Murder By Numbers chords by The Police

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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