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 too complex, it's just what it is. You can try to simplify the chords by  
playing first part of it (e.g. Gmaj7/9 —> Gmaj7, Gmaj7/b5 — Gmaj7), but song will lose it's 
charm a little bit in this case. Enjoy and good luck! 


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



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

     Bm9 
Am I asking for the moon? 
       Gmaj7/9                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                  Gmaj7/9 
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                   C7sus4  C7 
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#m7/b5     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 
              Gmaj7/b5                    Em6/9 
But we could come to an arrangement, a practical arrangement 
     C#9/sus4            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                   D7/b9  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         Am7/b5          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 

              Abmaj7/b5 
But we could come to an arrangement 
    Fm6/9 
A practical arrangement 
     D9/sus4                      G7/5+     Fm9  G7/5+ 
And perhaps you'd learn to love me given time 
    Abmaj7         Cm/Bb            Am7/b5  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