Courtney Barnett – Elevator Operator (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Song: Elevator Operator Artist: Courtney Barnett Album: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *This is not a simplified version or something like that, Courtney plays the song like this!* Chords: E : 02210x A : x0222x F#m9 : 20210x G : 32000x A* : xx7650 G6 : xx5430 Wait! Maybe you don't have a capo and you want to play this song (that happened to me). Chords without capo: E = G# : 46654x A = C# : x4666x F#m9 = A#m9 : 64654x G = B : x2444x or 76444x A* = C#* : xxx664 G6 = B : xxx442 Also, Courtney plays this songs differently from others because in this song she uses a pick (I recommend using from 0.5 mm picks to 1.0 mm for a more direct and rough sound of the song). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E
  Oliver Paul, twenty years old

A
Thick head of hair, worries he's going bald

E
  Wakes up at quarter past nine

A
Fair evades his way down the 96 tram line

E
Breakfast on the run again, he's well aware

     A                                        E       A E A
He's dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs everywhere

E
  Feeling sick at the sight of his computer

   A
He dodges his way through the Swanston commuters

E
Rips off his tie, hands it to a homeless man

A                                                   E
Sleeping in the corner of a metro bus stand and he screams
"I'm not going to work today
          A
Going to count the minutes that the trains run late

E                                                      A  E F#m9 G A
  Sit on the grass building pyramids out of Coke cans"

E
Headphone wielding to the Nicholas building

   A
He trips on a pothole that's not been filled in

  E
He waits for an elevator, one to nine

  A
A lady walks in and waits by his side

   E
Her heels are high and her bag is snakeskin

A
Hair pulled so tight you can see her skeleton

E
Vickers perfume on her breath

  A
A tortoise shell necklace between her breasts

             E
She looks him up and down with a botox frown

     A
He's well used to that look by now

    E        F#m9           G          A
The elevator dings and they awkwardly step in

      E      F#m9           G       A
Their fingers touch on the rooftop button

       E                      A*                 G6
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof

                 E                               A*                  G6
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth

E                          A*            G6  E A* G6
I'd give anything to have skin like you

         E
He said "I think you're projecting the way that you're feeling

    A
I'm not suicidal, just idling insignificantly

   E
I come up here for perception and clarity

   A
I like to imagine I'm playing SimCity

         E              F#m9           G   A
All the people look like ants from up here

         E               F#m9            G    A
And the wind's the only traffic you can hear"

          E   F#m9          G     A
He said "All I ever wanted to be

        E      F#m9            G          A
Was an elevator operator, can you help me please?"

       E                      A*                 G6
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof

                 E                               A*                  G6
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth

E                          A*            G6 E A* G6
I'd give anything to have skin like you

       E                      A*                 G6
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof

                  E                              A*                  G6
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth

E                          A*            G6 E A* G6
I'd give anything to have skin like you
E F#m9 G A E F#m9 G A E F#m9 G A E F#m9 G A