The Police – Murder By Numbers (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 Once that you've decided on a killing Em7 Am6 Bm11 Bbmaj7#11 First you make a stone of your heart Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 And if you find that your hands are still willing F#7#9 Fmaj7#11 Bm7 Bbmaj7 Then you can turn a murder into art
[Verse 2]
Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 There really isn't any need for bloodshed Em7 Am6 Bm11 Bbmaj7#11 You just do it with a little more finesse Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 If you can slip a tablet into someone's coffee F#7#9 Fmaj7#11 Bm7 Then it avoids an awful lot of mess
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7 Em7 Fm7 Gmaj7 F#m7 It's murder by numbers, one, two, three Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 F#m7 It's as easy to learn as your A B C Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Murder by numbers, one, two, three Em7 F#m7 Bm7 Bbmaj7 It's as easy to learn as your A B C
[Verse 3]
Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 Now if you have a taste for this experience Em7 Am6 Bm11 Bbmaj7#11 And you're flushed with your very first success Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 Then you must try a twosome or a threesome F#7#9 Fmaj7#11 Bm7 Bbmaj7 And you'll find your conscience bothers you much less
[Verse 4]
Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 Because murder is like anything you take to Em7 Am6 Bm11 Bbmaj7#11 It's a habit-forming need for more and more Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 You can bump off every member of your family F#7#9 Fmaj7#11 Bm7 And anybody else you find a bore
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7 Em7 Fm7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Because it's murder by numbers, one, two, three Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 F#m7 It's as easy to learn as your A B C Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Murder by numbers, one, two, three Em7 F#m7 Bm7 Bbmaj7 It's as easy to learn as your A B C
[Verse 5]
Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 Now you can join the ranks of the illustrious Em7 Am6 Bm11 Bbmaj7#11 In history's great dark hall of fame Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 All our greatest killers were industrious F#7#9 Fmaj7#11 Bm7 Bbmaj7 At least the ones that we all know by name
[Verse 6]
Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 But you can reach the top of your profession Em7 Am6 Bm11 Bbmaj7#11 If you become the leader of the land Em7 Am6 Bm7 Bbmaj7#11 For murder is the sport of the elected F#7#9 Fmaj7#11 Bm7 And you don't need to lift a finger of your hand
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7 Em7 Fm7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Because it's murder by numbers, one, two, three Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 F#m7 It's as easy to learn as your A B C Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Murder by numbers, one, two, three Em7 F#m7 Bm7 Bbmaj7 It's as easy to learn as your A B C D E
[Interlude]
Em7 Am6 Bm7
Bbmaj7 Em7 Am6 Bm7 one, two, three
Am11 Em7 Am6 Bm7
A B C
Bbmaj7 F#7#9 Fmaj7#11 B7(#5b9) one, two, three
B7(#5b9#9)/ch]
A[ B C
[Chorus]
Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Murder by numbers, one, two, three Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 F#m7 It's as easy to learn as your A B C Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Murder by numbers, one, two, three Em7 F#m7 Bm7 D5/E It's as easy to learn as your A B C D E