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Big Time Operator by Keith Hampshire







    Big Time Operator 








Tuning: E A D G B E
 
[Verse 1](Bright/rock beat.)
E               B            E
I started off a newsboy on a paper.
E            B               E
For a time I worked in an elevator.
E                  A
But all the time I knew that later,
E            A
I would be a higher rater,
E          A            B    B7
Finally, a big time operator.
 
 
[Verse 2]
E             B          E
For a while I drove an excavator.(yes I did.)
E               B               E
Then I became a wine and brandy waiter.
E                 A
A builder, then a decorator,
E            A
Later on, an estimator,
E              A            B
I'm gonna be a big time operator.
 B7
(Oh, ya got to believe in me!)
 
 
[Verse 3]
E                  B           E
I took a job as an airline navigator.
E               B            E      E   E7 E
Then I became a crime investigator.(yes I  did.)
E             A
For a time, a commentator,
E               A
Then I was an administrator,
E              A            B
I'm gonna be a big time operator.
 B7                                              E
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)
 
 
[Verse 4].**(Spoken ad lib)**
E
Well, don't you know I'm gonna be in the big time baby?
 
A big time operator...
 
I'll have a whole lotta people workin' for me.
 
Gonna have a chauffeur, an upstairs maid.
 
Big limousine, racing sports car.
 
50 foot yacht, race horses.
 
I'm gonna give new meaning to the word 'big',\
 
A big time operator now, now.
 







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version 2







 
INTRO: E
 
 
#1.
E               B            E
I started off a newsboy on a paper.
E            B               E
For a time I worked in an elevator.
E                  A
But all the time I knew that later,
E            A             E
I would be a higher rater, finally,
A            B
a big time operator.
 
 
 
#2.
E             B          E
For a while I drove an excavator..
(yes I did.)
E               B               E
Then I became a wine and brandy waiter.
(yeah.)
E                 A          E
A builder, then a decorator, later on,
   A          E              A
an estimator, I'm gonna be a big time 
B
operator..(yeah, yeah!)
 
 
 
 
INTERLUDE: E D         G
               (Oh, ya got to believe in me,
                        B
                I got ambition, yeah!)
 
 
 
#3.
E                  B           E
I took a job as an airline navigator.
E               B            E
Then I became a crime investigator.
(yes, I  did.)
E             A            E
For a time, a commentator, then I was an 
A              E              A
administrator, I'm gonna be a big time 
B
operator.
B
yeah, yeah..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
      E
yeah, yeah!)
 
 
 
OUTRO:
E
Well, don't you know I'm gonna be in the
 
big time, baby?..a big time operator.
 
I'll have a whole lotta people workin' for me.
E
Gonna have a chauffeur, an upstairs maid..(Woooo!!)
 
Big limousine, racing sports car, 50 foot yacht,
 
race horses.
E
I'm gonna give new meaning to the word 'big'..yeah!!
 
A big time operator now, now..(Fade.)









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