Operator Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author ryan.haksi [a] 73.

1 contributor total, last edit on Nov 14, 2020

We have an official Operator tab made by UG professional guitarists.

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[Intro] (x2)
  G                Bm               Am               C Bm  Am   D/F#
e|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|----0-----0-----|0---------------|
B|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----1-----1-----|--3---1-------3-|
G|--4-----4-------|--4-----4-------|--2-----2-----0-|------------2---|
D|------5-----0---|------4-----4---|------2-----2---|----------0-----|
A|--------------0-|2-------------2-|0---------------|3-2---0---------|
E|3---------------|----------------|----------------|----------2-----|
 |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |
 
 
[Verse] (x2)
  G                Bm               C   Bm  Am  G   C Bm Am G
e|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|0---------------|0---------------|
B|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3---1---0---|--3-1-0---------|
G|--0-----0-----0-|--4-----4-----4-|----------------|----------------|
D|------0---------|------4-----4---|----------------|------------0---|
A|----------------|2---------------|3---2---0-------|3-2-0---0h2---2-|
E|3-----------3---|----------------|------------3---|------3---------|
 |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |
 
               Operator        oh could you help me  place this call
     She's living in L.A       with my best old ex  friend Ray
 
  Am               D7/F#            Em
e|----0-----0-----|----2-----2-----|----0-----0-----|----------------|
B|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----0-----0-----|--3---3---3---3-|
G|--2-----2-----0-|--2-----2-----2-|--0-----0-----0-|--2---2---2---2-|
D|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|------2-----2---|0---------------|
A|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----3---2---0---|
E|----------------|2---------------|0---------------|----------------|
 |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |
 
  You see the number on the matchbook is old and faded
  A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated
 
 
[Chorus]
  G                C                G                C     D7
e|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----2-----|
B|----0-----0-----|----1-----1-----|----0-----0-----|----1-----1-----|
G|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----2-----2-|
D|------0-----0---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|------0-----0---|
A|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
E|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|
 |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |
 
Isn't that the way they say it goes,      but let's forget all that and
 
  G                Am               C D/F# Em        Bm      D
e|----3-----3-----|----0-----0-----|--------0-----0-|------2-------2-|
B|----0-----0-----|----1-----1-----|1---3-------0---|----3-------3---|
G|--0-----0-----0-|--2-----2-----2-|----------0-----|--4-------2-----|
D|------0-----0---|------2-----2---|----------------|--------0-------|
A|----------------|0---------------|3---------------|2---------------|
E|3---------------|----------------|----2---0-------|----------------|
 |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |
 
give me the number, if you can find it, so I can call just to tell her I'm fine and to
 
  Am               D7               C                G/B
e|----0-----0-----|----2-----2-----|----3-----3-----|----0-----0-----|
B|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----3-----3-----|
G|--2-----2-----0-|--2-----2-----2-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|
D|------2-----2---|0-----0-----0---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|
A|0---------------|----------------|3---------------|2---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |
 
show            I've overcome the blow, learned to take it well, only wish my words
 
  Am               C                D                C
e|----0-----0-----|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|0---------------|
B|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----3-----3-----|1---------------|
G|--2-----2-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--2-----2-----0-|----------------|
D|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|0-----0-----0---|2---------------|
A|0---------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------10\3|
 |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |
 
could just convince myself, that it just wasn't real,  but that's not the way it  - feels
 
 
[Bridge after 2nd Chorus]
  G                C                G                C
e|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|
B|----0-----0-----|----1-----1-----|----0-----0-----|----1-----1-----|
G|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|
D|------0-----0---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|------2-----2---|
A|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
E|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|
 |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |+   +   +   +   |
 
                   No no no no no,                   but that's not the way it feels
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3 comments

great tab, one of my first real fingerpickn songs. Thanks for putting in the effort to mark the bars and beats, instead of just an endless stream... to whoever tabbed this out: thank you for you're time, you've been so much more than kind

This is a really good tab. Thanks for the effort.

Very nicely done and thank you. God Bless you and yours mate!