Jim Croce – Operator chords ver. 2

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                  GOperator, well could you help me place this call
Am                    D                    Em  D/C/Bm/DSee the number on the matchbook is old and faded
G                 Bm           C                  GShe's living in L.A,   With my best old ex friend Ray
Am               D7                      Em  D/C/Bm/DGuy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

    G              C               GBut isn't that the way they say it goes
             C       DBut let's forget all that
    G                     AmAnd give me the number if you can find it
C  D     Em           Bm                        Am    DSo I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
                  C                              GI'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//GThat it just wasn't real,   But that's not the way it feels


G  Bm                    C                  GOperator, well could you help me place this call
Am                     D                    Em     D/C/Bm/DCause I can't read the number that you just gave me
G                       Bm                C             GThere's something in my eyes, You know it happens every time
  Am              D7                        Em     D/C/Bm/DI think about the love that I thought would save me


    G              C               GBut isn't that the way they say it goes
             C       DBut let's forget all that
    G                     AmAnd give me the number if you can find it
C  D     Em           Bm                        Am    DSo I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
                  C                              GI'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                              GNo, no, no, no         That's not the way it feels 


G  Bm              C              GOperator, let's forget about this call
Am                     D                Em     D/C/Bm/DThere's no one there I really wanted to talk to
G                  Bm                   C                 GThank you for your time, Oh you've been so much more than kind
Am               D7   Em  D/C/Bm/DYou can keep the dime


    G              C               GBut isn't that the way they say it goes
             C       DBut let's forget all that
    G                     AmAnd give me the number if you can find it
C  D     Em           Bm                        Am    DSo I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
                  C                              GI'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//GThat it just wasn't real,   But that's not the way it feels

Bm C Am/C//G