Operator Grateful Dead
Sung by Ron (pig pen) McKernan, who also played the blues harp.
someone already covered the harmonica tab, so this is the guitar part:
e)--------------------------8------------------------------ b)--10---8---10---8---10------------------------------------- g)----------------------------8---9---8----9-------------------- d)---------------------------------------------10---10---11---12---12- a)--------------------------------------------------------------- e)-------------------------------------------------------------- e)----------------------------------------------------------- b)---------------------------------------------------------- g)--10---10---10---12---10--------------------10------------------ d)---------------------------10----12----10--------10---12---10--- a)------------------------------------------------------------------- e)--------------------------------------------------------------
main riff repeated throughout song- followed by next line
e)---------------------------------------------------------------- b)------------------------------------------------------------- g)---10----------------10-----------------------(12)------------ d)---------10----12----------10----12----10------------------- a)---------------------------------------------------------- e)----------------------------------------------------------
(the (12) works into the riff in different ways)
e)----------------------------------------------------------------- b)---------------------------------------------------------------- g)---12---12---10---8---9---8---9---8---9--------------------10---10---12 d)------------------------------------------10----11----12-------------- a)--------------------------------------------------------------------- e)--------------------------------------------------------------
[F] Operator, can you help me? Help me if you please
[Bb] Give me the right area code and the [F] number that I need
[G] My rider left upon a mid[C]night flyer [A7]
[Dm] Singin like a summer[C] [F] breeze
I think she^Ã?s somewhere downsouth,
down about Baton Rouge
but I just cant remember no number,
a number, i can use,
directory dont have, central done forgot it,
got to find a number to use
trying to check out a number,
tryin to run down a line,
operator said thats priveliged information
and it aint no business of mine
its flirtin down in Texas, hose are out in Utah,
got to find a private line
she could be hangin round a steel mill,
working in a house of blue light,
ridin the getaway bus out of Portland,
talkin to the night
I dont know what shes doin,
dont care where shes been,
long as shes been doin it right
Def: F( 1 1 2 3 x x)
Bb(1 3 3 3 x x)
G(3 2 0 0 0 3)
Dm(1 3 2 0 x x)
C(0 1 0 2 3 x)
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