Song: Operators Are Standing By Album: Long Tall Weekend Verse 1: D F#7 G Gm Operators are standing by D G D G Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee D F#7 G Gm Bounce their shoes at the end of their feet D A G And wish they could go home Chorus: C D G Bm Operators are standing by C D G Bm Poking holes in the ceiling tiles C D G Bm Making jokes about their old boyfriends and CG/B A7 Days gone by Verse 2: Operators are standing by Talking about their portrayal On the TV where an actress sits With a headset in outer space Bridge: A G D That's enough talking, ladies. Verse 3: Operators are standing by Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee Pass 'round a picture of a mobius strip And wish they could go home end on D