Operator Chords & Guitar Lesson by Jim Croce
Welcome to my Operator guitar chord and lesson page by Jim Croce. Jim has done so many amazing guitar songs. He was prolific songwriter and fingerpicker.
This song feature some of his amazing fingerpicking. Since this song features multiple guitar and layers, we will be focusing on a way to play this song much more simply and using strumming.
I may do a video lesson on a simplified way to go about fingerpicking this in the future.
OPERATOR GUITAR CHORDS:
STRUMMING PATTERNS:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4+
D DU U DU
If you would like to make this sound a bit more open, then I would recommend playing the bass note instead of the first strum as shown below.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4+
B DU U DU
Strumming For Split Measures:
|C D |
1 2+ 3 4 +
D DU D DU
Walkdowns and timing:
Jim does play two finger chord walkdown for these, but you could also play the single notes as a bass line walkdown.
Intro walkdown:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
|C Bm Am D/F# D |
Verse walkdown:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4
|C Bm Am G UD |
We do not distribute printable chord and lyrics charts. These charts are here only to support online learning. We highly recommend buying music from Hal Leonard or a reputable online sheet music store.
Intro:
G Bm Am |C Bm Am D/F#|
G Bm Am |C Bm Am D/F#|
Verse:
G Bm C |C Bm Am G|
Am D/F# Em D
G Bm C |C Bm Am G|
Am D/F# Em D
Chorus:
G C G |C D|
G Am |C D| |Em Bm|
|D Am| D7 C G/B
Am C D C(strum & hold)
Interlude
G Bm Am |C Bm Am D/F#|
Verse:
G Bm C |C Bm Am G|
Am D/F# Em D
G Bm C |C Bm Am G|
Am D/F# Em D
Chorus:
G C G |C D|
G Am |C D| |Em Bm|
|D Am| D7 C G/B
Am C D C(strum & hold)
Bridge:
G C G C G
Verse:
G Bm C |C Bm Am G|
Am D/F# Em D
G Bm C |C Bm Am G|
Am D/F# Em D
Chorus:
G C G |C D|
G Am |C D| |Em Bm|
|D Am| D7 C G/B
Am C D C(strum & hold)
Outro
G Bm Am |C Bm Am D/F#|
G Bm Am |C Bm Am D/F#|
G (strum & hold)
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.