Paul Simon – When Numbers Get Serious (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
D I have a number in my head G Am7 G Though I don't know why it's there D7 G When numbers get serious C D You see their shape everywhere D G Dividing and multiplying Bm7 Em Exchanging with ease C G When times are mysterious Am D G Serious numbers are eager to please
[Chorus]
F# B Take my address. Take my phone F# B Call me if you can F# B Here's my address. Here's my phone F# B Please don't give it to some madman F# B Hey hey, whoa, whoa F# B it's a complicated life F# B Numbers swirling thick and curious Em7 You can cut them with a knife C D G Am You can cut them with a knife
[Verse 2]
G D Two times two is twenty-two G Am7 G Four times four is forty-four D7 G When numbers get serious C D They leave a mark on your door D G Urgent. Urgent. A telephone Bm7 Em ringing in the hallways C G When times are mysterious Am D G Serious numbers will speak to us always
[Chorus]
F# B That is why a man with numbers can F# B put your mind at ease F# B We've got numbers by the trillions F# B Here and overseas F# B Hey hey, whoa whoa F# B Look at the stink about Japan F# B All those numbers waiting patiently Em7 Don't you understand? C D G Don't you understand?
[Verse 3]
G D So wrap me, wrap me, wrap me do G Am7 G In the shelter of your arms D7 G I am ever your volunteer C D I won't do you any harm D G I will love innumerably Bm7 Em You can count on my word C G When times are mysterious Am D G Serious numbers will always be heard C D7 G When times are mysterious C D7 G Serious numbers will always be heard
[Outro]
Bb And after all is said and done Ab And the numbers all come home Eb The four rolls into three Eb Ab The three turns into two Eb The two becomes a one