Chords for Jeff St. John - Big Time Operator - Performing at The Northcott School in Sydney in the early 80's

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_ While it may have taken Geoff St John nearly 20 years to fully come to grips with his own
problems, this group of kids at the Northcott School for Crippled Children seems to harbour
few illusions and they're pretty [G#] frank about their situation.
How did you get on the wheelchair? _ _ _ _ _ _
I got on the wheelchair a few years [G#] ago.
Yeah, but how did _ _ _ [A] you get on?
[G] I'm a spina bifida.
You don't need to say much.
I _ am too.
You too, you too?
Yeah.
There's a few of us hanging around isn't there?
_ _ The climax of the afternoon is to be a free concert but not even a hardened old rocker
like Geoff St John is quite prepared for the response his music will bring.
According to the staff here, some of these children have barely moved for years on end
and what is about to happen is a sort of minor miracle.
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[E] I'm gonna be [A] big time _ [B] operator, _ _ yeah, you know [E] I am.
For a while, I [B] worked as a navigator. _ _ _
I'm gonna be big time operator, yeah, you know I am.
For a while, I worked as a navigator.
I _ became [Bm] a wine and a brandy [E] waiter. _ _
Yes, I did, but a long time [A] said I'd do that later.
_ [E] I was gonna be [A] the high and the later.
[E] I'm gonna be [A]
big time operator, [B] _ yeah, you know I am.
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People say I'm alive and hot, _ but they don't know what I am.
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People say I'm out of staff, but they just don't _ understand.
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Every night when the darkens fall, [A] _
I'm there, show me dance [E] hall.
Move on you baby, _ _ _ move right now.
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People say I'm a man of means, _ but my people are cold.
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Here's a number called Red Child, but I'm fresh.
_ Now, you know what I know.
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All I need is a cold, wet night.
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