8 Chords used in the song: Dm, Dm/Db, Am7/C, Am7/Cb, Am7, Gm7, Am7/B, A
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Dm
Dm/Db
He's laughing with another girlAm7/CAm7/Cb
And playing with another heart.Dm
Dm/Db
Placing high stakes, making hearts ache.Am7/CAm7/Cb
He's loved in seven languages.Dm
Dm/Db
Diamond nights and ruby lights, high in the sky.Am7/CAm7/Cb
Heaven help him, when he falls.Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Diamond life, lover boy.Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
We move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
City lights and business nights.Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
When you require streetcar desire for higher heights.Gm7
Am7
Dm
Dm/Db
Am7/C
Am7/B
No place for beginners or sensitive heartsGm7
Am7
Dm
Dm/Db
Am7/C
Am7/B
When sentiment is left to chance.Gm7
Am7
Dm
No place to be ending but somewhere to start.
FillA
No need to ask.Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
He's a smooth operator,
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
smooth operator,
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
smooth operator,
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
smooth operator.Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male.Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale.Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Face to face, each classic case.Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
We shadow box and double cross,Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Yet need the chase.Gm7
Am7
Dm
A license to love, insurance to hold.
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Melts all your memories and change into gold.Gm7
Am7
Dm
His eyes are like angels but his heart is cold.
FillA
No need to ask.
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
He's a smooth operator,
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
smooth operator,
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
smooth operator,
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
smooth operator.Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male.Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale.
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Smooth operator,
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
smooth operator,
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
smooth operator,
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
smooth operator,
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
Dm
Am7
Gm7
Am7
smooth operator...
FillA
Dm
e--------------------5---------
b--------------------6---------
g--------------------7---------
d--------------------7---------
a-------------------5----------
e------5-----8-----------------
Chords
Dm/Db
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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About this song: Smooth Operator
"Smooth Operator" is a song by the English group Sade released as the fourth and final single from their debut album, Diamond Life (1984). It was released (in both the U.S. and the UK) as a 7" single with "Spirit" as its B-side and as a 12" maxi single with "Smooth Operator" and "Red Eye" on side A and "Spirit" on side B. In the U.S. it was the follow-up to "Hang on to Your Love".This was Sade's first top ten hit in the U.S., peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks in May 1985. Read more on Last.fm.