Operator Chords by Jim Croce

[G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ [C] _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ [Bm] Operator, [C] could you [Am] help me place this [G] call?
[Am] [Em] See the [D] number on [Em] the matchbook is old and faded
[D] [G] Living [G] _ [Bm] in L.A. [C] with my best old [Am] ex-friend [G] Ray
_ [Am] Gosh, you [D] said you knew well and sometimes [Em] hated
[D] Isn't _ [G] that [C] the way the estate [G] goes?
Well, [C] let's forget [D] all that [G] and give me the number
[Am] If you can't find it [D] so I [Em] can call
[Bm] Just to tell him [D] I'm fine [Am] and to show
_ [D] I've overcome [C] the blow, I've learned to take [G] it well
I only wish [Am] my work had just convinced [C] myself
That it just [D] wasn't real
[C] But that's not the way [G] it feels
_ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _
[D] _ [G] _ [Bm] Operator, [G] could you help [G] me place this call?
_ [Am] I can't [D] read the number that you [Em] just gave [D] me
There's [G] something in [Bm] my eyes
[Bm] You know it [G] happens every time
I [Am] think about [G] the love that I thought [Em] would save me
[C] _
[Am] _ [G] Isn't [C] that the way the [G] estate goes?
[C] Well, let's forget [D] all that [G] and give me the [Am] number
If you can't find [D] it so I [Em] can call
[B] Just to tell [D] him I'm [Am] fine and to show
[D] I've overcome [C] the blow, I've learned to take [G] it well
I only wish [Am] my work [C] had just convinced myself
That it just [D] wasn't real
[C] But that's not the way [G] it feels
[C] No, no, no, [G] no
_ [C]
That's not the [G] way it feels, operator
Oh, [Am] let's forget about this call
[G] [Am] No one [G] there I really wanted [Em] to talk [G] to
[D] Thank [G] _ you for [Bm] your time
Oh, [C] you've been so much more than [G] kind
[Am] You can keep [G] the dime
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ [G] Isn't that [C] the way the estate [G] goes?
Well, [D] let's forget all that [G] and give me the number
[Am] If you can't find it [D] so I [Em] can call
Just [Bm] to tell him I'm fine and [Am] to show
[D] I've overcome the [C] blow, I've learned to take it [Bm] well
I only wish my [Am] work had just [C] convinced myself
That it just wasn't [D] real
[C] But that's [G] not the way it feels
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