{"id":30134,"date":"2026-03-09T00:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=30134"},"modified":"2026-03-09T00:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:38:14","slug":"smooth-operator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/smooth-operator\/","title":{"rendered":"Smooth Operator"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sade - SMOOTH OPERATOR\r\n\"Diamond Life\" album\r\nWords and Music: Sade Adu and St. John\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nAm<\/span>\r\nHe's laughing with another girl\r\nEm<\/span>\r\nAnd playing with another heart.\r\nAm<\/span>\r\nPlacing high stakes, making hearts ache.\r\nEm<\/span>\r\nHe's loved in seven languages.\r\nAm<\/span>\r\nDiamond nights and ruby lights, high in the sky.\r\nEm<\/span>\r\nHeaven help him, when he falls.\r\n \r\nAm<\/span>      Em<\/span>   Dm<\/span>  Em<\/span>  Am<\/span>    Em<\/span>   Dm<\/span>  Em<\/span>\r\nDiamond life,           lover boy.\r\nWe move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.\r\nAm<\/span>      Em<\/span>   Dm<\/span>  Em<\/span>         Am<\/span>   Em<\/span>   Dm<\/span>  Em<\/span>\r\nCity lights             and business nights.\r\n     Am<\/span>      Em<\/span>   Dm<\/span>  Em<\/span>             Am<\/span>   Em<\/span>   Dm<\/span>  Em<\/span>\r\nWhen you require streetcar desire for higher heights.\r\n \r\nDm<\/span>              Em<\/span>                     Am<\/span>            Em<\/span>\r\nNo place for    beginners or sensitive hearts\r\nDm<\/span>              Em<\/span>             Am<\/span>            Em<\/span>\r\nWhen sentiment is left to chance.\r\nDm<\/span>              Em<\/span>                     Am<\/span>\r\nNo place to be ending but somewhere to start.\r\nFill A\r\n \r\nNo need to ask.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n        Am<\/span>      Em<\/span>     Dm<\/span>     Em<\/span>\r\nHe's a smooth operator,\r\n   Am   Em   Dm  Em\r\nsmooth operator,\r\n  Am    Em   Dm  Em\r\nsmooth operator,\r\n  Am    Em   Dm  Em\r\nsmooth operator.\r\nAm      Em   Dm  Em              Am   Em   Dm  Em\r\nCoast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male.\r\nAm      Em             Dm        Em       Am   Em   Dm  Em\r\nAcross the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nFace to face, each classic case.\r\n \r\nWe shadow box and double cross,\r\n \r\nYet need the chase.\r\n\"\"Some where here is the guitar, sax solo\" \"Dorfun make it your own\r\nsolo\"\r\n \r\nDm                      Em     Am\r\nA license to love, insurance to hold.\r\nDm                              Em        Am\r\nMelts all your memories and change into gold.\r\nDm                      Em               Am\r\nHis eyes are like angels but his heart is cold.\r\nFill A\r\nNo need to ask.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n        Am      Em   Dm  Em\r\nHe's a smooth operator,\r\n  Am    Em   Dm  Em\r\nsmooth operator,\r\n  Am    Em   Dm  Em\r\nsmooth operator,\r\n  Am    Em   Dm  Em\r\nsmooth operator.\r\nAm      Em   Dm  Em              Am   Em   Dm  Em\r\nCoast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male.\r\nAm      Em   Dm  Em              Am   Em   Dm  Em\r\nAcross the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale.\r\n  Am    Em   Dm  Em              Am   Em   Dm  Em\r\nSmooth operator,\r\n  Am    Em   Dm  Em              Am   Em   Dm  Em\r\nsmooth operator,\r\n  Am    Em   Dm  Em              Am   Em   Dm  Em\r\nsmooth operator,\r\n  Am    Em   Dm  Em              Am   Em   Dm  Em\r\nsmooth operator,\r\n  Am    Em   Dm  Em              Am   Em   Dm  Em\r\nsmooth operator...\r\n \r\n \r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sade – SMOOTH OPERATOR “Diamond Life” album Words and Music: Sade Adu and St. John [Verse] Am He’s laughing with another girl Em And playing with another heart. Am Placing high stakes, making hearts ache. Em He’s loved in seven languages. Am Diamond nights and ruby lights, high in the … CLICK TO VIEW SONGSmooth Operator<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30135,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30134\/revisions\/30135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}