Operator Chords & Tabs

by Jim Croce

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Main Pattern:
BPM: 130
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 101]
Variation:
BPM: 130
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 101, 203, 101, 202, 101, 1, 101]

[Intro]
G Bm Am C Bm Am D7/F#

[Verse]
G  Bm                 C    Bm  Am   G    C  G
Operator oh could you help me place this call
Am                        D7/F#                  Em D5/C D5/B D5/A
'See the number on the matchbook is old and faded
G                    Bm         C    Bm  Am G     CG
She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray
Am                 D7/F#                      EmD5/C D5/B D5/A
A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

[Chorus]
G                 C/G              G
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           D            Am 
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
D7                      C                           
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
G/B                  Am                        C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
                       D        C                        
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

[Interlude]
G Bm Am C Bm Am D7/F#

[Verse]
G   Bm                C   Bm Am   G          CG
Operator oh could you help me place this call
Am                     D7/F#                   Em  D5 D5/C D5/B D5/A
Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
G                       Bm                C Bm    Am     G CG
There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time
Am                D7/F#                         Em D5 D5/C D5/B D5/A
I think about the love that I thought would save me

[Chorus]
G                  C/G           G 
Isn't that the way they say it goes
            C       D   
But lets forget all that
    G                     Am             
And give me the number if you can find it
   C D   Em           Bm           D            Am 
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
D7                      C                           
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
G/B                  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                          
No no no no   That's not the way it feels

[Verse]
G   Bm            C   Bm   Am   G   CG
Operator let's forget about this call
Am                   D7/F#                 Em  D5 D5/C D5/B D5/A
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
G                       
Thank you for your time,
Bm                C      Bm  Am    G    CG
Cause you've been so much more than kind
Am               D7/F# Em D5 D5/C D5/B D5/A
You can keep the dime

[Chorus]
G              C/G               G 
Isn't that the way they say it goes
            C       D   
But lets forget all that
    G                     Am             
And give me the number if you can find it
   C D   Em           Bm           D            Am 
So I can call just to tell her I'm fine and to show
D7                      C                           
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
G/B                  Am                        C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
                       D        C                        
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

[Interlude]
G Bm Am C Bm Am D7/F#

[Outro]
G Bm Am C Bm Am D7/F# G