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