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Operator by Grateful Dead
Operator
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
F C A
Dm C F
Verse 1
F
Operator, can you help me, help me if you please?
Bb F F F#
Give me the right area code and the number that I need
G C A7
My rider left upon the midnight flyer
Dm C F
Singin' like a summer breeze
Verse 2
I think she's somewhere down south, down about Baton Rouge
But I just can't remember no number, a number I can use
Directry don't have it, Central done forgot it
Got to find a number to use
Verse 3
Tryin' to check out her number, tryin' to run down her line
Operator said that's privileged information and it ain't no business of mine
It's floodin' down in Texas, the poles are out in Utah
Got to find a private line
Verse 4
She could be hangin' round the steel mill workin' in the house of blue lights
Ridin' a getaway bus out of Portland, talkin' to the night
I don't know where she's goin', I don't care where she's been
As long as she's been doin' it right
Main Riff
F C Dm C F
|----------------8----------------------------------------|
|-10p9-10p9-10p9------------------------------------------|
|----------------------9-8-9-------------10----10-12-10---|
|-------------------10-------10-10-11-12----12------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
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version 2
Chords used in this song :
F
e -x-|---|---|---|---|
B -x-|---|---|---|---|
G ---|-x-|---|---|---|
D ---|---|-x-|---|---|
A ---|---|-x-|---|---|
E -x-|---|---|---|---| Bb
e -o-|---|---|---|---|
B ---|---|-x-|---|---|
G ---|---|-x-|---|---|
D ---|---|-x-|---|---|
A -x-|---|---|---|---|
E -o-|---|---|---|---| G
e ---|---|-x-|---|---|
B ---|---|---|---|---|
G ---|---|---|---|---|
D ---|---|---|---|---|
A ---|-x-|---|---|---|
E ---|---|-x-|---|---| C
e ---|---|---|---|---|
B -x-|---|---|---|---|
G ---|---|---|---|---|
D ---|-x-|---|---|---|
A ---|---|-x-|---|---|
E ---|---|-o-|---|---|
A7
e ---|---|---|---|---|
B ---|-x-|---|---|---|
G ---|---|---|---|---|
D ---|-x-|---|---|---|
A ---|---|---|---|---|
E ---|---|---|---|---| Dm
e -x-|---|---|---|---|
B ---|---|-x-|---|---|
G ---|-x-|---|---|---|
D ---|---|---|---|---|
A ---|---|---|---|---|
E ---|---|---|---|---|
Intro: | F / / / | C / A7 Dm | Dm / / C F | F / / / | F / / / |
F
Operator, can you help me? Help me if you please
Bb F
Give me the right area code and the number that I need
G C A7
My rider left upon a midnight flyer
Dm C F
Singin' like a summer breeze
F
Think she's somewhere down south, down about Baton Rouge
Bb F
I just cain't remember no number, a number I can use
G C A7
Directory don't have it, central done forgot it
Dm C F
Got to find a number to use
Break (play the intro here)
Tryin' to check out a number, tryin' to run down a line
Operator said that's privileged information and it ain't no business o' mine
It's floodin' down in Texas, the poles are down in Utah
Got to find a private line
She could be hanging 'round a steel mill, working in a house of blue light
Riding a get-away bus out of Portland, talkin' to the night
I don't know where she's gone, I don't care where she's been
Long as she's been doin' it right
(now slap that Bb harp in your rack & blow with all yer might like so...)
| F / / / | / / /
-3 -3 -3 -4 -3 ~3 -3 -3
| F / / / | / / /
6 -5 -4 4 3 ~3 -2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
| Bb / / / | / / /
-3 ~3 -2 -3 ~3 -2 -3 ~3 -2 -3 ~3 -2 3 3 3
| F / / / | / / /
| -4 -5 -4 -3 ~3 -2 -3 -3
| F / / / | C / / A7 Dm
Dm F
Long as she's been doing it right
Notes on harp tab:
3 means blow hole 3
-3 means suck hole 3
~3 means suck & bend hole 3
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