Song: Officer Band: Operation Ivy Album: Energy (1989) Written by Jesse Michaels, Lint Armstrong, Matt McCall, and Dave Mello Transcribed by Luke Knox (lukeknox@iname.com) e-mail me! [Intro]: (heavily palm muted) E---------------- B---------------- G---------------- D--7--7--7--7---- A--7--7--7--7---- E--5--5--5--5---- A A A A
(intro con't., not palm muted) E------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------ G--7-7-7---------7-7-7---------7-7-7---------7-7-7----- D--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7--5-- A--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-- E---------3-3-3---------3-3-3---------3-3-3---------3-- D D D G G G D D D G G G D D D G G G D D D A [Verse]: (Play this 4x) Dm G E----5----3---- B----6----3---- G----7----4---- D----7----5---- A-------------- E-------------- [Bridge]: (Played 4x) E---------- B---------- G---------- D--7---5--- A--7---5--- E--5---3--- A G [Chorus]: E-------------------------------- B-------------------------------- G---7-------7-------7------------ D---7---5---7---5---7---5----7--- A---5---5---5---5---5---5----7--- E-------3-------3-------3----5--- D G D G D G A (after chorus) E-------------------- --------------------- B-------------------- --------------------- G---7--7--6-7-------- --7--7--6-7---------- D---7--7--6-7--5--7-- (3x, then) --7--7--6-7--5------- A---5--5--4-5--5--7-- --5--5--4-5--5------- E--------------3--5-- -------------3------- D D C#-D G A D D C#-D G Then repeat verse, bridge and chorus chords Next is solo: (this is played 2x) E-------------------------------- B-------------------------------- G-------------------------------- D-------------------------------- A--5-5-4-5-5-5---0-2-3-5-3-2-0--- E--------------3----------------- Then play G G G G over the "yeah, yeah. . ." part, and play chorus chords to the end. Lyrics: (Verse) Why do you have to force yourself with .... (Bridge) All of the happiness that you have ... (Chorus) Officer-you act like an animal .... Officer-what the hell is wrong .... (Verse) Wear a tie if you want to wear a .... (Bridge) (Chorus) Please let me know how I'm doing by e-mailing me your comments, questions, suggestions, requests, whatever. Luke