{"id":780,"date":"2021-05-10T04:53:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=780"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:00:40","slug":"operator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/operator\/","title":{"rendered":"Operator"},"content":{"rendered":"

C Operator, Jim Croce – chords below
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[Intro]\r\nC<\/span> Em<\/span> Dm<\/span> F<\/span> Em<\/span> Dm<\/span> G7\/B<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nC<\/span>  Em<\/span>                 F<\/span>    Em<\/span>  Dm<\/span>   C<\/span>    F<\/span>  C<\/span>\r\nOperator oh could you help me place this call\r\nDm<\/span>                        G7\/B<\/span>                    Am<\/span>   G5\/F<\/span> G5\/E<\/span> G5\/D<\/span>\r\n'See the number on the matchbook is old and faded\r\nC<\/span>                    Em<\/span>         F<\/span>    Em<\/span>  Dm<\/span> C<\/span>     F<\/span>  C<\/span>\r\nShe's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray\r\nDm<\/span>                 G7\/B<\/span>                      Am<\/span>    G5\/F<\/span> G5\/E<\/span> G5\/D<\/span>\r\nA guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC<\/span>                 F\/C<\/span>               C<\/span>\r\nIsn't that the way they say it goes\r\n             F<\/span>       G<\/span>\r\nBut let's forget all that\r\n    C<\/span>                     Dm<\/span>\r\nAnd give me the number if you can find it\r\n   F<\/span> G<\/span>   Am<\/span>           Em<\/span>           G<\/span>            Dm<\/span>\r\nSo I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show\r\nG7<\/span>                      F<\/span>\r\nI've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well\r\nC\/E<\/span>                  Dm<\/span>                          F<\/span>\r\nI only wish my words could just convince myself\r\n                       G<\/span>        F<\/span>\r\nThat it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels\r\n \r\n[Interlude]\r\nC<\/span> Em<\/span> Dm<\/span> F<\/span> Em<\/span> Dm<\/span> G7\/B<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nC<\/span>   Em<\/span>                F<\/span>   Em<\/span> Dm<\/span>   C<\/span>          F<\/span>  C<\/span>\r\nOperator oh could you help me place this call\r\nDm<\/span>                     G7\/B<\/span>                   Am<\/span>     G5<\/span> G5\/F<\/span> G5\/E<\/span> G5\/D<\/span>\r\nCause I can't read the number that you just gave me\r\nC<\/span>                       Em<\/span>                F<\/span> Em<\/span>    Dm<\/span>     C<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nThere's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time\r\nDm<\/span>                G7\/B<\/span>                         Am<\/span>     G5<\/span> G5\/F<\/span> G5\/E<\/span> G5\/D<\/span>\r\nI think about the love that I thought would save me\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC<\/span>                  F\/C<\/span>           C<\/span>\r\nIsn't that the way they say it goes\r\n            F       G\r\nBut lets forget all that\r\n    C                     Dm\r\nAnd give me the number if you can find it\r\n   F G   Am           Em           G            Dm\r\nSo I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show\r\nG7                      F\r\nI've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well\r\nC\/E                  Dm                          F\r\nI only wish my words could just convince myself\r\n                       G        F                       C\r\nThat it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels\r\n F         C  F\r\nNo no no no   That's not the way it feels\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nC   Em            F   Em   Dm   C   F  C\r\nOperator let's forget about this call\r\nDm                   G7\/B                 Am     G5  G5\/F G5\/E G5\/D\r\nThere's no one there I really wanted to talk to\r\nC\r\nThank you for your time,\r\nEm                F      Em  Dm    C     F  C\r\nCause you've been so much more than kind\r\nDm               G7\/B    Am G5 G5\/F G5\/E G5\/D\r\nYou can keep the dime\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC              F\/C               C\r\nIsn't that the way they say it goes\r\n            F       G\r\nBut lets forget all that\r\n    C                     Dm\r\nAnd give me the number if you can find it\r\n   F G   Am           Em           G            Dm\r\nSo I can call just to tell her I'm fine and to show\r\nG7                      F\r\nI've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well\r\nC\/E                  Dm                          F\r\nI only wish my words could just convince myself\r\n                       G        F\r\nThat it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels\r\n \r\n[Interlude]\r\nC Em Dm F Em Dm G7\/B\r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\nC Em Dm F Em Dm G7\/B C\r\n
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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 … CLICK TO VIEW SONGOperator<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28466,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions\/28466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}