Operator - Jim Croce

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.

[Intro]
      x2

[Verse 1]
           
  Operator, we

             
ll could you h

              
elp me place t

    
his call
            
See the number

             
 on the matchb

              
ook is old and

       
 faded
             
She's living i

            
n LA, with my 

             
best old ex fr

     
iend Ray
            
Guy she said s

            
he knew well a

             
nd sometimes h

      
ated

[Chorus]
             
But isn't that

             
 the way they 

       
say it goes
             
But let's forg

       
et all that
             
And give me th

            
e number if yo

u can find it
          
So I can call 

            
just to tell t

              
hem I'm fine a

       
nd to show
             
  I've overcom

             
e the blow, I'

              
ve learned to 

        
take it well
              
I only wish my

            
 words could j

             
ust convince m

yself
              
That it just w

             
asn't real, bu

             
t that's not t

             
he way it feel

    
s

[Verse 2]
           
  Operator, we

             
ll could you h

              
elp me place t

    
his call
            
Cause I can't 

             
read the numbe

              
r that you jus

          
t gave me
             
There's someth

            
ing in my eyes

              
, you know it 

             
happens every 


time
            
I think about 

            
the love that 

              
I thought woul

          
d save me

[Chorus]
             
But isn't that

             
 the way they 

       
say it goes
             
But let's forg

       
et all that
             
And give me th

            
e number if yo

u can find it
          
So I can call 

            
just to tell t

              
hem I'm fine a

      
nd to show
             
  I've overcom

             
e the blow, I'

              
ve learned to 

        
take it well
              
I only wish my

            
 words could j

             
ust convince m

yself
              
That it just w

             
asn't real, bu

             
t that's not t

          
he way it feel

s
             
No, no, no, no

            
       That's 

              
not the way it

          
 feels

[Verse 3]
           
  Operator, le

             
t's forget abo

        
ut this call
            
There's no one

             
 there I reall

            
y wanted to ta

        
lk to
             
Thank you for 

            
your time, oh 

             
you've been so

              
 much more tha

  
n kind
            
   You can kee

              
p the dime

[Chorus]
             
But isn't that

             
 the way they 

       
say it goes
             
But let's forg

       
et all that
             
And give me th

            
e number if yo

u can find it
          
So I can call 

            
just to tell t

              
hem I'm fine a

      
nd to show
             
  I've overcom

             
e the blow, I'

              
ve learned to 

        
take it well
              
I only wish my

            
 words could j

             
ust convince m

yself
              
That it just w

             
asn't real, bu

             
t that's not t

             
he way it feel

     
s

[Outro]