Chords for "Operator" (Jim Croce cover) - A.J. Croce - 6/21/2013 - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA

_ _ that my dad wrote, _ _ _ started _ writing it back in _ 1964, _ _ [A] _
when he was at Fort Dix, the Army [D] National Guard _ _ in [G] New Jersey.
_ _ And he would [C] wait in line _ to use _ [Gm] the payphone [F#] in that dorm, [B] _ _
so he [Em] would hear all these conversations and start cataloging all these experiences,
_ both his own [A] and _ _ _ _ _ [B]
his fellow [F#] soldiers. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ This came about, I sort of finished it up _ [B] about six years later, _ _ and _ it ended up being a song you may know.
_ [D#] If you do, sing along.
If you don't, _ [B] sing along.
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ I'm a [Bm] raver, _ through the heavy [Am] _ _ [G]
phases, caught,
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
singing of a home [D] that's looking so [E] faded.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Living [Bm] in L.A. _ with my best [Am] old [G] ex-best friend Ray. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ Guys who say [D] she's new, well, _ [Em] sometimes they hit _ _ it.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ It's not [C] the way they say it [G] _ goes. _
Let's forget all that, and give me the number [Am] if you can find it.
So [Em] I can call just to tell [D] how fine [Am] it is.
She'll move, _ [D] _ _ _ hold on [C] to love, love every day.
[Bm] Well, all you wish for [Am] is to just [C] convince yourself that it just wasn't [Am] _
me.
_ _ _ [C] That's [G] not the way it _ feels. _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ I'm [Bm] a raver, through the heavy [G] phases, _ caught.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] I can't [D] read the number that you [Em] just gave me. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
There's something in my [Bm] heart.
You know it [Am] happens [G] every time. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ I think about the [D] love that I thought [Em] would save me. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ It's not [C] the way they say it goes.
_ _ [C] Let's forget [G] all that, _ and give me the number [Am] if you can find it.
So [D] I can [Em] _ call just [Bm] to tell how _ fine [Am] it is.
She'll move, _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] hold on to love, love every [Bm] day.
Well, all you wish for [Am] is to just [C] convince _ yourself that it just wasn't [D] me. _
_ _ [C] _ That's [G] not the way it feels.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
Oh, no, no, [G] no. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ That's not the [G] way it feels.
_ _ [Bm] I'm a _ raver, let's forget [Am] about [G]
that scar.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
No wonder [D] that I really wanted [E] to talk to _ you. _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
Thank you for [Bm] your time.
Oh, you've been so [Am] much more [G] that kind.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ It's not the [C] _ way they say it [G]
goes.
_ _ Let's [Cm] forget [G] all that, and give me the number [Am] if you can find it.
So [Bm] I can call just to tell [D] how fine [Am] it is.
She'll _ _ _
[D] move, _ hold [C] on to love, love every [Bm] day.
Well, all you wish for [Am] is to just convince [C]
yourself that it just wasn't [D] me.
_ _ _ [C] _ That's not the [G] way it feels.
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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