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Operation Ivy : "Officer" Guitar chords

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Song: Officer
Band: Operation Ivy
Album: Energy (1989)
Written by Jesse Michaels, Lint Armstrong, Matt McCall, and Dave Mello
Transcribed by Luke Knox (lukeknox@iname.com) e-mail me!

[Intro]: (heavily palm muted)
E----------------
B----------------
G----------------
D--7--7--7--7----
A--7--7--7--7----
E--5--5--5--5----
   A  A  A  A

(intro con't., not palm muted)
E------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G--7-7-7---------7-7-7---------7-7-7---------7-7-7-----
D--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7--5--
A--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--
E---------3-3-3---------3-3-3---------3-3-3---------3--
   D D D  G G G  D D D  G G G  D D D  G G G  D D D  A

[Verse]: (Play this 4x)
     Dm   G
E----5----3----
B----6----3----
G----7----4----
D----7----5----
A--------------
E--------------

[Bridge]:
(Played 4x)        
E----------        
B----------       
G----------        
D--7---5--- 
A--7---5---        
E--5---3---        
   A   G

[Chorus]:
E--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G---7-------7-------7------------
D---7---5---7---5---7---5----7---
A---5---5---5---5---5---5----7---
E-------3-------3-------3----5---
    D   G   D   G   D   G    A

(after chorus)
E--------------------             ---------------------
B--------------------             ---------------------
G---7--7--6-7--------             --7--7--6-7----------
D---7--7--6-7--5--7-- (3x, then)  --7--7--6-7--5-------
A---5--5--4-5--5--7--             --5--5--4-5--5-------
E--------------3--5--             -------------3-------
    D  D  C#-D G  A                 D  D  C#-D G

Then repeat verse, bridge and chorus chords

Next is solo: (this is played 2x)
E--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G--------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--5-5-4-5-5-5---0-2-3-5-3-2-0---
E--------------3-----------------

Then play G G G G  over the "yeah, yeah. . ." part,
and play chorus chords to the end.

Lyrics:
(Verse) Why do you have to force yourself with ....
(Bridge) All of the happiness that you have ...
(Chorus) Officer-you act like an animal .... 
Officer-what the hell is wrong ....
(Verse) Wear a tie if you want to wear a ....
(Bridge) (Chorus)

Please let me know how I'm doing by 
e-mailing me your comments, questions, suggestions, requests, whatever. 

Luke

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