Biography:
Keith Hampshire (born November 23, 1945) is a British-born Canadian popular singer of the 1970s, famous in Canada for three top ten hits and the successful television show "Music Machine." He was not as successful in the United States where his highest single only reached number 51.
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Big Time Operator:Keith Hampshire.
#5 on Canada RPM on A&M Records in
in 1973.
INTRO: E
#1.
E B E
I started off a newsboy on a paper.
E B E
For a time I worked in an elevator.
E A
But all the time I knew that later,
E A E
I would be a higher rater, finally,
A B
a big time operator.
#2.
E B E
For a while I drove an excavator..
(yes I did.)
E B E
Then I became a wine and brandy waiter.
(yeah.)
E A E
A builder, then a decorator, later on,
A E A
an estimator, I'm gonna be a big time
B
operator..(yeah, yeah!)
INTERLUDE: E D G
(Oh, ya got to believe in me,
B
I got ambition, yeah!)
#3.
E B E
I took a job as an airline navigator.
E B E
Then I became a crime investigator.
(yes, I did.)
E A E
For a time, a commentator, then I was an
A E A
administrator, I'm gonna be a big time
B
operator.
B
yeah, yeah..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
E
yeah, yeah!)
OUTRO:
E
Well, don't you know I'm gonna be in the
big time, baby?..a big time operator.
I'll have a whole lotta people workin' for me.
E
Gonna have a chauffeur, an upstairs maid..(Woooo!!)
Big limousine, racing sports car, 50 foot yacht,
race horses.
E
I'm gonna give new meaning to the word 'big'..yeah!!
A big time operator now, now..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
#5 on Canada RPM on A&M Records in
in 1973.
INTRO: E
#1.
E B E
I started off a newsboy on a paper.
E B E
For a time I worked in an elevator.
E A
But all the time I knew that later,
E A E
I would be a higher rater, finally,
A B
a big time operator.
#2.
E B E
For a while I drove an excavator..
(yes I did.)
E B E
Then I became a wine and brandy waiter.
(yeah.)
E A E
A builder, then a decorator, later on,
A E A
an estimator, I'm gonna be a big time
B
operator..(yeah, yeah!)
INTERLUDE: E D G
(Oh, ya got to believe in me,
B
I got ambition, yeah!)
#3.
E B E
I took a job as an airline navigator.
E B E
Then I became a crime investigator.
(yes, I did.)
E A E
For a time, a commentator, then I was an
A E A
administrator, I'm gonna be a big time
B
operator.
B
yeah, yeah..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
E
yeah, yeah!)
OUTRO:
E
Well, don't you know I'm gonna be in the
big time, baby?..a big time operator.
I'll have a whole lotta people workin' for me.
E
Gonna have a chauffeur, an upstairs maid..(Woooo!!)
Big limousine, racing sports car, 50 foot yacht,
race horses.
E
I'm gonna give new meaning to the word 'big'..yeah!!
A big time operator now, now..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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