Operator Jim Croce
This version tabs the quick changes at the end of the second and fourth lines of
each verse and little riff he plays at the end of each chorus (stodman)
Operator - Jim Croce
Intro: G// Bm// C// Am/C// G// Bm// C// Am/C// G
[G]Ope[Bm]rator, well could you [C]help me place this [G]call
[Am]See the number on the [D]matchbook is old and [Em]fade[D/C/Bm/D]d
[G]She's living in L.[Bm]A, With my [C]best old ex friend [G]Ray
[Am]Guy she said she [D7]knew well and sometimes [Em]hate[D/C/Bm/D]d
But [G]isn't that the [C]way they say it [G]goes
But let's for[C]get all [D]that
And [G]give me the number if [Am]you can find it
[C]So [D]I can [Em]call just to [Bm]tell them I'm fine and to [Am]show[D]
I've overcome the [C]blow, I've learned to take it [G]well
I only wish my [Am]words could just convince [C]myself
That it just wasn't [D]real, But [C]that's not the way it [G]feels[Bm//] [C//] [Am/C//G]
[G]Ope[Bm]rator, well could you [C]help me place this [G]call
[Am]Cause I can't read the [D]number that you just [Em]gave me[D/C/Bm/D]
[G]There's something in my [Bm]eyes, You know it [C]happens every [G]time
I [Am]think about the [D7]love that I thought would [Em]save me[D/C/Bm/D]
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But [G]isn't that the [C]way they say it [G]goes
But let's for[C]get all [D]that
And [G]give me the number if [Am]you can find it
[C]So [D]I can [Em]call just to [Bm]tell them I'm fine and to [Am]show[D]
I've overcome the [C]blow, I've learned to take it [G]well
I only wish my [Am]words could just convince [C]myself
That it just wasn't [D]real, But [C]that's not the way it [G]feels
[C]No, no, no, no [G] [C]That's not the way it feels [G]
[G]Ope[Bm]rator, let's for[C]get about this [G]call
[Am]There's no one there I [D]really wanted to [Em]talk to[D/C/Bm/D]
[G]Thank you for your [Bm]time, Oh you've been [C]so much more than [G]kind
[Am]You can keep the [D7]dime[Em] [D/C/Bm/D]
But [G]isn't that the [C]way they say it [G]goes
But let's for[C]get all [D]that
And [G]give me the number if [Am]you can find it
[C]So [D]I can [Em]call just to [Bm]tell them I'm fine and to [Am]show[D]
I've overcome the [C]blow, I've learned to take it [G]well
I only wish my [Am]words could just convince [C]myself
That it just wasn't [D]real, But [C]that's not the way it [G]feels[Bm//] [C//] [Am/C//G]
[Bm] [C] [Am/C//G]
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