Operator Chords by Jim Croce

[Start]

[Intro]
G Bm Am G Bm Am G
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[Verse]
Bm                      C    G  Am         G   
Operator well could you help me place this call
Am                       D                    Em    D
■  See the number on the matchbook is old and faded ■
G                  Bm         G        Am       G  
She's living in LA ■  with my best old exfriend Ray
Am                    D                       Em    G
■  A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated ■
               C               G               C          D   
Isn't that the way they say it goes Well let's forget all that
G                      Am                
And give me the number if you can find it
                      Bm           D           Am  
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show


[Chorus]
D    D7           C                            G   
I've overcome the blow I've learned to take it well
               Am7                       C     
I only wish my words could just convince myself
                    D        C                          
That it just wasn't real but that's not the way it feels
G Bm Am G
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[Verse]
Bm                      C    G  Am             
Operator well could you help me place this call
G    Am                  D                    Em      D
Well ■  I can't read the number that you just gave me ■
G                       Bm               G       Am    G   
There's something in my eyes you know it happens every time
Am                 D                         Em      G
■  I think about a love that I thought would save me ■
               C               G               C          D   
Isn't that the way they say it goes Well let's forget all that
G                      Am                
And give me the number if you can find it
         Em           Bm       Bm7 D           Am  
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
D                 C                            G   
I've overcome the blow I've learned to take it well
               Am7                       C     
I only wish my words could just convince myself
                    D        C                          
That it just wasn't real but that's not the way it feels
G Bm Am D G
■ ■  ■  ■ ■
                               Bm      
No no no no that's not the way it feels
                    G      Am         G   
Operator well let's forget about this call
        Am        D                        Em     
There's ■  no one there I really wanted to talk to
G                    Bm7                 C  G    Am        G   
■ Thank you for your time ah you've been so much more than kind
Am                      D   
■  And you can keep the dime
Em D C G
■  ■ ■ ■


[Chorus]
               C               G               C          D   
Isn't that the way they say it goes Well let's forget all that
G                         Am7            
And give me the number if you can find it
         Em7          Bm           D           Am  
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
D7                C                            G   
I've overcome the blow I've learned to take it well
               Am7                       C     
I only wish my words could just convince myself
                    D        C                          
That it just wasn't real but that's not the way it feels


[Outro]
G Bm Am Am7 G Bm Am G
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[End]