They Might Be Giants – Operators Are Standing By (Guitar)

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Artist: They Might Be Giants Song: Operators Are Standing By Album: Long Tall Weekend Verse 1:

D     F#7       G    Gm
 Operators are standing by

D          G             D      G
 Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee

D            F#7          G          Gm
 Bounce their shoes at the end of their feet

      D        A       G
 And wish they could go home

Chorus:

C   D          G          Bm
 Operators are standing by

C       D            G        Bm
 Poking holes in the ceiling tiles

C        D          G           Bm
 Making jokes about their old boyfriends and

C   G/B       A7
    Days gone by

Verse 2: Operators are standing by Talking about their portrayal On the TV where an actress sits With a headset in outer space Bridge:

 A                      G D
That's enough talking, ladies.

Verse 3: Operators are standing by Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee Pass 'round a picture of a mobius strip And wish they could go home end on D