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Talking Heads - Dream Operator Chords

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Dream Operator Chords

(ver. 1)
Talking Heads
[Intro]/[Interude] /[Middle 8]

G-Tuning (baritone)
  Am           F            C
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +
e|0-----------|1-----------|0-----------|--------3---|
B|1-----------|1-----------|1-----------|1-----------|
G|2-----------|2-----------|0-----------|------------|
d|2-----------|3-----------|2-----------|----2-------|

C-Tuning (soprano)
  Am           F            C
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +
A|0-----------|0-----------|3-----------|------------|
E|0-----------|1-----------|0-----------|----0-------|
C|0-----------|0-----------|0-----------|0-----------|
g|2-----------|2-----------|0-----------|--------0---|

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time signature 3/4

[Intro]
(single guitar notes, faded in)
| Am | F | C | % |
| Am | F | C | % |
| Am | F | C | % |
| Am | F | C | % |

(picking pattern around the notes of "e" and "c")
| Am | F | C | % |
| Am | F | C | % |
| Am | F | C | % |
| Am | F | C | % |
| Am | F | C | % |

(solo licks)
| Am | F | C | % |
| Am | F | C | % |
| Am | F | C | % |
| Am | F | C | % |


[Verse] 1
C
When you were little
    Em
You dreamed you were big
    F
You must have been something
  F
A real tiny kid


[Bridge] 1
    C
You wish you were me
  Em
I wish I was you
    F
Now don't you wake up
    F               G
The dream will come true


[Chorus]
      C     Am     F     G
Every dream  has a name
    C     Am         G
And names  tell your story
     C    Am       F     G
This song  is your dream
           C        G
You're the dream operator


[Interude] (solo licks)
| Am | F | C | % |
| Am | F | C | % |


[Verse] 2
C
Bigger than life
    Em
You know it's all me
   F
My face is a book
         F
But it's not what it seems

[Bridge] 2
      C
Three angels above
    Em
The whole human race
     F
They dream us to life
     F          G
They dream me a face


[Chorus] 2
          C     Am        F     G
And every dream  tells it all
    C   Am            G
And thi-is is your story
    C    Am      F     G
You dreamed me a heart
           C        G
You're the dream operator


[Middle 8]
| Am | F | C | % |      [ Am ]
              Shake-it-up dream
| Am | F | C | % |   [ Am ]
              Hi-di-ho dream
| Am | F | C | % |    [ Am ]
              Fix-it-up dream
| Am | F | C | % |     [ Am ]
              Look at me dream
| Am | F | C | % |               [ Am ]
              I've been waiting so long
| Am | F | C | % |        | Am | F | C | % |
              Now I am your dream


[Verse] 3
C
Hard to forget
Em
Hard to go on
     F
When you fall asleep
       F
You're out on your own


[Bridge] 3
    C
Let go of your life
     Em
Grab on to my hand
F
Here in the clouds
      F          G
Where we'll understand


[Chorus] 3
    C   Am          F     G
And you  dreamed it all
    C   Am         G
And thi-is is your story
       C    Am       F     G
Do you know  who you are?
           C        G
You're the dream operator

    C   Am          F     G
And you  dreamed it all
    C   Am         G
And thi-is is your story
       C    Am       F     G
Do you know  who you are?
           C       | G | % | C
You're the dream operator
                    (ritardando)
            
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