Key: G major
Verse 1
F
Bb
F
I have a number in my head
Thought I don't know why
Bb
Eb
Bb
Cm
it's there
F
Bb
When numbers get ser ious
Eb
Gm
F
You see their shape everywhere
Bb
F
Dividing and multiplying
Gm
Eb
Exchanging with ease
Bb
When times are mysterious
Eb
F
Serious numbers are eager
to please
Bb
F
Bb
Verse 2
A
Take my address
D
Take my phone
A
D
Call me if you can
A
Here's my address
D
Here's my phone
A
D
Please don't give it to some madman
A
D
Hey hey, whoa whoa
A
D
Complicated life
A
D
Numbers swirling thick and curious
Gm
You can cut them with a knife
F
You can cut them with a knife
Bb
Verse 3
F
Two times two is twenty-two
Bb
Four Four times four is forty-four
Cm
F
Bb
When When numbers get serious
Gm
Eb
Gm
They leave a mark on
F
A
F
your door
Urgent! Urgent!
Bb
Dm
A telephone ringing
Gm
Eb
in the hallways
Bb
When times are mysterious
Eb
F
Serious numbers will speak
Bb
to us always
Dm
D
Verse 4
A
D
That is why a man with numbers
A
D
Can put your mind at ease
A
D
We've got numbers by the trillions
A
D
Here and overseas
A
D
Hey hey, whoa whoa
A
D
Look at the stink about Japan
A
D
All those numbers wait
Gm
ing patiently
Don't you understand?
Eb
Don't you understand?
F
Bb
Verse 5
So wrap me
Wrap me
F
Wrap me do
Bb
Cm
In the shelter of your arms
F
Bb
Eb
I am ever your volunteer
F
I won't do you any harm
Bb
I will love you innumerably
Dm
Gm
Eb
You can count on my word
Bb
When times are mysterious
Eb
F
Serious numbers will always be heard
Bb
Verse 6
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
Bb
F#
C#
And after
B
all is said and done
And the numbers all come home
G#m
F#
The four rolls into three
B
The three turns into two
And the two becomes a
One
F#
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