SMOOTH OPERATOR
Sade
Words and Music: Sade Adu and St. John
Verse
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
Diamond life lover boy
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
We move in space with minimum waste and maxi-mum joy
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
City lights and business nights
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
When you re-quire streetcar de-sire for higher heights
[Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Dm/Db] [Am7/C] [Am7/B]
No place for beginners or sensitive hearts
[Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Dm/Db] [Am7/C] [Am7/B]
When sentiment is left to chance.
[Gm7] [Am7] [Dm]
No place to be ending but somewhere to start.
(Fill A)
No need to ask.
Chorus
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
He's a smooth ope-rator
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
smooth ope-rator
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
smooth ope-rator
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
smooth ope-rator
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
Coast to coast LA to Chi-cago, western male
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale
Verse
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
Face to face each classic case
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
We shadow box and double cross,
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
Yet need the chase
[Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Dm/Db] [Am7/C] [Am7/B]
A license to love, insurance to hold
[Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Dm/Db] [Am7/C] [Am7/B]
Melts all your memories and change into gold
[Gm7] [Am7] [Dm]
His eyes are like angels but his heart is cold.
(Fill A)
No need to ask.
Chorus
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
He's a smooth ope-rator
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
smooth ope-rator
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
smooth ope-rator
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
smooth ope-rator
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
Coast to coast LA to Chi-cago, western male
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7] [Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
smooth ope-rator
[Dm] [Am7] [Gm7] [Am7]
smooth ope-rator (repeat)
Fill A
[Dm]
e|--------------------5---------|
B|--------------------6---------|
G|--------------------7---------|
D|--------------------7---------|
A|-------------------5----------|
E|------5-----8-----------------|
