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