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