Operators Manual

Buzzcocks

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
 
 
 
This song has two guitars,a Rhythm and a Lead Guitar. Both play the same, however 
 only  the Lead plays the lick of the verse. The other guitar accompanied the lick, 
 with the same chords that is has been playing in the verse. 
 That guitar lick is the next: 
 
hide this tab E|------------5~-|         E|----------------------| 
B|---------------|         B|----------------------| 
G|-0-2-5b--2-----|         G|-0-2-5b--2---5-0--2~--| 
D|---------------|         D|----------------------| 
A|---------------|         A|----------------------| 
E|---------------|         E|----------------------|  
 
 
 
Intro: Am  E  
 
Verse:(Play the same of the INTRO) 
 
Am          E Am      E 
Operator's manual 
Am              E  Am   E 
Tells me what to do 
Am       E Am          E 
When emotions blow a fuse 
Am       E Am    E Am     E Am    E Am   E 
Indicating blue-ee-e-eeeee-eeee-eee-eeeeee  
 
Play  guitar lick then 
 
Am         E Am      E 
Operator's manual 
Am               E Am   E 
Tells me what to find 
Am       E Am                  E            
And how to make adjustments when 
Am       E Am      E Am    E Am    E Am    E  
You tamper with my mi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yind 
 
Lick 
 
 
Bridge: 
 
C    G      C      G   
Oh operator's manual 
C        G              C     G 
I'd just fall apart without you 
C        G         C    G 
If only I had a mechanic 
C             G        C          G 
Then somehow I know I'd pull through 
 
 
 
Verse: 
Am       E Am      E 
Operator's manual 
Am       E Am      E 
On page sixty-three 
Am         E Am            E 
Tells me what to do when you 
Am      E Am      E Am     E Am    E Am    E 
Do these things to me-ee-eee-eee-eee-eee-eee 
 
 
Bridge: 
 
C    G      C      G   
Oh operator's manual 
C        G              C     G 
I'd just fall apart without you 
C        G         C    G 
If only I had a mechanic 
C             G        C 
Then somehow I know I'd pull through 
 
 
Verse: 
Am          E Am      E 
Operator's manual 
Am              E  Am   E 
Tells me what to do 
Am       E Am          E 
When emotions blow a fuse 
Am       E Am    E Am     E Am    E Am   E 
Indicating blue-ee-e-eeeee-eeee-eee-eeeeee  
 
 
     (Now is not  played the guitar lick) 
 
Am       E Am      E 
Operator's manual 
Am       E Am      E 
On page sixty-three 
Am         E Am            E 
Tells me what to do when you 
Am      E Am      E Am     E Am    E Am    E 
Do these things to me-ee-eee-eee-eee-eee-eee 
 
 
 
Bridge: 
C    G      C      G   
Oh operator's manual 
C        G              C     G 
I'd just fall apart without you 
C        G         C    G 
If only I had a mechanic 
C             G        C 
Then somehow I know I'd pull through 
 
 
OUTRO: Am E  (Play the same chords of the INTRO) 
 
 
 
I'm sure this tab is well because I´ve seen at a Buzzcock´s live concert video.  
Enjoy it, and don´t forget to vote and comment! 
 
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| /   slide up 
| \   slide down 
| h   hammer-on 
| p   pull-off 
| ~   vibrato 
| +   harmonic 
| x   Mute note 
| b   Bend 
| pb  Pre-bend 
| br  Bend release 
| pbr Pre-bend release 
| brb Bend release bend 
 
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Chord set

B · G · D · A · E · Am · C

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.