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Here's To The Operator, Boys chords by 
Merle Travis 
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Key: Bb major•BPM: 60
Verse 1
C
D
G
These lusty lyrics are meant to be sort of a tongue -in -cheek
Em
D
song poking fun at the coal mine operator.
G
As workers will do in any trade,
the coal miner with a sense of humor
looks on the operator as
the only one
D
who could possibly cause him to
G
roll his own cigarettes from sack to backer
Em
instead of having the money
C
to buy a pack of ready
B
-made cigarettes.
Em
So he cheerfully criticizes flickers,
Am
or script as some people say,
D
issued against his company store credit.
G
Em
And in fun feels secure
that the operator
B
Abm
Em
G
C
can't never take his debts away from him no matter what. So he invites the rollicking,
rowdy rounders
Em
to bring along their favorite beverage
and drink a hearty toast
to the man who operates
G
C
D
G
the mine.
Oh, bring along your homebrew,
D
boys, bring along your wine
G
We'll all get drunk in honor
D
G
of the man who operates the mines
Well, here's to the operator,
boys,
C
may heaven be his home
G
He took our tailor -made cigarettes
D
and he made us rule our
G
C
G
D
G
C
D
own
G
On the silver money of the government
D
It says in God we trust
G
On the flickers we draw
at the company stores
D
Wrote in me you bust
G
Well here's to the operator boys
C
May heaven be his home
He took our tailor -made cigarettes
G
D
G
And he made us roll our own
C
I never did like them homemade
G
D
G
C
D
cigarettes
G
He owns the scales
where the coal is weighed
D
He owns our house and home
G
But here's one thing he'll never get
C
Our debts are all our own
D
G
Well, here's to the operator, boys
C
May heaven be his home
G
He took our tailor -made cigarettes
D
G
And he made us roll our own
Em
C
G
C
D
G
Well, a salmon grows on
a salmon tree,
the melon on the vines,
And a miner's kid grows on the credit,
D
her paw gets at the mines.
G
Well, here's to the operator,
boys,
C
may heaven be his home,
G
He took our tailor -made cigarettes
D
G
and he made us roll our own.
D
G
Hey, here's to the operator, boys,
D
may heaven be his home,
G
C
He took our tailor -made ci garettes
D
G
and he made us roll our own.
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