Practical Arrangement 385h5q

From: “Sting - The Last Ship”

Practical Arrangement by STING and ROBERT MATHES

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PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT Music and Lyrics by STING and ROBERT MATHES

Moderately slow Bm9

x o

Gmaj7/ B

x

x

Bm9

o x

x o

Gmaj7/ B

x

x

o x

Bm9

x o

x

3

Am I 3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Gmaj7

3

3

G6

oo o

o o oo

3

ask - ing

for

the moon?

Is

it

real - ly

so

im - plaus - i - ble

3

Em7

o

A7sus

o o

xo o o

3

That you and

I could soon 3

A7

Dmaj7

xo o o

F 7sus

xxo

3

come to 3

3

some kind of 3

F 7 3

3

ar - range-ment? 3

I’m not 3

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2

Bm9

x o

Gmaj7

x

oo o

3

3

ask - ing

for

the moon.

I’ve

al - ways been a

real - ist,

when it’s 3

3

Em7

o

A7

G/ A

o o

x

Dmaj7

xo o o

F 7sus

xxo

F 7

3

3

real - ly noth - ing more

than a

3

sim - ple

re - ar - range - ment.

With one

3

Bm

x

Bm/ C x

x

x

3

F m

C 7

F m(maj7) x

F m7

x

4

3

roof

3

3

a - bove our heads,

a warm house to

re - turn

to,

we could

3

3

3

Em7

o

A7

G/ A

o o

x

Dmaj7

xo o o

3

start

with

sep- ’rate beds.

F 7sus

xxo

F 7

3

3

I could sleep a - lone 3

or

learn

to.

I’m not sug -

3

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x

Bm

Dmaj7/ A

F /G

oo

gest-ing that we find

x

some earth - ly

x

of - ten does that hap - pen now?

The

-

ev - er.

I mean, how

F 7

But we could

Em9

o oo

o oo o

come to

an

ar - range-ment,

a

prac - ti - cal

F 7 5( 9)

C m11 x

for

an-swer’s prob-’ly nev - er.

Gmaj7

x

o ooo

Bm/ F

x

3

Em9

x

par - a - dise

Cmaj9 x

G m7 5

ar - range-ment,

Bm7

x

x

7

and you could learn

to

love me,

giv - en

time. 3

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4

Gm7

G7 5( 9) x

3

Cm7

x

3

3

3

3

I’m not

prom - is - ing

x

I’m not 3

Fm9

A maj9 x

the moon,

3

3

B 7sus x

x

B7

3

3

prom - is - ing

a rain-bow,

just a

prac - ti - cal so - lu - tion

to

a

3

E maj7

G7sus

xx

x o

sol - i - tar - y

life.

A maj9 x

x

G7

Cm7

oo o

x

I’d

be

a

3

fa - ther to your boy,

a

Fm7

B 7sus x

x

B7

3

shoul - der you could lean on.

How bad

could it

be

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E maj7

G7sus

xx

G7

x o

x

D7 9

x

3

x

5

D7

xxo

4

3

3

to

Cm7

ooo

be

my wife?

3

With one

roof

a - bove our heads,

3

Gm

Gm(maj7) Gm7 x

3

a warm house to

x

3

Fm7

re - turn to,

E maj7

G7sus

xx

x o

you would-n’t have to learn to.

Am7 5

Fm7

xo o x

B 9sus x

for

-

ev - er.

x

you would-n’t have to cook for me,

G7 o oo

x

E maj7/ B

Cm

x oo

3

I’m not sug - gest-ing that this

prop - o - si - tion here

D maj9 x

could last

B9

x o

3

x

3

I’ve no in - ten-tion of de - ceiv-ing you;

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6

G

Cm/ G

A maj7

ooo

x

3

you’re far too clev - er.

x

4

But we could come to

Fm7(add4)

an

ar - range-ment,

Dm7 5

xx

G7 5

xxo

x

x

G7 ooo

3

a prac - ti - cal ar - range-ment,

and per - haps you’d learn to love me,

giv - en 3

Fm9

A maj7/ G x

Cm7/ B

A

x

Am7 5

x

xo o x

4

time.

It

may

not

be

the

ro - mance that

you

had

in

rubato

Fm7

mind,

Dm7 5

G7 5

xxo

but you could learn

x

x

to love me,

x

D9

x

giv - en

Csus2 x

3

time.

rit.

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