Jim Croce – Operator chords ver. 4

G     Bm                 C                  C - C/B - C/A - GOpe  rator oh could you help me place this call          

Am                         Am/A#                 Em  (to bass run on D chord) D D/C D/B D/AYou see the number on the matchbook is old and  faded                                    

G                Bm          C                   C - C/B - C/A - GShe's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray              

Am                  Am/A#                   Em  (to bass run on D chord) D D/C D/B D/AA guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated                                         

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G               C               GIsn't that the way they say it goes

              C        DBut lets for get all that

     G                    AmAnd give me the number if you can find it

   C      Em           Bm                       AmSo I can call just to tell her I'm fine and to show

D7                 C                             GI've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well

                Am                         CI only wish my words could just convince myself

                      D        C                      GThat it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

G       Bm                 C                  C - C/B - C/A - GOper   ator oh could you help me place this call                

Am                      Am/A#                    Em  (to bass run on D chord) D D/C D/B D/ACause I can't read the number that you just gave me                                      

G                       Bm                 C (to bass run) C - C/B - C/A - GThere's something in my eye, you know it happens every  time

Am                 Am/A#                     Em  (to bass run on D chord) D D/C D/B D/AI think about the love that I thought would save me                                      

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G       Bm              C               C - C/B - C/A - GOper    ator let's for get about this call               

Am                       Am/A#           Em  (to bass run on D chord) D D/C D/B D/AThere's no one there I really wanted to talk to                                  

G                   Bm                     C    (to bass run) C - C/B - C/A - G     Thank you for your time, Cause you've been so much more than kind


Am                Am/A#        Em  (to bass run on D chord) D D/C D/B D/AYou can keep the dime.                                           

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