[Intro] C Em Dm F [Verse] C Em F Operator, well could you help me place this call? Dm G Am G See, the number on the matchbook is old and faded C Em F She's living in L. A. with my best old ex -friend Ray Dm G Am G ... guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated
[Chorus] C F C but Isn't that the way... they say it goes? Am G Well, let's forget all that C Dm And give me the number if you can find it Am G Dm So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show G F I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well C Dm I only wish my words could just convince myself F G That it just wasn't real C But that's not the way it feels [Interlude] Em Dm F C [Verse 2] C Em F Operator, well could you help me place this call? Dm G Am G cuz I can't read the number that you just gave me C Em F There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time Dm G Am G .... I think about the love that I thought would save me [Chorus] C F C Isn't that the way.... they say it goes? Am G Well, let's forget all that C Dm And give me the number if you can find it Am G Dm So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show G F I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well C Dm I only wish my words could just convince myself F G That it just wasn't real C But that's not the way it feels [Interlude] Em Dm F C [Verse 3] C Em F Operator, let's forget about this call Dm G Am G there's no one there I really wanted to talk to C Em F Thank you for your time, ah, you've been so much more than kind Dm G Am G ........you can keep the dime....oh Oooooh [Chorus] C F C Isn't that the way.... they say it goes? Am G Well, let's forget all that C Dm And give me the number if you can find it Am G Dm So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show G F I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well C Dm I only wish my words could just convince myself F G That it just wasn't real C But that's not the way it feels [Outro] Em Dm F C Oh no no no....A-huh... thats not the way it feels Em Dm F C