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Smooth Operator (2011 Remastered)

Sade
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
He's  laughing with another  girl
And playing  with  another  heart.
Placing  high stakes,  making hearts ache.
He's  loved in seven languages.
Diamond  nights and ruby  lights, high in the sky.
Heaven  help him,  when  he falls.
Diamond life, lover boy.
 We move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.
City  lights  and business  nights.
 When you  require  streetcar  desire for higher heights.
No  place for beginners  or sensitive hearts
When  sentiment is  left to chance.
No  place to be ending  but somewhere to start.
 Fill
 No need to ask.
 He's a smooth  operator,
 smooth  operator,
 smooth  operator,
 smooth  operator.
Coast  to  coast,  LA  to Chicago, western  male.
Across  the  north and south,  to Key  Largo, love  for  sale.
 Face to face, each classic case.
 We shadow box and double cross,
 Yet need the chase.
 ""Some where here is the guitar, sax solo" "Dorfun make it your own
 solo"
A  license to love, insurance  to  hold.
Melts  all your memories and change  into gold.
His  eyes are like angels  but his heart is cold.
 Fill
 No need to ask.
 He's a smooth  operator,
 smooth  operator,
 smooth  operator,
 smooth  operator.
Coast  to  coast,  LA  to Chicago, western  male.
Across  the  north and  south, to Key  Largo,  love for  sale.
 Smooth  operator,
 smooth  operator,
 smooth  operator,
 smooth  operator,
 smooth  operator...
Fill A
Dm
e--------------------5---------
b--------------------6---------
g--------------------7---------
d--------------------7---------
a-------------------5----------
e------5-----8-----------------
Chords
Am7
e---5-- ---5--- ---5--- ------ -------
b---6-- ---5--- ---5--- ---3-- ---5---
g---7-- ---5--- ---5--- ---3-- ---5---
d---7-- ---5--- ---5--- ---3-- ---5---
a---4-- ---3--- ---2--- ------ ------
e------ ------- ------- ---3-- ----5--

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Readable chord sheet for Smooth Operator (2011 Remastered) by Sade

[Dm]He's laughing wi[Dm]th [C#]another girl
[Am7]And [C]playing with[Am7] ano[B]ther heart.
[Dm]Placing high sta[Dm]kes[C#], making hearts ache.
[Am7]He's[C] loved in se[Am7]ven [B]languages.
[Dm]Diamond nights a[Dm]nd [C#]ruby lights, high in the sky.
[Am7]Heav[C]en help him,[Am7] whe[B]n he falls.

[Dm]Diamond [Am7]life,[Gm7]    [Am7]       [Dm]lover [Am7]boy. [Gm7]     [Am7]
We move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.
[Dm]City lig[Am7]hts  [Gm7]    [Am7]       and [Dm]busin[Am7]ess n[Gm7]ight[Am7]s.
When [Dm]you requ[Am7]ire s[Gm7]tree[Am7]tcar desire for hi[Dm]gher [Am7]heigh[Gm7]ts. [Am7]

[Gm7]No place for    [Am7]beginners or sensitive h[Dm]earts  [Dm]     [C#]         [Am7]             [C]                 [Am7]                     [B]
[Gm7]When sentiment i[Am7]s left to chance[Dm].       [Dm]          [C#]              [Am7]                  [C]                      [Am7]                          [B]
[Gm7]No place to be e[Am7]nding but somewhere to s[Dm]tart.
Fill [A]

No need to ask.
He's a s[Dm]mooth op[Am7]erator, [Gm7]         [Am7]
smo[Dm]oth o[Am7]perat[Gm7]or, [Am7]
sm[Dm]ooth o[Am7]perat[Gm7]or, [Am7]
sm[Dm]ooth o[Am7]perat[Gm7]or. [Am7]
[Dm]Coast to[Am7] coas[Gm7]t, L[Am7]A to Chicago, we[Dm]stern[Am7] male[Gm7].   [Am7]
[Dm]Across t[Am7]he north and sou[Gm7]th, to Key[Am7] Largo, lov[Dm]e for[Am7] sale[Gm7].   [Am7]

Face to face, each classic case.

We shadow box and double cross,

Yet need the chase.
""Some where here is the guitar, sax solo" "Dorfun make it your own
solo"

[Gm7]A license to love, insur[Am7]ance to[Dm] hold.
[Gm7]Melts all your memories and chan[Am7]ge into go[Dm]ld.
[Gm7]His eyes are like angels[Am7] but his heart is [Dm]cold.
Fill [A]
No need to ask.
He's a s[Dm]mooth op[Am7]erato[Gm7]r,  [Am7]
sm[Dm]ooth o[Am7]perat[Gm7]or, [Am7]
sm[Dm]ooth o[Am7]perat[Gm7]or, [Am7]
sm[Dm]ooth o[Am7]perat[Gm7]or. [Am7]
[Dm]Coast to[Am7] coas[Gm7]t, L[Am7]A to Chicago, we[Dm]stern[Am7] male[Gm7].   [Am7]
[Dm]Across t[Am7]he no[Gm7]rth [Am7]and south, to Ke[Dm]y Lar[Am7]go, l[Gm7]ove [Am7]for sale.
Sm[Dm]ooth o[Am7]perat[Gm7]or, [Am7]                 [Dm]                      [Am7]                           [Gm7]                               [Am7]
sm[Dm]ooth o[Am7]perat[Gm7]or, [Am7]                 [Dm]                      [Am7]                           [Gm7]                               [Am7]
sm[Dm]ooth o[Am7]perat[Gm7]or, [Am7]                 [Dm]                      [Am7]                           [Gm7]                               [Am7]
sm[Dm]ooth o[Am7]perat[Gm7]or, [Am7]                 [Dm]                      [Am7]                           [Gm7]                               [Am7]
sm[Dm]ooth o[Am7]perat[Gm7]or..[Am7].               [Dm]                    [Am7]                         [Gm7]                             [Am7]

Fill [A]
                  [Dm]
e--------------------5---------
b--------------------6---------
g--------------------7---------
d--------------------7---------
a-------------------5----------
e------5-----8-----------------

Chords
  [Dm] [C#]   [Am7] [C]    [Am7] [B]    [Gm7]     [Am7]
e---5--  ---5---  ---5---  ------  -------
b---6--  ---5---  ---5---  ---3--  ---5---
g---7--  ---5---  ---5---  ---3--  ---5---
d---7--  ---5---  ---5---  ---3--  ---5---
a---4--  ---3---  ---2---  ------   ------
e------  -------  -------  ---3--  ----5--

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