Chords for Jim Croce - Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) | Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live

_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bm] Operator, _ oh could you [Am] help me place this [G] call?
_ _ [Am] See the [F#] number on the [D] matchbook is [Em] old and faded
_ [D] She's _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ living in [Bm] LA
_ _ [G] With my best [Am] old ex-friend [G] Ray
_ [Am] _ _ Gosh, she [F#] said she [D] knew well and [Em] sometimes hated
_ _ [D]
[C] Isn't [G] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ it [C] the way they say [G] it goes?
But [C] forget [D] all that [G] and give me the number [Am] if you can find it [C] so [F#] I [Em] can call [Bm] just to tell him [D] I'm
[Am] finally to show
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] Overcome a blow, learn to take it well
[G] Only wish [Am] my words could just convince [C]
myself that it just [D] wasn't real
_ [C] _
[G] That's not the way it feels _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm]
Operator, oh [C] could you help [Am] me place this call?
[G] _ _ _ [Am] I can't [D] read the number that you [Em] just gave me
_ [D] _
_ [G] _ [Am] _ [G] _ Something in my [Bm]
eyes
You [C] know it [Am] happens every [G]
time
Think [Am] _ _ about [F#m] the [D] love that I thought [E] would save [Em] _ me
[D] _
[C] _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] _ Isn't it the [C]
way they [G] say it goes?
But [C] let's [D] forget all that [G] and give me the number [Am] if you can find it [C] so [F#m] I [Em] can call [Bm] just to tell [D] him
I'm finally [Am] to show
_ [D] _
_ _ [C] Overcome a blow, learn to take it [G] well
Only wish my [A] words could just [C] convince myself that it just wasn't [D] real _ _
[C] [G] That's not the way it feels _ _
[C] No, no, no, [G] no _ _ _
[C] That's not the way it [G] feels _
[Bm] Operator, _ [Am] oh let's forget about this [G] call
There's [Am] no one [F#] there.
[Em] I really wanted to talk to _ _
[D] Thank [Am] _ _ [G] _ you for [Bm] your time.
_ Oh, you've been so [Am] much [C] more than [G] kind
_ You [Am] _ can [D] keep the dime
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [G] _ Isn't it [C] the way they [G] say it goes?
But [F#] let's forget [D] all that [G] and give me the [Am] number if you can find [C] it so [Em] I can call just [Bm] to tell him
[D] I'm finally [Am] to show _ _
[D] _ _ Overcome [C] a blow, learn to take it [G] well
I only wish [A] my words could just convince [C] myself that it just [D] wasn't real _
[C] [D#] That's not the [D] way [G] it feels _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _