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
G Bm C G
Operator, well could you help me place this call
Am D Em D/C/Bm/D
See the number on the matchbook is old and faded
G Bm C G
She's living in L.A, With my best old ex friend Ray
Am D7 Em D/C/Bm/D
Guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated
G C G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
C D
But let's forget all that
G Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C D Em Bm Am D
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
C G
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
Am C
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
G Bm C G
Operator, well could you help me place this call
Am D Em D/C/Bm/D
Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
G Bm C G
There's something in my eyes, You know it happens every time
Am D7 Em D/C/Bm/D
I think about the love that I thought would save me
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G C G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
C D
But let's forget all that
G Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C D Em Bm Am D
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
C G
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
Am C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
D C G
That it just wasn't real, But that's not the way it feels
C G C G
No, no, no, no That's not the way it feels
G Bm C G
Operator, let's forget about this call
Am D Em D/C/Bm/D
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
G Bm C G
Thank you for your time, Oh you've been so much more than kind
Am D7 Em D/C/Bm/D
You can keep the dime
G C G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
C D
But let's forget all that
G Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C D Em Bm Am D
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
C G
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
Am C
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
