C#7sus4
And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm scrubbin'
And you say "What the hell's she
got to grin?"
Chorus
And a ship, a black freighter,
With a skull on its masthead
Will be comin' in.
Verse
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
But I'm countin' your heads
while I make up the beds
'Cause there's nobody gonna
sleep here
Tonight none of you will sleep
here
Pre-chorus
Then that night there's a bang
in the night
And you yell "Who's that kickin'
up a row?"
Em7 C#7sus4
And you see me kinda starin' out the window
And you say "What's she got to
stare at now?"
Chorus
And the ship, the black
freighter,
Turns around in the harbor,
Shootin' guns from the bow.
Verse
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
Only this cheap hotel standin'
up safe and sound
And you yell "Why do they spare
that one?"
And you say "Why do they spare
that one?"
Pre-chorus
All the night through with the
noise and to-do,
You wonder "Who's that person
lives up there?"
Em7 C#7sus4
Then you see me stepping out into the morning,
Lookin' nice with a ribbon in my
hair.
Chorus
And the ship, the black
freighter,
Runs the flag up its masthead
And a cheer rings the air!
Verse
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
And they're chainin' up people
and bringin' them to me,
Askin' me, "Kill them now, or
later?
Askin' me, "Kill them now, or
later?"
Pre-chorus
Noon by the clock and so still
on the dock,
You can hear a foghorn miles
away,
G7 N.C.
In that quiet of death, I'll say "Right now!"
And they pile up the bodies and
I'll say,
C#7sus4 E6 C#7sus4
"That'll learn ya!
Chorus
And the ship, the black
freighter,
Disappears out to sea
And on it is me.
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