This version tabs the quick changes at the end of the second and fourth lines of
each verse and little riff he plays at the end of each chorus (stodman)
Operator - Jim Croce
Intro: G// Bm// C// Am/C// G// Bm// C// Am/C// G
Operator, well could you help me place this call
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See the number on the matchbook is old and faded
She's living in L.A, With my best old ex friend Ray
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Guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated
But isn't that the way they say it goes
But let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
D C G Bm// C// Am/C//G
That it just wasn't real, But that's not the way it feels
Operator, well could you help me place this call
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Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
There's something in my eyes, You know it happens every time
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I think about the love that I thought would save me
But isn't that the way they say it goes
But let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real, But that's not the way it feels
No, no, no, no That's not the way it feels
Operator, let's forget about this call
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There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
Thank you for your time, Oh you've been so much more than kind
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You can keep the dime
But isn't that the way they say it goes
But let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
D C G Bm// C// Am/C//G
That it just wasn't real, But that's not the way it feels
Bm C Am/C//G