Living by numbers   (1980)     (video)

 

    G - Am - D - C (2x)        +  G - Am -  D - C (2x)

 

    G                 C           - G                  Em

1.    Living by numbers,      adding to history,

C                         F           - C                      Am          F#         G

    and living by numbers,       I guess  was always meant to be,

C                 G           - Em                C

    living by numbers,        living by numbers now.

 

    G                                 C             - G                                Em

2.    We‘ve been living a long time,       counted out in the rows of files,

C                         F        - C                    Am          F#          G

    such a digital lifetime,     it‘s been by numbers all the while,

C                  G         - Em                C

    living by numbers,       living by numbers now.

C                           B7                      G                   D   

     You count the days, but does it all add up to you,

                G                    C

    does it all add up to you,

                     - G - C                G          - Em                C

    why we‘re            living by numbers,        living by numbers now.

 

+  G - Am - D - C (2x)        +  G - Am -  D - C (2x)

 

    G                                C            - G                              Em

3.    So you‘re living by numbers,       and numbers you answer to,

C                                      F

    you can count all the numbers,

C                       Am              F#          G    - C

    you bet that someone‘s counting you.

                      G         - Em                 C

    Living by numbers,        living by numbers now.

G - C                  G          - Em                 C

          Living by numbers,        living by numbers now,

 

           G                                          C 

They don‘t want your name, they don‘t want you name,

          G                                         Em

they don‘t want your name, they don‘t want you name,

          C                                                G

they don‘t want your name, just your number !

 

                                     C                                        G

They don‘t want your name, they don‘t want you name,

                                  Em                                       C 

they don‘t want your name, they don‘t want you name,

                                   C                       G

they don‘t want your name, just your number !

 

+  repeat the last 3 lines (2x) ….

 

 

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