Guitar Tab:Operators Are Standing By

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Operators Are Standing By
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: D Major
Year: 1999
Tabbed By: No Mo
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 

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

 D    F#7        G     Gm
Operators are standing by
 D        G       D          G
Talking about their portrayal
 D     F#7          G          Gm
On the TV where an actress sits
        D           A      G
With a headset in outer space

 A                      G D
That's enough talking, ladies.

 D    F#7     G      Gm
Operators are standing by
 D          G           D            G
Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee
 D             F#7          G       Gm
Pass 'round a picture of a mobius strip
       D         A       G                   D
And wish they could go home