Operators Are Standing By chords by They Might Be Giants

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