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 [Em]
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 with [F] a little more [Dm] finesse
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But if you can slip [F] a tablet [B] into _ [Dm] someone's pocket
[F#] The little [F] boy's an awful [Bm] lot of ass
_ Because [Em] it's murder [F#m] by numbers [G] 1, [F#m] 2, 3
[Em] It's as easy [F#m] to learn [G] as your _ _ [A] ABCs
[Em] It's murder [F#m] by _ _
[G] _ numbers [F#m] 1, 2, 3
[Em] It's as easy to [A] learn [D] as your _ _ _ [Em] ABCs
If you have [A] a [F] taste for [Bm] this experience
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[Em] And you're flush [F] with your very first [Bm] _ success
[A#] _ _
[Em] Then you must [Am] try a twosome [Bm] or a _ _ [A#] _ _
[F#m] threesome
You'll find your [F] conscience bothers you [D] much less _ _
[Em] Because murder is like [F] anything [Bm] you take too
_ _ [Em]
It's a habit [Am]-forming need for [B] more and more
[A#] _ You [Em] can bump up [Am] every member [B] of your [D] family _
[F#] And anybody [F] else you [Bm] find above all
[Em] Because it's murder by [F#m] numbers [G] _ 1, 2, [F#m] 3
[Em] It's as easy [F#m] to learn [G] as your _ [F#m] _ ABCs
[Em] It's murder by [F#m] numbers [G] _ 1, [F#m] 2, 3
[Em] It's as easy to [F#m] learn as [B] your [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] ABCs
You can [Am] join the ranks of [B] the _ [D] illustrious
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_ _ [A] History's [F] great dark [D] hall of fame
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All our greatest [F] killers were [B] _ [D] industrious
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At least the ones that we all know [Bm] by _ name _ _
[Em] You can [F] reach the top of your [D] profession
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[Em] If you become [F] the leader [Bm] of the land
[A#] _ _ [Em] _
Murder is the [F] sport of the [D] elected _ _ _
[A] You don't need to lift a finger _ [Bm]
off your head
_ [Em] Because it's murder by [F#m] numbers _
[G] 1, 2, [F#m] 3
It's [Em] as easy to [A] learn [G] as your _ [F#m] _ ABCs
[Em]
It's murder by [F#m] _ numbers [G]
1, 2, [A] 3
[E] It's as easy to [F#m] learn as [D] your _ _ _ ABCs
[Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ 1, [Bm] _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] 2, 3
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [F] _ ABCs
[D] _ _
_ _ 1, [F#] 2, 3
[A] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
ABCs
_ [F] 1, [Bm] _ _
_ [A#] _ _ [Em] 2, 3
[F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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[Am] [F] ABCs
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[F#m] _ _ _ [G] 1, 2, [F#m] 3
[Em] It's as [G] easy to [F#m] learn as [G] your _ _ _
[F#m] _ [Em] ABCs
It's [G] murder [F#m] by numbers [G] 1, 2, [F#m] 3
[Em] It's as easy to [A] learn [Bm] as your _ _ _ _ [D] ABCs _ _
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