This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
- T-rev
"OPERATOR (THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT FEELS)" by Jim Croce
From the 1972 album You Don't Mess Around with Jim
Words and music by Jim Croce jimcroce.com
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
INTRO:
G Bm Am C /B /A D7/F#
G Bm C /B /A G C /B /A G
Operator, well could you help me place this call
Am D7/F# Em D C /B /A
See, the number on the match book is old and faded
G Bm C /B /A G C /B /A G
She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray
Am D7/F# Em D C /B /A
A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated
CHORUS:
G C G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
C D7
Well let's forget all that
G Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C /F# Em Bm D
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine
Am D7
And to show... I've overcome the blow
C
I've learned to take it well
G/B Am C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
D7
That it just wasn't real
C
But that's not the way it feels
REPEAT INTRO
Operator, well could you help me place this call
'Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
There's something in my eyes you know it happens every time
I think about the love that I thought would save me
REPEAT CHORUS
G C
No, no, no, no
G C
That's not the way it feels
Operator, well let's forget about this call
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
Thank you for your time, you've been so much more than kind
You can keep the dime
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT INTRO 2×
Transcribed 2022-04-24 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net
320003 G
x24432 Bm
x02210 Am
x32010 C
x2x010 C/B
x0x010 C/A
2x0212 D7/F#
022000 Em
xx0232 D
xx0212 D7
x20033 G/B
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