Operators Are Standing by chords by
They Might Be Giants
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Key: D major

Verse 1
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
G G 
 
Bbaug Bbaug 
 
D D 
 
Smoking ci
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
garettes and drinking coffee
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
Bounce their shoes at
G G 
 
Gm Gm 
 
the end of their feet
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
And wish they could go home
D D 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
Operators are standing by
D D 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Poking holes in the ceiling tiles
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Making jokes about their old boyfriends
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
And  days gone by
F# F# 
 
G G 
 
Bbaug Bbaug 
 
Operators are standing by
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Talking about their portrayal
C C 
 
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
G G 
 
Bb Bb 
 
On the TV when an actress sit s
Gm Gm 
 
D D 
 
with a headset in
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
outer space
G G 
 
D D 
 
That's enough talking, ladies
F# F# 
 
G G 
 
Bbaug Bbaug 
 
Operators are standing by
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Smoking ci garettes and  drinking coffee
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
G G 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Pass around a picture of a  mobius strip
A A 
 
Dm Dm 
 
A A 
 
And wish they could go home
G G 
 
D D

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