Chords for Seth Avett (with Bob Crawford) Sing, Operator, By JIm Croce

[N] [C] One.
_ _ [G] _ _ ♪ [Bm] Operator, _ [C] oh would you help me place this [G] call?
_ _ [Am] ♪
♪ You see the number [D] on the matchbook is old [Em] and faded.
♪
[D] _ _ _ [G] ♪ She's living in [Bm] LA _ with [C] my best old ex-friend [G] Ray.
♪
[Am] ♪ I got she said [D] that she knew well and sometimes [Em] hated. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] ♪
♪ Just forget all [G] that and give me the number [Am] if you can find it.
[C] ♪
♪ So I [G] can call [Bm] just to tell him I'm [Am] fine and to show. _
♪
♪ [D] I've overcome [C] the blow, I've learned to take it well.
♪
♪ I only wish [Am] my words would just [C] convince myself.
♪
♪ That it just [D] isn't real, _ [C] but that's not the way it [G] feels. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bm] ♪
♪ Operator, _ oh would [C] you help me place this [G] call?
♪
[Am] ♪ Cause I can't [D] read the number that you just [Em] gave me.
♪
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] ♪ There's something in my [Bm] eyes.
You [C] know this happens every time.
[G] ♪
[Am] ♪ I think about [D] a love that I thought [Em] would save me. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] ♪
♪ Isn't that [C] the way they [G] say it goes?
♪
♪ [C] Let's forget [D] all that [G] and give me the number if [Am] you can find it.
[C] ♪
♪ So I [G] can call [Bm] just to tell him [Em] I'm fine [Am] and to show.
[Dm] ♪
♪ I've overcome [C] the blow, I've learned to take it well.
♪
♪ I only wish [Am] my words would just convince [C] myself.
♪
♪ That it just [D] isn't real, _ [C] but that's not the [G] way it feels. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ ♪
♪ [Bm] Operator, _ well let's [C] forget about this [G] call.
♪
♪ [Am] There's no one there [D] that I really wanted [Em] to talk to. _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] ♪
♪ Thank you for your [Bm] time, but [C] you've been so much more than kind.
[G] ♪
[Am] _ ♪ You can keep [D] the dime.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Isn't that [C] the way they say [G] it goes? _
[C] ♪
♪ Let's forget [D] all that [G] and give me the [Am] number if you can find it.
[C] ♪
♪ So I [G] can call [Bm] just to tell him [Em] I'm [Am] fine and to show.
[D] ♪
♪ I've overcome [C] the blow, I've learned to take it well.
♪
♪ I only wish [Am] my words would just convince [C] myself.
♪
♪ That it just [D] wasn't real, _ [C] but that's not the way it [G] feels. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ ♪
[C] ♪ That's not the way it [G] feels. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] ♪ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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