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Operator (chrom)

by Manhattan Transfer · posted by waltp

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b or '
Half-step bend
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Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab
OPERATOR
By: William Spivery
Manhattan Transfer
Key: D

-3 -4-5 -6* -6* -6* 6-5 -3 -3  -5 
Op-er-a-tor give me in-for-ma-tion
-3 -4  -5 -6*..-6* -6* 6-5  -3   -5
In-for-ma-tion give me long dis-tance
 -3  -5   -6*  -6*  -6* 
Long dis-tance give me 
 6   -6*6-56-5-4-3-5
heav-     en...

-5 -6*-7 -7 -8 -6* -7 -6* -5
Oh op-er-a-tor in-for-ma-tion
 -4  -5 -6 -5  -4 -5   -5   -8 -9  -8-7
Give me Je-sus on the line, on the line
-6*-7 -7 -8 -6* -7 -6* -5
Op-er-a-tor in-for-ma-tion
-4   -5  6   -6*  6  6   8    8  -8-7
I'd like to speak to a friend of mine
-8-7 -8   -7 -6* -7  -6*
Oh prayer is the num-ber
 -6*  -7 -7  -8  -6*
Faith is the ex-change
 -7  -7 -6  6    -5
Heav-en is the street
-5  -9-6-6 6  -5   -6 
And Je-sus is his name
-5 -6*-7 -7 -8 -6* -7 -6  -5
Oh op-er-a-tor in-for-ma-tion
  -7    -7  7  7-6-5-5 -4 -5   -5
Please give me Je-sus  on the line,
-8 -9  -8-7 
On the line
-6*-7 -7 -8 -6* -7 -6* -5
Op-er-a-tor in-for-ma-tion
 -6  -6 6-56-5-4-56-4-5 8 7*7-6-5
Tell me    why         why yeah
-5 -5 -6 -7 -6* -7 -6* -5
Op-er-a-tor in-for-ma-tion
 -4   -5 -6* -6*  6
Don't try to tell me
 6    6   6  6  -4-3
What num-ber to call
-8-7-8  -9  -8  -8   -7  -6* -5
Oh  my moth-er used this num-ber
 -5 -6* -7 -7 -8  -6*
When I was ver-y small
-5  -7  -7  -6   6    -5   -5
And ev-‘ry-time she dialed it
-5  -7  -7  -6  6  -5
She al-ways got a call 
-5 -6* -7 -7 -8 -6* -7 -6  -5
Oh, op-er-a-tor in-for-ma-tion
  10    10  10 10 -9  -8 -9   -9
Please give me Je-sus on the line

-5 -5 -7 -7 -6* -7 -6* -5
Op-er-a-tor in-for-ma-tion
-6  -6 6-56-5-4-56-4-5 8 7*7-6-5
Tell me    why         why yeah
-5 -5 -6 -7 -6* -7 -6* -5
Op-er-a-tor in-for-ma-tion
 -4   -5 -6* -6*  6
Don't try to tell me
 6    6   6  6  -4-3
What num-ber to call
-8-7-8  -9  -8  -8   -7  -6* -5
Oh  my moth-er used this num-ber
 -5 -6* -7 -7 -8  -6*
When I was ver-y small
-5  -7  -7  -6   6    -5   -5
And ev-‘ry-time she dialed it
-5  -7  -7  -6  6  -5
She al-ways got a call 
-5 -6* -7 -7 -8 -6* -7 -6  -5
Oh, op-er-a-tor in-for-ma-tion
  10    10  10 10 -9  -8 -9 -9-10*-8
Please give me Je-sus on the line
  -9    10  10 10 -9-8-8 -9   -9
Please give me Je-sus on the line
11-10*-9 -10*-8 -9 -8-7-8-9
Please  give me Je- sus 
-4 -5 -6-57-5-7-58-9-98-7-9-98-7-9-98-78
               on the line
-9-10 -97* -5-6-6-5
Yeah  yeah   yeah











Please hurry if you can
Oh Operator
Information
Please connect me
With the man
Don't worry 'bout the money
You know I will pay the charge
Just give me on the line
I'm callin' from my heart
Operator
Information
Please give me Jesus on the line
Please give me Jesus on the line

Won't you please -
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus on the line

Operator
Give me information
Information
Give me long distance
Long distance
Give me heaven...
(Two, three)
Operator
Information
Give me Jesus on the line
Operator 
Information
I'd like to speak to a friend of mine
Oh prayer is the number
Faith is the exchange
Heaven is the street
And Jesus is his name
Operator
Information
Please give me Jesus on the line
Operator
Information
Won't you tell me why
Tell me why
Operator
Information
Don't try to tell me
What number to call
My mother used this number
When I was very small
And everytime she dialed it
She always got 't call the
Operator
Information
Please give me Jesus on the line
Operator 
Information
Please hurry if you can
Oh Operator
Information
Please connect me
With the man
Don't worry 'bout the money
You know I will pay the charge
Just give me on the line
I'm callin' from my heart
Operator
Information
Please give me Jesus on the line
Please give me Jesus on the line
Won't you please -
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus on the line
Yeah!
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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