Murder By Numbers chords by The Police

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:

E minor 7Em7        Am6Am6    Bm7Bm7   Bbmaj7#11
Once that you've decided on a killing
E minor 7Em7       Am6Am6      Bm11Bm11  Bbmaj7#11
First you make a stone of your heart
  E minor 7Em7       Am6Am6         Bm7Bm7   Bbmaj7#11
And if you find that your hands are still willing
   F#7#9F#7#9         FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11  Bm7Bm7  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Then you can turn a murder into art

Verse 2:

E minor 7Em7        Am6Am6     Bm7Bm7    Bbmaj7#11
There really isn't any need for bloodshed
     E minor 7Em7     Am6Am6      Bm11Bm11 Bbmaj7#11
You just do it with a little more finesse
  E minor 7Em7      Am6Am6    Bm7Bm7       Bbmaj7#11
If you can slip a tablet into someone's coffee
   F#7#9F#7#9    FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11   Bm7Bm7
Then it avoids an awful lot of mess

Chorus:

Bbmaj7Bbmaj7  E minor 7Em7     Fm7Fm7 Gmaj7Gmaj7   F#m7F#m7
It's   murder by numbers, one, two, three
    E minor 7Em7   F#m7F#m7     Gmaj7Gmaj7    F#m7F#m7
It's as easy to learn as your A augmentedA   BB   C majorC
 E minor 7Em7   F#m7F#m7   Gmaj7Gmaj7   F#m7F#m7
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
    E minor 7Em7   F#m7F#m7     Bm7Bm7     Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
It's as easy to learn as your A augmentedA   BB   C majorC

Verse 3:

  E minor 7Em7        Am6Am6     Bm7Bm7   Bbmaj7#11
Now if you have a taste for this experience
  E minor 7Em7             Am6Am6    Bm11Bm11  Bbmaj7#11
And you're flushed with your very first success
     E minor 7Em7      Am6Am6      Bm7Bm7  Bbmaj7#11
Then you must try a twosome or a threesome
        F#7#9F#7#9          FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11   Bm7Bm7  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
And you'll find your conscience bothers you much less

Verse 4:

    E minor 7Em7      Am6Am6        Bm7Bm7  Bbmaj7#11
Because murder is like anything you take to
    E minor 7Em7        Am6Am6      Bm11Bm11  Bbmaj7#11
It's a habit-forming need for more and more
    E minor 7Em7      Am6Am6      Bm7Bm7    Bbmaj7#11
You can bump off every member of your family
  F#7#9F#7#9    FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11  Bm7Bm7
And anybody else you find a bore

Chorus:

    Bbmaj7Bbmaj7  E minor 7Em7     Fm7Fm7 Gmaj7Gmaj7   F#m7F#m7
Because it's  murder by numbers, one, two, three
    E minor 7Em7   F#m7F#m7     Gmaj7Gmaj7    F#m7F#m7
It's as easy to learn as your A augmentedA   BB   C majorC
 E minor 7Em7   F#m7F#m7   Gmaj7Gmaj7   F#m7F#m7
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
    E minor 7Em7   F#m7F#m7     Bm7Bm7     Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
It's as easy to learn as your A augmentedA   BB   C majorC

Verse 5:

  E minor 7Em7          Am6Am6    Bm7Bm7   Bbmaj7#11
Now you can join the ranks of the illustrious
  E minor 7Em7        Am6Am6    Bm11Bm11  Bbmaj7#11
In history's great dark hall of fame
  E minor 7Em7       Am6Am6       Bm7Bm7  Bbmaj7#11
All our greatest killers were industrious
  F#7#9F#7#9           FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11  Bm7Bm7  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
At least the ones that we all know by name

Verse 6:

    E minor 7Em7      Am6Am6        Bm7Bm7  Bbmaj7#11
But you can reach the top of your profession
  E minor 7Em7      Am6Am6      Bm11Bm11  Bbmaj7#11
If you become the leader of the land
  E minor 7Em7      Am6Am6      Bm7Bm7    Bbmaj7#11
For murder is the sport of the elected
       F#7#9F#7#9      FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11   Bm7Bm7
And you don't need to lift a finger of your hand

Chorus:

    Bbmaj7Bbmaj7  E minor 7Em7     Fm7Fm7 Gmaj7Gmaj7   F#m7F#m7
Because it's  murder by numbers, one, two, three
    E minor 7Em7   F#m7F#m7     Gmaj7Gmaj7    F#m7F#m7
It's as easy to learn as your A augmentedA   BB   C majorC
 E minor 7Em7   F#m7F#m7   Gmaj7Gmaj7   F#m7F#m7
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
    E minor 7Em7   F#m7F#m7     Bm7Bm7     Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
It's as easy to learn as your A augmentedA   BB   C majorC   D MajorD   E MajorE

Interlude:

E minor 7Em7  Am6Am6  Bm7Bm7

Bbmaj7Bbmaj7  E minor 7Em7  Am6Am6  Bm7Bm7
one, two, three
Am11Am11    E minor 7Em7  Am6Am6 Bm7Bm7
A augmentedA   BB   C majorC
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7  F#7#9F#7#9  FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11  B7(#5b9)
one, two, three
B7(#5b9#9)/ch]
A[   BB   C majorC

Chorus:

E minor 7Em7    F#m7F#m7   Gmaj7Gmaj7   F#m7F#m7
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
    E minor 7Em7    F#m7F#m7     Gmaj7Gmaj7   F#m7F#m7
It's as easy to learn as your A augmentedA   BB   C majorC
 E minor 7Em7    F#m7F#m7  Gmaj7Gmaj7   F#m7F#m7
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
    E minor 7Em7   F#m7F#m7     Bm7Bm7          D5/E
It's as easy to learn as your A augmentedA   BB   C majorC   D MajorD   E MajorE

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