Operator

C Operator, Jim Croce – chords below

[Intro]
C Em Dm F Em Dm G7/B
 
[Verse]
C  Em                 F    Em  Dm   C    F  C
Operator oh could you help me place this call
Dm                        G7/B                    Am   G5/F G5/E G5/D
'See the number on the matchbook is old and faded
C                    Em         F    Em  Dm C     F  C
She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray
Dm                 G7/B                      Am    G5/F G5/E G5/D
A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated
 
{ CHORUS }
C                 F/C               C
Isn't that the way they say it goes
             F       G
But let's forget all that
    C                     Dm
And give me the number if you can find it
   F G   Am           Em           G            Dm
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
G7                      F
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
C/E                  Dm                          F
I only wish my words could just convince myself
                       G        F
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels
 
[Interlude]
C Em Dm F Em Dm G7/B
 
[Verse]
C   Em                F   Em Dm   C          F  C
Operator oh could you help me place this call
Dm                     G7/B                   Am     G5 G5/F G5/E G5/D
Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
C                       Em                F Em    Dm     C F C
There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time
Dm                G7/B                         Am     G5 G5/F G5/E G5/D
I think about the love that I thought would save me
 
{ CHORUS }
C                  F/C           C
Isn't that the way they say it goes
            F       G
But lets forget all that
    C                     Dm
And give me the number if you can find it
   F G   Am           Em           G            Dm
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
G7                      F
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
C/E                  Dm                          F
I only wish my words could just convince myself
                       G        F                       C
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels
 F         C  F
No no no no   That's not the way it feels
 
[Verse]
C   Em            F   Em   Dm   C   F  C
Operator let's forget about this call
Dm                   G7/B                 Am     G5  G5/F G5/E G5/D
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
C
Thank you for your time,
Em                F      Em  Dm    C     F  C
Cause you've been so much more than kind
Dm               G7/B    Am G5 G5/F G5/E G5/D
You can keep the dime
 
{ CHORUS }
C              F/C               C
Isn't that the way they say it goes
            F       G
But lets forget all that
    C                     Dm
And give me the number if you can find it
   F G   Am           Em           G            Dm
So I can call just to tell her I'm fine and to show
G7                      F
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
C/E                  Dm                          F
I only wish my words could just convince myself
                       G        F
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels
 
[Interlude]
C Em Dm F Em Dm G7/B
 
[Outro]
C Em Dm F Em Dm G7/B C
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