--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dream Operator – Talking Heads --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Talking Heads Dream Operator (1986) (David Byrne) From: "True Stories" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO/INTERLUDE/MIDDLE 8

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-E C* x-3-2-0-1-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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

^CWhen you were little You ^Emdreamed you were big You ^Fmust have been something A ^Freal tiny kid

BRIDGE 1

You ^Cwish you were me I ^Emwish I was you Now ^Fdon't you wake up The ^Fdream will come ^Gtrue

CHORUS

Every ^Cdream ^Am has a ^Fname ^G And ^Cnames ^Am tell your ^Gstory This ^Csong ^Am is your ^Fdream ^G You're the ^Cdream ope^Grator

INTERLUDE(solo licks) | Am | F | C | % | | Am | F | C | % | VERSE 2

^CBigger than life You ^Emknow it's all me My ^Fface is a book But it's ^Fnot what it seems

BRIDGE 2

Three ^Cangels above The ^Emwhole human race They ^Fdream us to life They ^Fdream me a ^Gface

CHORUS 2

And every ^Cdream ^Am tells it ^Fall ^G And ^Cthi-^Amis is your sto^Gry You ^Cdream^Amed me a ^Fheart ^G You're the ^Cdream ope^Grator

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

^CHard to forget ^EmHard to go on When ^Fyou fall asleep You're ^Fout on your own

BRIDGE 3

Let ^Cgo of your life Grab ^Emon to my hand ^FHere in the clouds Where ^Fwe'll under^Gstand

CHORUS 3

And ^Cyou ^Am dreamed it ^Fall ^G And ^Cthi-^Amis is your ^Gstory Do you ^Cknow ^Am who you ^Fare? ^G You're the ^Cdream ope^Grator

And ^Cyou ^Am dreamed it ^Fall ^G And ^Cthi-^Amis is your ^Gstory Do you ^Cknow ^Am who you ^Fare? ^G C | G | % | C You're the dream operator (ritardando)

Talking Heads - Dream operator