The melody of Murder By Numbers by The Police runs 462 notes across 66 bars, 4:13 long in Em at 138 beats per minute. The tab sits low on the neck, mostly under the fourth fret, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? Murder By Numbers chords and lyrics.