Sade
Smooth Operator
Diamond Life (1984)

(descente basse)  Dm    Cmaj7/D  x 4  w/ sax

He's laughing with another girl and playing - with another heart         (parlé)
Placing high stakes, making hearts ache - he's loved in seven languages
Diamond nights and ruby lights - high in the sky
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
  No place for beginners or sensitive hearts
  Gm7       Am7		    Dm9
  When sentiment is left to chance
  Gm7            Am7                       Dm!    a c d
  No place to be ending but somewhere to - start

  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

Coast to coast, L.A. to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale  (stop  Gm7  Am7)

Dm     Gm7  Am7  Dm  Am7  Gm7  Am7  w/ solo guitare

Dm  Am7  Gm7  Am7  x 4  w/ solo sax

Face to face, each classic case
We shadow box and double cross, yet need the chase

  A license to love, insurance to hold
  Melts all your memories and change into gold
  His eyes are like angels but his heart is - cold

  No need to ask

    Refrain

Coast to coast, L.A. to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale

    Refrain  x 1 3/4

    Gm7          Dm    Am7  Gm7  Am7
    Smooth... operator
 
    Reprendre refrain       ... fade out