It just happens that 1)I have lots of time at my desk, 2)I have the music to this song in my briefcase "Oh, don't ask why", and 3)I've been meaning to analyze the chords.

In 2: Cm11/ Cm11/"Oh/show us the/way to the/next***"/DM7"Oh don't ask/ why, Oh don't ask/ why"/Fm7"For we must/find the next/***,/For if/we don't find/the next ***, I"/DM7"tell you we must/die! I tell you we must/die! I/tell you, I/tell you, I tell you we must die!"Dm7//B7/

Chorus: ./G#m"Oh"/(starting here there's a steady G chord in the bass, with the treble making up the notes for chord changes)GM"Moon/of"Gmaj7" Ala/ba/ma we"/E7G"now/must say good/bye./We've/lost"C#, E7G, C#/"our good old mam/ma/and must have /*** oh you know/why Oh"GM7"Moon/of"Gmaj7" Ala/ba/ma we"/Eb7G"now/must say good"/(Bass chord changes to Gm)bye./We've/lost" Eb7G, C#/"our good old" /E7G"mam/ma"/ Adim13"and" F#7"must" Adim13"have "F#7 "have" /G13"*** oh you know"/G7"why"/GM//

The *** is where the alternate words for each verse go. In the opera, this is sung by Jenny and her "girls" and the variant words are 1)whisky bar 2) little dollar and 3)pretty boy.

American opera singers usually sing this with a German accent.