Talking Heads - Dream Operator

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                Dream Operator – Talking Heads
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Written by: David Byrne
From: "True Stories" (1986)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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[Intro] / [Interlude] / [Middle 8]
  Am           F            C
  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|0-----------|1-----------|0-----------|------------|
B|1-----------|1-----------|1-----------|------------|
G|2-----------|2-----------|0-----------|--------0---|
D|2-----------|3-----------|2-----------|----2-------|
A|0-----------|3-----------|3-----------|3-----------|
E|------------|1-----------|------------|------------|

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

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time signature 3/4

[Intro]
(single guitar notes, faded in)
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(picking pattern around E and C)
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(solo licks)
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[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


[Interlude](solo licks)
| Am | F | C | % |
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[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]
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              Shake-it-up dream
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              Hi-di-ho dream
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              Fix-it-up dream
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              Look at me dream
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              I've been waiting so long
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              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)