The Book Of Numbers chords by Sting
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Intro 1
(A minor) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (A minor)
Verse 1
Bring me a glass (G major) of water (C major)
(A minor) To wash the dirt (G major) from my throat (C major)
(A minor) I've been wander (G major) ing my
whole life (C major) out there
(A minor) Help (G major) me out of my coat (C major)
(A minor) This water's
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Verse 2
(G major) as clear as crys (C major) tal
(A minor) We should thank the (G major) lord for that (C major)
(A minor) Sit you down (G major) and hear my story (C major)
(A minor) Find some (G major) where for my hat (F major)
Verse 3
(F major) (A minor)
A barkeep takes (G major) a stranger's (C major) hat
(A minor) And find (G major) s a vacant hook (C major)
(A minor) Turns back (G major) towards the traveller (C major)
His (F major) right hand on an old black book
Verse 4
(A minor) The holy (G major) book of num (D minor) bers
I take it's something that you've (A minor) read?
The long search (G major) in the (D minor) wilderness
For a place to lay (C major) my head (F major)
(A minor)
Verse 5
So many parables (G major) in the scriptures (C major)
(A minor) But this one I'm doomed (G major) to tell (C major)
(A minor) For I stormed (G major) the gates of heav (C major) en
(A minor) And find myself (G major) in hell
(C major) (A minor)
Verse 6
Is this my (G major) lonely mission? (C major)
(A minor) To wake the world (G major) up to it (C major) s fate
(A minor) To dismantle (G major) my own inven (C major) tion
For the (A minor) hour is getting late (G major) (F major)
(D minor)
Verse 7
(A minor) This holy (G major) book of number (D minor) s
As we walk through the shadow of death (A minor)
Tell me, are (G major) you listen (D minor) ing, boy
Or am I just wasting my breath? (A minor)
Verse 8
There are (A minor) fools in the courts
(G major) of power (D minor)
While I've walked through
this vale (G major) of bitter (A minor) tears
At the mercy of re (G major) cording angels (D minor) (C major)
Three (D minor) score and twenty-five years
years (F major)
(A minor)
Verse 9
The barkeep get (G major) s up from the table (C major)
(A minor) To fill up another (C major) glass
(A minor) He turns around (G major) to find
an empty chair (C major)
All that's (A minor) left (C major) is the name in his hat
The Book Of Numbers
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