Talking Heads – Dream Operator (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dream Operator – Talking Heads --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: David Byrne From: "True Stories" (1986) Tabbed by: maguri ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Intro] / [Interlude] / [Middle 8]
 [Am          [F           [C
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|0-----------|1-----------|0-----------|------------|
B|1-----------|1-----------|1-----------|------------|
G|2-----------|2-----------|0-----------|--------0---|
D|2-----------|3-----------|2-----------|----2-------|
A|0-----------|3-----------|3-----------|3-----------|
E|------------|1-----------|------------|------------|

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CHORDS
      E-A-D-G-B-E
C*    x-3-2-0-1-3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- time signature 3/4 [Intro] (single guitar notes, faded in) | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | (picking pattern around E and C) | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | (solo licks) | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | [Verse 1]

C
When you were little

    Em
You dreamed you were big

    F
You must have been something

  F
A real tiny kid

[Bridge 1]

    C
You wish you were me

  Em
I wish I was you

    F
Now don't you wake up

    F               G
The dream will come true

[Chorus]

      C     Am     F     G
Every dream  has a name

    C     Am         G
And names  tell your story

     C    Am       F     G
This song  is your dream

           C        G
You're the dream operator

[Interlude](solo licks) | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | [Verse 2]

C
Bigger than life

    Em
You know it's all me

   F
My face is a book

         F
But it's not what it seems

[Bridge 2]

      C
Three angels above

    Em
The whole human race

     F
They dream us to life

     F          G
They dream me a face

[Chorus 2]

          C     Am        F     G
And every dream  tells it all

    C   Am            G
And thi-is is your story

    C    Am      F     G
You dreamed me a heart

           C        G
You're the dream operator

[Middle 8]

| Am | F | C* | % |       [Am]
              Shake-it-up dream

| Am | F | C* | % |    [Am]
              Hi-di-ho dream

| Am | F | C* | % |     [Am]
              Fix-it-up dream

| Am | F | C* | % |      [Am]
              Look at me dream

| Am | F | C* | % |                [Am]
              I've been waiting so long

| Am | F | C* | % |        | Am | F | C* | % |
              Now I am your dream

[Verse 3]

C
Hard to forget

Em
Hard to go on

     F
When you fall asleep

       F
You're out on your own

[Bridge 3]

    C
Let go of your life

     Em
Grab on to my hand

F
Here in the clouds

      F          G
Where we'll understand

[Chorus 3]

    C   Am          F     G
And you  dreamed it all

    C   Am         G
And thi-is is your story

       C    Am       F     G
Do you know  who you are?

           C        G
You're the dream operator

    C   Am          F     G
And you  dreamed it all

    C   Am         G
And thi-is is your story

       C    Am       F     G
Do you know  who you are?

           C       | G | % | C
You're the dream operator

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