Chords for OPERATOR PERFORMED BY JIM CROCE ON THE DICK CAVETT SHOW

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_ _ _ [Bm] I'm the radio, _ [C] oh could you help me please this [G] time? _ _
[Am] _ See the number on [D] that _ _
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[G] _ radio, _ [Bm] _ _ [C] with my best [Am] old ex-friend [G] Ray
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_ Gosh it's such [G] a new world and [Em] sometimes hate it
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_ Isn't [C] that the way things [G] say it goes?
But [C] forget [D] all that [G]
and give me the [Am] number if you can't find it
So I [Em] can call just to tell [D] him I'll find [Am] it, it's sure
_ [D] _ Oh look I [C] hope you're broke, girl you're doing [Bm] well
I only wish [A] my worst _ [C] for self, that it just [D] wasn't real
_ [C] Well [G] that's not the way it feels, _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _
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[G] _ _ [Bm] I'm the radio
Oh [C] could you help [Am] me please this time? _ _ _
Cause I can't read the [D] number that you [Em] just gave me
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] You know it [Am] happens every time
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I think about [A] the love that I thought [Em] would save me
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Isn't that [C] the way things say [G] it goes?
But [C] forget all [D] that [G] _ _
and give [Am] me the number if you can't find it
So [Em] I can call just to tell [D] him I'll [Am] find it, it's sure
_ _ [D] _ Oh look I [C] hope you're broke, girl you're doing [Bm] well
I only wish [Am] my worst for [C] self, _ that it just wasn't [D] real
_ [C] _ [D#] That's not the way [G] it feels, _ _ [C] _ no no no [G] _
no
_ [C] _ That's not the way [G] it feels, _ I'm the [Bm] radio
[Am] Oh let's forget about this call
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The one [A] that I really wanted [Em] to talk to
_ [E] Thank _ _ [G] _
_ you for [Bm] your time, _ [C] you've been so much more than kind
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Isn't that [C] the way things [G] say it goes?
_ [C] But forget [D] all that [G] and give me the [A] number if you [Am] can't find it
So I [Em] can call [G] just to tell [D] him I'll [Am] find it, it's sure
_ _ [D] Oh look [C] I hope you're broke, girl you're doing [Bm] well
I only [A] wish my worst for [C] self, that it just wasn't [D] real
_ [C] _ [G] That's not the way it feels
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_ have to ask you, how do you say your own [G] name?
It's spelled C-R-O-C-E Croce
Croce, that's right.
Well last night I had you and [F#] I announced you halfway between [D#] Crossy and Crotch
I'm very [G#] sorry about that, I hate to murder a man, but thank you for being here, come back
[N] We have a station break, we'll be right back
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