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Big Time Operator:Keith Hampshire.
Top of the charts in Canada in 1973.
Also hit the UK and USA charts in '73.
[Verse 1](Bright/rock beat.)
EI started off a Bnewsboy on a Epaper.
EFor a time I Bworked in an eleEvator.
EBut all the time I Aknew that later,
EI would be a Ahigher rater,
EFinally, a Abig time operBator.B7  
[Verse 2]
EFor a while I Bdrove an exEcavator.(yes I did.)
EThen I became a Bwine and brandy Ewaiter.
EA builder, then a Adecorator,
ELater on, an Aestimator,
EI'm gonna be a Abig time operBator.
(B7Oh, ya got to believe in me!)
[Verse 3]
EI took a job as an Bairline naviEgator.
EThen I became a Bcrime investiEgator.(Eyes E7I  Edid.)
EFor a time, a Acommentator,
EThen I was an adAministrator,
EI'm gonna be a Abig time operBator.
(B7yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Eyeah!)
[Verse 4].**(Spoken ad lib)**
EWell, don't you know I'm gonna be in the big time baby?
A big time operator...
I'll have a whole lotta people workin' for me.
Gonna have a chauffeur, an upstairs maid.
Big limousine, racing sports car.
50 foot yacht, race horses.
I'm gonna give new meaning to the word 'big',\
A big time operator now, now.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.

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Big Time Operator

by Keith Hampshire

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Big Time Operator:Keith Hampshire.

Top of the charts in Canada in 1973.

Also hit the UK and USA charts in '73.

[Verse 1](Bright/rock beat.)

E B E

I started off a newsboy on a paper.

E B E

For a time I worked in an elevator.

E A

But all the time I knew that later,

E A

I would be a higher rater,

E A B B7

Finally, a big time operator.

[Verse 2]

E B E

For a while I drove an excavator.(yes I did.)

E B E

Then I became a wine and brandy waiter.

E A

A builder, then a decorator,

E A

Later on, an estimator,

E A B

I'm gonna be a big time operator.

(Oh, ya got to believe in me!)

[Verse 3]

E B E

I took a job as an airline navigator.

E B E E E7 E

Then I became a crime investigator.(yes I did.)

E A

For a time, a commentator,

E A

Then I was an administrator,

E A B

I'm gonna be a big time operator.

B7 E

(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

[Verse 4].**(Spoken ad lib)**

Well, don't you know I'm gonna be in the big time baby?

A big time operator...

I'll have a whole lotta people workin' for me.

Gonna have a chauffeur, an upstairs maid.

Big limousine, racing sports car.

50 foot yacht, race horses.

I'm gonna give new meaning to the word 'big',\

A big time operator now, now.

A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.

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