They Might Be Giants - Operators Are Standing By guitar tab

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