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Words and Music by William Spivery
operDator, give me iGn---fDormation
information, give me lGong dDistance
long distance, give me G6heav--Dm----eDn
1-2-3, oh operaDtor, information,
well give me JG7esus on the lDine
woah woah, operaDtor, information,
I'd like to sA7peak to E7a friend of mA7ine
Oh-oh, Dprayer is the number and faith is the exchange,
Gheaven is the street and JGmesus is his name
oh, operaDtor, Bm7inforG7mation, please give me JDesus A11on the lDine
woah woah, operaDtor, iBm7nformDation,
Bm7tell me wGhy~~~~~~~
Dwhy yeah operator, Bm7inforDmation,
don't try to tA7ell me E7what number to Acall
my Dmother used this number when I was very small
and eGvery time she dialed it she aGmlways got a call
operaDtor, informG7ation, pG6lease gDive me JEm7esus A7on the lDine
operaDtor, information,
please hG7elp me if you Dcan
operaDtor, information,
please cA7onnect me E7with the A7man
don't Dworry about the money, I will pay the charge,
just Ggive me a private line, I'm cGmalling from the heart
operaDtor, iBm7nformG7ation, please give me JDesus, A11on the Dline
please give me JGesus~Em7~~~~ A11on the Dline
please give me JGesus~Em7~~~~ A11on the Gline~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DYeah~~~  Yeah Yeah  Yeah~~~~~~~~~

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Operator

by The Manhattan Transfer

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Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

A11

Em7

Words and Music by William Spivery

D G D

operator, give me in---formation

G D

information, give me long distance

G6 Dm D

long distance, give me heav------en

1-2-3, oh operator, information,

G7 D

well give me Jesus on the line

woah woah, operator, information,

A7 E7 A7

I'd like to speak to a friend of mine

Oh-oh, prayer is the number and faith is the exchange,

G Gm

heaven is the street and Jesus is his name

D Bm7 G7 D A11 D

oh, operator, information, please give me Jesus on the line

D Bm7 D

woah woah, operator, information,

Bm7 G

tell me why~~~~~~~

D Bm7 D

why yeah operator, information,

A7 E7 A

don't try to tell me what number to call

my mother used this number when I was very small

G Gm

and every time she dialed it she always got a call

D G7 G6 D Em7 A7 D

operator, information, please give me Jesus on the line

operator, information,

G7 D

please help me if you can

operator, information,

A7 E7 A7

please connect me with the man

don't worry about the money, I will pay the charge,

G Gm

just give me a private line, I'm calling from the heart

D Bm7 G7 D A11 D

operator, information, please give me Jesus, on the line

G Em7 A11 D

please give me Jesus~~~~~ on the line

G Em7 A11 G

please give me Jesus~~~~~ on the line~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yeah~~~ Yeah Yeah Yeah~~~~~~~~~

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