When Numbers Get Serious chords by
Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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Key: G major
Verse 1
D
D

G
G

D
D

I have a number in my head
Thought I don't know why
G
G

C
C

G
G

Am
Am

it's there
D
D

G
G

When numbers get serious
C
C

Em
Em

D
D

You see their shape everywhere
G
G

D
D

Dividing and multiplying
Em
Em

C
C

Exchanging with ease
G
G

When times are mysterious
C
C

D
D

Serious numbers are eager
to please
G
G

D
D

G
G

Verse 2
F#
F#

Take my address
B
B

Take my phone
F#
F#

B
B

Call me if you can
F#
F#

Here's my address
B
B

Here's my phone
F#
F#

B
B

Please don't give it to some madman
F#
F#

B
B

Hey hey, whoa whoa
F#
F#

B
B

Complicated life
F#
F#

B
B

Numbers swirling thick and curious
Em
Em

You can cut them with a knife
D
D

You can cut them with a knife
G
G

Verse 3
D
D

Two times two is twenty-two
G
G

Four Four times four is forty-four
Am
Am

D
D

G
G

When When numbers get serious
Em
Em

C
C

Em
Em

They leave a mark on
D
D

F#
F#

D
D

your door
Urgent! Urgent!
G
G

Bm
Bm

A telephone ringing
Em
Em

C
C

in the hallways
G
G

When times are mysterious
C
C

D
D

Serious numbers will speak
G
G

to us always
Bm
Bm

B
B

Verse 4
F#
F#

B
B

That is why a man with numbers
F#
F#

B
B

Can put your mind at ease
F#
F#

B
B

We've got numbers by the trillions
F#
F#

B
B

Here and overseas
F#
F#

B
B

Hey hey, whoa whoa
F#
F#

B
B

Look at the stink about Japan
F#
F#

B
B

All those numbers wait
Em
Em

ing patiently
Don't you understand?
C
C

Don't you understand?
D
D

G
G

Verse 5
So wrap me
Wrap me
D
D

Wrap me do
G
G

Am
Am

In the shelter of your arms
D
D

G
G

C
C

I am ever your volunteer
D
D

I won't do you any harm
G
G

I will love you innumerably
Bm
Bm

Em
Em

C
C

You can count on my word
G
G

When times are mysterious
C
C

D
D

Serious numbers will always be heard
G
G

Verse 6
C
C

D
D

G
G

C
C

D
D

G
G

C
C

G
G

Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

And after
Ab
Ab

all is said and done
And the numbers all come home
Fm
Fm

Eb
Eb

The four rolls into three
Ab
Ab

The three turns into two
And the two becomes a
One
Eb
Eb

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