(-) Once that you’ve decided on a killing
First you make a stone of your heart
And if you find that your hands are still willing
Then you can turn a murder into art

There D4/E really isn’t F4/A any need
for A4/B bloodshed A4/Bb
You just D4/E do it with a F4/A little more fi-A4/B nesse A4/Bb
If D4/E you can slip a F4/A tablet
into A4/B someone’s coffee A4/Bb
Then D4/F# it avoids an Dm6/F awful lot of A4/B mess

It’s Em7 murder by F#m numbers, G one, two, F#m three
It’s as Em7 easy to F#m learn as your G AB F#m C’s
It’s Em7 murder by F#m numbers, G one, two, F#m three
It’s as Em7 easy to F#m learn as your G6-9 A B C’s

Now Em7 if you have a F4/A taste
for this ex-A4/B perience A4/Bb
If Em7 you’re flushed with your F4/A very first suc-A4/B cess A4/Bb
Then Em7 you must try a F4/A twosome
or a A4/B threesome A4/Bb
You’ll D4/F# find your conscience Dm6/F bothers you much A4/B less

Because Em7 murder is like F4/A anything
you A4/B take to A4/Bb
It’s a Em7 habit-forming F4/A need
for more and A4/B more A4/Bb
You can Em7 bump off every F4/A member
of your A4/B family A4/Bb
And D4/F# anybody Dm6/F else you find a A4/B bore

Because it’s Em7 murder by F#m numbers, G one, two, F#m three
It’s as Em7 easy to F#m learn as your G AB F#m C’s
It’s Em7 murder by F#m numbers, G one, two, F#m three
It’s as Em7 easy to F#m learn as your G6-9 A B C’s

Now Em7 you can join the F4/A ranks
of the il-A4/B lustrious A4/Bb
In Em7 history’s great F4/A dark
hall of A4/B fame A4/Bb
Em7 All our greatest F4/A killers
were in-A4/B dustrious A4/Bb
At D4/F# least the ones that Dm6/F we all know by A4/B name

But Em7 you can reach the F4/A top
of your pro-A4/B fession A4/Bb
If Em7 you become the F4/A leader
of the A4/B land A4/Bb
For Em7 murder is the F4/A sport
of the e-A4/B lected A4/Bb
And you don’t D4/F# need to lift a Dm6/F finger of your A4/B hand

Because it’s Em7 murder by F#m numbers, G one, two, F#m three
It’s as Em7 easy to F#m learn as your G AB F#m C’s
It’s Em7 murder by F#m numbers, G one, two, F#m three
It’s as Em7 easy to F#m learn as your G6-9 A B C D

Em7 E F4/A A4/B A4/Bb
One, two, Em7 three F4/A A4/B A4/Bb
AB Em7 C F4/A A4/B A4/Bb
One, two, Em7 three F4/A A4/B A4/Bb
AB Em7 C F4/A A4/B A4/Bb

Em7 Murder by F#m numbers, G one, two, F#m three
It’s as Em7 easy to F#m learn as your G AB F#m C’s
It’s Em7 murder by F#m numbers, G one, two, F#m three
It’s as Em7 easy to F#m learn as your
G9 A A4 B A4/B C D5 D A4/E E