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Smooth Operator | 70s Soul Ballad Lyrics – a lush, heartbreaking 70s soul ballad about loving someone who effortlessly slips away. If you love artists like The Delfonics, The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites, and Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – this song will speak to your soul. Set in (E Major ~ G Major ~ 72 BPM) 💖🔁🎸Two versions: "Smooth Operator"(0:00) + Alt Mix A2 (08:00) — Hear the Difference🎸 💕 LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE if this song touches your heart! Drop a comment or tag someone who changed your world.

🕰️ Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:16 Verse 1
00:46 Verse 2
01:44 Chorus
02:44 Instrumental Break
03:00 Verse 3
04:28 Chorus
05:43 Bridge
06:46 Final Chorus (Key Up)
07:59 End
08:00 Alt Mix A2

CHORDS & LYRICS
Smooth Operator
Style: 1970s soul ballad
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Intro: 00:00
[G#m] ( [C#m7] [C#m9] [C#m] [G#m] ) ( [C#m] [C#m9] [C#m] [G#m] ) [F#] [E]
[Instrumental piano lead-in, strings swelling, percussion soft brushes]

Verse 1 00:16
[G#m] You keep me waiting, and it cuts me deep
[C#m] You move like shadows where my heart can barely speak
[F#m] Love should be simple, but you're turnin’ it around
[F#m7] How can I hold you when you’re never in this town [B7]

Verse 2 00:46
[E] Morning rises, but your voice is gone
[C#m] I listen for echoes, but they don't last long
[F#m] I pour my hope into a sky so blue
[F#m7] Still I keep building my nights around you [B7]

Pre-Chorus 01:15
[G#m] Every dream I follow keeps slowly unwinding
[A] Leaves me standin' in the rain [B7]
[G#m] I could go searchin’ for a love that's forever surviving
[A] But I feel you again… when will this ache ever end [Am]

Chorus 01:44
[E] Why do you play as a smooth operator [F#m] [B7]
[G#m] Slippin’ through fingers like a mystery clue [A] [B7]
[G#m] I gotta break out of the pull that you wander
[A] My love for you [G#m] [A] [B7]
[E] Why do you move like a smooth operator [F#m] [B7]
[G#m] When I was givin’ all you asked me to be [A] [B7]
[G#m] Suddenly everything I ever dreamed of is passing by [C#m] [G#m] [C#m]
[A] This world may shake
[G#m] But not you and I [F#m] [E]

Instrumental Break 1 — 02:44
[Soft electric guitar solo over]
[Backing vocals: “Ooooh… smooth operator…”]
[Strings gently rising]

Verse 3 03:00
[G#m] Something is changing in the midnight air
[C#m] I feel you closer though you're never there
[F#m] Every confession that I tried to hide
[F#m7] Falls into pieces when you're crossing my mind [B7]

Verse 4 03:29
[E] I keep remembering the things we planned
[C#m] I keep the promises you left in my hands
[F#m] And though you drift like the tide rolling through
[F#m7] I pull the moon just to shine upon you [B7]

Pre-Chorus 03:59
[G#m] My heart keeps burning with a truth I can’t cover
[A] I’m still calling out your name [B7]
[G#m] I could be searching but I'll never discover
[A] A love quite the same… when will you ever remain? [Am]

Chorus 04:28
[E] Why do you play as a smooth operator [F#m] [B7]
[G#m] Turnin’ my heartbeat into déjà vu [A] [B7]
[G#m] Round every corner I feel you wander
[A] My love for you [G#m] [A] [B7]
[E] Why do you move like a smooth operator [F#m] [B7]
[G#m] When I was standin’ where you needed me [A] [B7]
[G#m] Suddenly everything I ever wanted slips out of time [C#m] [G#m] [C#m]
[A] And though I try
[G#m] I can’t let go tonight [F#m] [E]

Instrumental Break 2 05:24

Bridge 05:43
[E] My love is louder than the universe
[C#m] My soul keeps callin’, but you never turn
[F#m] You changed the rules and you don’t even see
[F#m7] You carved your story out of hurting me [B7]
[G#m] Outta my mind, I’m undone by the pull of your fire
[A] Tell me, when will we try?
[Am] Or is this our last goodbye?

Pre-Bridge Breakdown — 06:35
[“Smooth operator… operator…”]

Final Chorus — Modulate into G major 06:46
[G] Why do you play as a smooth operator [Am] [D7]
[Bm] Is this the lesson that I never knew? [C] [D7]
[Bm] Everything I ever wanted is shifting [Em]
[C] My love for you [Bm]
[G] Why do you move as a smooth operator [Am] [D7]
[Bm] When I was standing where you wanted of me [C] [D7]
[Bm] Suddenly all of the dreams I held fade in the night [Em]
[C] This world may break
[Bm] Not you and I… [Am] [G]
[fade]
End — 07:59

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