Operator Chords by Jim Croce

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