Key: E minor
Verse 1
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
Em
Am
There really isn't any need
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Bb
for bloodshed
Am
B
Bb
with a little more finesse
Em
Am
If you can slip a tablet
B
Bb
into someone's coffee
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F
B
Then it avoids an awful lot of mess
Chorus 1
Em
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G
F#m
Because it's murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3
Em
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G
F#m
It's as easy to learn as your A B C's
Em
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G
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It's murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3
Em
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B
It's as easy to learn as your A B C's
Verse 2
Em
Am
Now if you have a taste
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Bb
for this experience
Am
B
Bb
with your very first success
Em
Am
Then you must try a twosome
B
Bb
or a threesome
F
B
bothers you much less
Em
Am
Because murder is like anything
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Bb
you take to
Em
Am
It's a habit-forming need
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Bb
for more and more
Em
Am
You can bump off every member
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Bb
of your family
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F
B
And anybody else you find a bore
Chorus 2
Em
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G
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Because it's murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3
Em
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G
F#m
It's as easy to learn as your A B C's
Em
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G
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It's murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3
Em
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G
B
It's as easy to learn as your A B C's
Verse 3
Em
Am
Now you could join the ranks
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Bb
of the illustrious
Em
Am
B
Bb
In history's great dark hall of fame
Em
Am
All our greatest killers
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Bb
were industrious
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F
B
At least the ones that we all know by name
Em
Am
But you can reach the top
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Bb
of your profession
Em
Am
If you become the leader
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Bb
of the land
Em
Am
For murder is the sport
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Bb
of the elected
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F
And you don't need to lift a finger
Chorus 3
Em
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G
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Because it's murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3
Em
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G
F#m
It's as easy to learn as your A B C's
Em
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G
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Murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3
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B
It's as easy to learn as your A, B, C, D, E
Interlude 1
Em
Am
B
Bb
Em
Am
B
Bb
1, 2, 3
Em
Am
B
Bb
A, B, C
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F
B
1, 2, 3
Em
Am
B
Bb
A, B, C
Em
Am
B
Bb
1, 2, 3
Em
Am
B
Bb
A, B, C
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B
Chorus 4
Em
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G
F#m
It's murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3
Em
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G
F#m
It's as easy to learn as your A B C's
Em
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G
F#m
It's murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3
Em
F#m
It's as easy to learn as your
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B
Em
A, B, C, D, E
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