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Practical Arrangement

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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951 in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England), known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor and philanthropist. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist for the rock band The Police. Throughout his career, Sting has incorporated distinct elements of jazz, reggae, classical, New Age, and worldbeat into his music.

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Practical Arrangement by Sting from The Last Ship album
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Basically, this is a jazzy piano piece. This one is tough to play on the guitar, so I
tried to cover the full harmony and provide some possible voicings for you. But sorry in
advance if it's too complex, it's just what it is. You can try to simplify the chords by
playing first part of it (e.g. Gmaj9 —> Gmaj7, Gmaj7b5 —> Gmaj7), but the song will lose
its charm a little bit in this case. Enjoy and good luck!

Key: B Minor, afterwards modulate to C Minor
Time: 4/4

Gmaj9........[3x4435]
Em9/A........[x0577x]
C7sus4.......[x4442x]
Gmaj7b5......[3x442x]
Em6/9........[0x402x]
C#9sus4......[x4444x]
F#7#5........[2x233x]

Abmaj7b5.....[4x553x]
D7b9.........[x5454x]
Fm6/9........[1x303x]
D9sus4.......[x5555x]
G7#5.........[3x344x]
D7sus4.......[x5553x]
Csus2........[x3001x]

Bm9
e|-----------5--------------------------|
B|--------3-----2-----------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-----4--------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
* * * *

Bm9
Am I asking for the moon?
Gmaj9 G6 Em9
Is it really so implausible?
Em9/A A7
That you and I could soon
Dmaj7 F#7sus4 F#7
Come to some kind of arrangement?
Bm9 Gmaj9
I'm not asking for the moon
G6
I've always been a realist
Em9 Em9/A A7
When it's really nothing more
Dmaj7 F#7sus4 F#7
Than a simple rearrangement

Bm C#7sus4 C#7
With one roof above our heads
F#m F#mmaj7 F#m7
A warm house to return to
Em9 Em9/A A7
We could start with separate beds
Dmaj7 F#7sus4 F#7
I could sleep alone or learn to
Bm Bm/A G#m7b5 Em9
I'm not suggesting that we'd find some earthly paradise forever
Cmaj7 Bm/F# F#7
I mean how often does that happen now? The answer's probably never
Gmaj7b5 Em6/9
But we could come to an arrangement, a practical arrangement
C#9sus4 F#7#5 Bm9 Gm9 G7#9
And you could learn to love me given time

Cm9
I'm not promising the moon
Abmaj7 Ab6
I'm not promising a rainbow
Fm9 Bb7sus4 Bb7
Just a practical solution
Ebmaj7 G7sus4 G7
To a solitary life
Cm9
I'd be a father to your boy
Abmaj7 Fm9
A shoulder you could lean on
Bb7sus4 Bb7 Ebmaj7
How bad could it be
G7sus4 G7
To be my wife?

Cm D7b9 D7
With one roof above our heads
Gm Gmmaj7 Gm7
A warm house to return to
Fm7 Bb7sus4 Bb7
You wouldn't have to cook for me
Ebmaj7 G7sus4 G7
You wouldn't have to learn to
Cm Cm/Bb Am7b5 Fm9
I'm not suggesting that this proposition here could last forever
Dbmaj7 Cm/G G7
I've no intention of deceiving you, you're far too clever

Abmaj7b5
But we could come to an arrangement
Fm6/9
A practical arrangement
D9sus4 G7#5 Fm9 G7#5
And perhaps you'd learn to love me given time
Abmaj7 Cm/Bb Am7b5 Fm9
It may not be the romance that you had in mind
D7sus4 G7#5
But you could learn to love me
Db9 Csus2
Given time