Murder By Numbers Chords by The Police

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Once that you've decided on a killing _ _ _ _
First you make a stone of your heart _ _
And if you find that your hands are still willing _ _
Then you can turn a murder into _ art _ _
There really [Am] isn't any [Bm] need for [A#] bloodshed _
[Em] Just do it [A] with a [F] little more [B] _ finesse
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[Em] If you could [A] sleep [F] I'd have you [B] into someone's [A#] coffin _
[F#m] But in a voice [F] an awful lot [Bm] _ less
_ Cause [Em] it's burning my [F#m] numbers _
[G] _ One, two, [D] three
[Em] It's as easy [F#m] to learn [G] as your _ ABC
[F#m] _
[Em] It's burning [F#m] my _ _
_ [E] numbers
[D] One, two, three
[Em] It's as easy [F#m] to learn as [D] your ABC
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If you have a [A] [F] taste for this [Bm] _ experience
[A#] _ _ [Em]
And you're flush [Am] with your [F] very first [Bm] _ success
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[Em] Then you must [Am] try a twosome [Bm] or a _ _ [A#] _ threesome
[F#] You'll find the cause [F] just bothers you [Bm] much less _ _
[Em] Because murder [Am] is like anything [Bm] you take too
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[Em] It's a habit [Am] forming need for [Bm] more and _ _ [A#] more
[Em] You can bump up [Am] every member [Bm] of your [A#] family _
[F#m] But if anybody [F] asks you [Bm] find a bow
_ Cause [Em] it's burning [F#m] my numbers
[G] _ One, [F#] two, three
[Em] It's as easy [F#m] to learn [G] as your _ ABC
[F#m] _
[Em] It's burning [F#m] my numbers
[G] _ One, [F#m] two, three
[Em] It's as easy [F#m] to learn as [Bm] your ABC _ _ _
[Em] You can [Am] join the ranks of [Bm] the _ illustrious
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[Em] In _ [A] history's [F] great dark [Bm] hall of fame
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All our [A] greatest [F] killers were [Bm] _ industrious
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[E] At least the ones that we all know [Bm] by _ name _ _
[Em] You can [F] reach the top of your [Bm] profession
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[Em] If you become [F] a leader [Bm] of the land
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[Em] For murder is [F] the sport of the [Bm] elected
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[E] You don't need to lift a finger [Bm] off your head
_ Because [Em] it's burning [F#] my numbers _
[G] One, two, [Bm] three
[Em] It's as easy [F#m] to learn [G] as your [F#] ABC
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It's burning [F#m] my numbers
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One, two, three
[Em] It's as easy to [F#m] learn as your [D] _
[Bm] ABC _ [Em] ABC _
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_ _ [A#] One, [Em] two, three
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_ [G] _ _ [Em] ABC _
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_ [A#] _ One, [F#m] two, three
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_ _ _ [Em] ABC _
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_ [A#] _ One, [Em] two, three
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_ [A#] _ _ [Em] One, two, three _
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[A#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
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_ [B] It's [Em] burning _
[F#m] my numbers
[G] One, [B] two, three
[Em] It's as easy to [F#m] learn as your [G] _ ABC
_ [Em] It's _ burning [F#m] _ _ _ [G] my numbers
One, two, three
[Em] It's as easy to [F#m] learn as [Bm] your _ ABC ABC
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