C Operator, Jim Croce – chords below
Operator, well could you help me make this call?
See, the number on the matchbook is old and faded.
She’s living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray,
Guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated.
# # # Isn’t that the way they say it goes? Well, let’s forget all that,
And give me the number if you can find it,
So I can call just to tell ’em I’m fine and to show,
I’ve overcome the blow, learned to take it well,
Only wish the words could just convince myself,
That it just isn’t real, but that’s not the way it feels.
[No, no, no, no – that’s not the way it feels] BEFORE 3RD VERSE
Operator, well could you help me make this call?
I can’t read the number that you just gave me.
There’s something in my eye, you know it happens every time,
I think about the love that I thought would save me
# # #
Operator, well let’s forget about this call,
Ain’t nobody there I really wanted to talk to.
Thank you for your time,
You’ve been so much more than kind.
You can keep the dime.
# # #
[Intro] C Em Dm F Em Dm G7/B [Verse] C Em F Em Dm C F C Operator oh could you help me place this call Dm G7/B Am G5/F G5/E G5/D 'See the number on the matchbook is old and faded C Em F Em Dm C F C She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray Dm G7/B Am G5/F G5/E G5/D A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated [Chorus] C F/C C Isn't that the way they say it goes F G But let's forget all that C Dm And give me the number if you can find it F G Am Em G Dm So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show G7 F I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well C/E Dm F I only wish my words could just convince myself G F That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels [Interlude] C Em Dm F Em Dm G7/B [Verse] C Em F Em Dm C F C Operator oh could you help me place this call Dm G7/B Am G5 G5/F G5/E G5/D Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me C Em F Em Dm C F C There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time Dm G7 Am G5 G5/F G5/E G5/D I think about the love that I thought would save me [Chorus] C F/C C Isn't that the way they say it goes F G But lets forget all that C Dm And give me the number if you can find it F G Am Em G Dm So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show G7 F I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well C/E Dm F I only wish my words could just convince myself G F C That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels F C F No no no no That's not the way it feels [Verse] C Em F Em Dm C F C Operator let's forget about this call Dm G7/B Am G5 G5/F G5/E G5/D There's no one there I really wanted to talk to C Thank you for your time, Em F Em Dm C F C Cause you've been so much more than kind Dm G7/B Am G5 G5/F G5/E G5/D You can keep the dime [Chorus] C F/C C Isn't that the way they say it goes F G But lets forget all that C Dm And give me the number if you can find it F G Am Em G Dm So I can call just to tell her I'm fine and to show G7 F I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well C/E Dm F I only wish my words could just convince myself G F That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels [Interlude] C Em Dm F Em Dm G7/B [Outro] C Em Dm F Em Dm G7/B C
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