Sting- Practical Arrangement

(Capo on the 2nd Fret)

This tab includes the chords with the chord tablature
necessary to achieve the sound of the original.
Though there is a capo on the second fret, the tabs
still read as if there weren't, so something like
2-2-2-4-4-2 would be an F# minor, but with the capo,
it would be played like an E minor and sound the same.

The spaces indicate measures: a larger space between
Chords indicates that it lasts throughout the measure,
While a smaller space means that two chords fit in the measure.
Use your ear for the timing.


 Bm9             GMaj7/9        G6               Em9             Em9/A         A7
|--2----------------2------------3----------------2----------------2------------3----------------|
|--2----------------3-----------------------------3----------------3------------2----------------|
|--2----------------2-----------------------------4----------------2------------2----------------|
|--4----------------4------------2----------------2----------------2------------2----------------|
|--2----------------2-----------------------------2----------------2------------4----------------|
|--2----------------3------------3----------------3----------------3-----------------------------|

  DMaj7           F#7sus4       F#7
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------2------------2----------------|
|--2----------------4------------3----------------|
|--4----------------2------------2----------------|                x 2
|--5----------------4------------4----------------|
|--2----------------2------------2----------------|

  Bm             C#7sus4        C#7              F#m            F#mMaj7       F#m7
|--2----------------4------------4----------------2----------------2------------2----------------|
|--3----------------7------------6----------------2----------------2------------2----------------|
|--4----------------4------------4----------------2----------------2------------2----------------|
|--4----------------6------------6----------------4----------------3------------2----------------|
|--2----------------4------------4----------------4----------------4------------4----------------|
|--2----------------4------------4----------------2----------------2------------2----------------|

 Em9               Em9/A          A7              DMaj7           F#7sus4        F#7
|--2-----------------2-------------3-------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----------------3-------------2----------------2----------------2------------2--|
|--4-----------------2-------------2----------------2----------------4------------3--|
|--2-----------------2-------------2----------------4----------------2------------2--|
|--2-----------------2-------------4----------------5----------------4------------4--|
|--3-----------------2------------------------------2----------------2------------2--|


  Bm          Bm/A        G#m7b5         Em9             CMaj7             Bm           F#7
|--2------------2------------2------------2----------------3----------------2------------2----------|
|--3------------3------------3 -----------3----------------5----------------3------------2----------|
|--4------------2------------4------------4----------------4----------------4------------3----------|
|--4------------4------------6------------5----------------5----------------4------------2----------|
|--2------------2------------2------------2----------------3----------------2------------4----------|
|--2------------2------------2------------2----------------3----------------2------------2----------|

1stTime:

GMaj7b5           Em6/9           C#9sus4           F#7#5             Bm
|--2----------------2----------------4----------------2----------------2---------------------------|
|--2----------------5----------------4----------------3----------------3---------------------------|
|--4----------------2----------------4----------------3----------------4---------------------------|
|--5----------------2----------------4----------------2----------------4---------------------------|
|--2----------------2----------------4----------------5----------------2---------------------------|
|--2----------------3----------------4----------------2----------------2---------------------------|


2nd Time:

GMaj7b5           Em6/9           C#9sus4           F#7#5             Em9             F#7#5
|--2----------------2----------------4----------------2----------------2----------------2-----------|
|--2----------------5----------------4----------------3----------------3----------------3-----------|
|--4----------------2----------------4----------------3----------------4----------------3-----------|
|--5----------------2----------------4----------------2----------------2----------------2-----------|
|--2----------------2----------------4----------------5----------------2----------------5-----------|
|--2----------------3----------------4----------------2----------------3----------------2-----------|

GMaj7         Bm/A        G#m7b5         Em9
|--2------------2------------2------------2----------------|
|--3------------3------------3 -----------3----------------|
|--4------------2------------4------------4----------------|
|--4------------4------------6------------5----------------|
|--2------------2------------2------------2----------------|
|--2------------2------------2------------2----------------|
|--3------------2------------2------------2----------------|

C#7sus4           F#7#5             C9              Bsus2
|--4----------------2----------------3----------------2----------------|
|--4----------------3----------------3----------------2----------------|
|--4----------------3----------------3----------------4----------------|
|--4----------------2----------------5----------------4----------------|
|--4----------------5----------------3----------------2----------------|
|--4----------------2----------------3----------------2----------------|


Lyrics:


Am I asking for the moon?
Is it really so implausible?
That you and I could soon
Come to some kind of arrangement?

I'm not asking for the moon
I've always been a realist
When it's really nothing more
Than a simple rearrangement

With one roof above our heads
A warm house to return to
We could start with separate beds
I could sleep alone or learn to
I'm not suggesting that we'd find
Some earthly paradise forever
I mean how often does that happen now
The answer's probably never
But we could come to an arrangement
A practical arrangement
And you could learn to love me
Given time

I'm not promising the moon
I'm not promising a rainbow
Just a practical solution
To a solitary life

I'd be a father to your boy
A shoulder you could lean on
How bad could it be
To be my wife?

With one roof above our heads
A warm house to return to
You wouldn't have to cook for me
You wouldn't have to learn to
I'm not suggesting that this proposition here
Could last forever
I've no intention of deceiving you
You're far too clever
But we could come to an arrangement
A practical arrangement
And perhaps you'd learn to love me
Given time

It may not be the romance
That you had in mind
But you could learn to love me
Given time