Chords with lyrics
Song: Operator
Group: Grateful Dead
Written By: Ron McKernan
This is one of the few Dead tunes by the late, great, Pigpen. In it
I've included my neophyte attempt at transcribing his smokin'
harmonica solo. Most of the hole 3 suck notes should be preceded
by a short grace note bend.
Intro: | 
FF / / / | 
C majorC / 
A7A7 
DmDm | DmDm / / C majorC FF | FF / / / | FF / / / |
FF
Operator, can you help me...
Bb majorBb FF
Give me the right area code and ...
G+G C majorC A7A7
My rider left upon a ...
DmDm C majorC FF
Singin' like a ...
FF
Think she's somewhere down south...
Bb majorBb FF
I just cain't remember no number, a ...
G+G C majorC A7A7
Directory don't have it, ...
DmDm C majorC FF
Got to find a ...
Break (play the intro here)
Tryin' to check out a number,...
She could be hanging 'round a ...
(now slap that Bb majorBb harp in your rack & blow with all yer might like so...)
| FF / / / | / / /
-3 -3 -3 -4 -3 ~3 -3 -3
| FF / / / | / / /
6 -5 -4 4 3 ~3 -2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
| Bb majorBb / / / | / / /
-3 ~3 -2 -3 ~3 -2 -3 ~3 -2 -3 ~3 -2 3 3 3
| FF / / / | / / /
| -4 -5 -4 -3 ~3 -2 -3 -3
| FF / / / | C majorC / / A7A7 DmDm
DmDm FF
Long as she's ...
Notes on harp
3 means blow hole 3
-3 means suck hole 3
~3 means suck & bend hole 3
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