Dream Operator chords by Talking Heads

Dream Operator by Talking Heads
True Stories
1986

Intro (x13)
Am F C

C             Em
When you were little, you dreamed you were big
F
You must have been something, a real tiny kid

C            Em
You wish you were me, I wish I was you
F                    G
Don't you wake up, this dream will come true

C Am     F     C Am      G
Every dream has a name, and names tell your story
C  Am      F        C Am  G
This song is your dream you're the dream operator

Am F C (x2)

C            Em
It's bigger than life you know it's all me
F
My face is a book but it's not what it seems
C                 Em
Three angels above the whole human race
F                 G
Dream us to life, they dream me a face

C Am     F    C Am     G
And every dream tells it all and this is your story
   C  Am   F        C Am G
You dreamed me a heart you're the dream operator

Am F  C

Am F  C     Am F C   Am F  C
Shake-it-up dream     Hi-di-ho dream
Am F  C    Am F C     Am F  C
Fix-it-up dream    look at me dream
Am F  C         Am F C    Am F C
I've been waiting so long now I am your dream

C       Em
Hard to forget hard to go on
F
When you fall asleep you're out on your own
C          Em
Let go of your life grab on to my hand
F                 G
Here in the clouds, where we'll understand

C Am        F      C Am      G
And you.... dreamed it all.... And this.. is your story
C   Am     F          C  Am        G
Do you know.... who you are... you're the dream.. operator   (X2)