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