F C A7 Dm C F e | -----------------8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -- B | --10p(b9)10p(b9)10p(b9)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -- G | -----------------------(b9)8-(b9)------------------10----10-12-10----------10~--------10~--------10~-------10~- | -- D | --------------------10-------10---10-11-12~-12----12-----------10-12-10---10-12-10---10-12-10---10-12-10--- | -- A | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -- E | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -- F Operator, can you help me? Help me if you please Bb F F F# Give me the right area code and the number that I need G C A7 My rider left upon a midnight flyer Dm C F Singin' like a summer breeze F Think she's somewhere down south, down about Baton Rouge Bb F F F# I just cain't remember no number, a number I can use G C A7 Directory don't have it, central done forgot it Dm C F Got to find a number to use Intro F Tryin' to check out a number, tryin' to run down a line Bb F F F# Operator said that's privileged information and it ain't no business o' mine G C A7 It's floodin' down in Texas, the poles are down in Utah Dm C F Got to find a private line F She could be hanging 'round a steel mill, working in a house of blue light Bb F F F# Riding a get-away bus out of Portland, talkin' to the night G C A7 I don't know where she's gone, I don't care where she's been Dm C F Long as she's been doin' it right (now slap that Bb harp in your rack & blow with all yer might like so...) Solo: (same chords as verse) Intro Dm F Long as she's been doing it right