When Numbers Get Serious chords by Paul Simon
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Verse 1
(D major) I have (G major) a number (D major) in my head
Thought I don't know why
it's (G major) there (C major) (G major) (A minor)
When (D major) numbers get ser (G major) ious
(C major) You see their shape (E minor) everywhere (D major)
Dividing and mul (G major) tiplying (D major)
Exchanging with ease (E minor) (C major)
When times are mysterious (G major)
Serious num (C major) bers are eager (D major)
to please
(G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 2
(F sharp major)
Take my address
(B major) Take my phone
(F sharp major) Call me if you can (B major)
(F sharp major) Here's my address
(B major) Here's my phone
(F sharp major) Please don't give it to some mad (B major) man
Hey hey, (F sharp major) whoa (B major) whoa
(F sharp major) Complicated life (B major)
(F sharp major) Numbers swirling (B major) thick and curious
(E minor) You can cut them with a knife
You can cut them with a knife (D major)
(G major)
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Verse 3
Two times two is twenty-t (D major) wo
Four Four times four is forty- (G major) four
When (A minor) When (D major) numbers get ser (G major) ious
(E minor) They leave (C major) a mark (E minor) on
your (D major) door (F sharp major) (D major)
Urgent! Urgent!
A tele (G major) phone (B minor) ringing
in the hall (E minor) ways (C major)
When times are mys (G major) terious
Serious num (C major) bers will speak (D major)
to us al (G major) ways
(B minor) (B major)
Verse 4
(F sharp major)
That is why a man (B major) with numbers
Can (F sharp major) put your mind at ease (B major)
(F sharp major) We've got numbers by (B major) the trillions
(F sharp major) Here and overseas (B major)
Hey hey, (F sharp major) whoa (B major) whoa
Look at the (F sharp major) stink about Japan (B major)
(F sharp major) All those numbers wait (B major)
ing patiently (E minor)
Don't you understand?
(C major) Don't you understand?
(D major) (G major)
Verse 5
So wrap me
Wrap me
Wrap (D major) me do
In the shelter of your arms (G major) (A minor)
I am (D major) ever your vo (G major) lunteer (C major)
I won't do you any harm (D major)
I will love you (G major) innumerably
You (B minor) can count on my (E minor) word (C major)
When times are myster (G major) ious
Serious num (C major) bers will al (D major) ways be heard
(G major)
Verse 6
(C major)
(D major) And (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (E flat major) (B flat major) after
all is said and done (A flat major)
And the numbers all come home
The four roll (F minor) s into (E flat major) three
The three turns into (A flat major) two
And the two becomes a
One
(E flat major)
When Numbers Get Serious
Paul Simon
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