Long Distance Operator Chords
by The Band
Long Distance Operator by The Band is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G7, C7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G7
Long-distance operator,
Place this call, it's not for fun.
C7
Long-distance operator,
G7
Please, place this call, you know it's not for fun.
D7
I gotta get a message to my baby,
C7 G7
You know, she's not just anyone.
G7
There are thousands in the phone booth,
Thousands at the gate.
C7
There are thousands in the phone booth,
G7
Thousands at the gate.
D7
Everybody wants to make a long-distance call
C7 G7
But you know they're just gonna have to wait.
G7
If a call comes from Louisiana,
Please, let it ride.
C7
If the call comes from Louisiana,
G7
Please, let it ride.
D7
This phone booth's on fire,
C7 G7
It's getting hot inside.
D7
Everybody wants to be my friend,
G7
But nobody wants to get higher.
D7
Ev'rybody wants to be my friend,
G7
But nobody wants to get higher
D7
Long-distance operator,
C7 G7
I believe I'm stranglin' on this telephone wire.