Hello Operator Chords & Tabs
Fig 1:
The little bits between chords are variations on this
e|-----------------|
B|-3b(5)b3p1-------|
G|-----------2-----|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Fig 2:
Extended version of Fig 1
e|-0-----0---0---0----0-0-0-----0---0----------|
B|--3b(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-------(5)--(5)-(5)-1-3---|
G|-------------------------------------------2-|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
VERSE
A
Hello operator
E
can you give me number nine?
A (fig 1)
can I see you later?
E
will you give me back my dime?
A (fig 1)
turn the oscillator
E
twist it with a dollar bill
A
mail man bring the paper
E
leave it on my window sill
A
DRUM SOLO (no chords)
INTERLUDE (no lyrics)
C G A
C G D
C G A
G F# E
C G A
C G D
C G A
D D# E
REPEAT INTRO with fills
find a canary
a bird to bring my message home
carry my obituary
my coffin doesn't have a phone
how you gonna get the money?
send papers to an empty home?
how you gonna get the money?
nobody to answer the phone
REPEAT DRUM SOLO, INTERLUDE and INTRO
-Key of Bb, the bends are on the D# note in the fourth fret on the B string
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/white_stripes/hello_operator_tab_ver_3.html ]
E----------------------------------------------|
B--3----4bend----------------------------------|
G--3-------------------------------------------|
D--3-------------------------------------------|
A--1-------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
Bb chord F chord
E-------------------------------------------------------------------and repeat-|
B--4bend----2H3-----------4bend2-----------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------3---3----------------3-----------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------3--3-----------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb F G Bb F C
E--------------x--------------------------------------------------------------|
B---3-----3---x----------------------------------x----------------------------|
G---3-----3---x--------------------------3--3---x--------5--5-----------------|
D---3-----3---x---3-----5---5-----------3--3---x---3---5--5-------------------|
A---1-----1---x---3-----5---5-----------1--1---x---3---3--3-------------------|
E-------------------1-----3---3-----------------------1-----------------------|
And finishes with:
Bb B C
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--3--3---x--4---5---------and back to the bend from the beginning of the song|
D--3--3---x--4---5------------------------------------------------------------|
A--1--1---x--2---3------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|