#------------------------------------------------------------------------------## G Bm C B Am7 G C B G Operator oh could you help me place this call Am D Em G You see the number on the matchbook is old and faded G Bm C B Am7 G C BG She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray Am D7 Em G A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated G C G CHORUS: 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 Am | So I can call just to tell her I'm fine and to show | D C G | I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well | Am C | I only wish my words could just convince myself | D7 C G | That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels G Bm C (B) Am7 G C (BG) Operator oh could you help me place this call Am D7 Em G) Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me G Bm C (B A G ) There's something in my eye, you know it happens every time Am D7 Em G) I think about the love that I thought would save me CHORUS G Bm C (B) Am7 G C (BG) Operator let's forget about this call Am D7 Em G) There's no one there I really wanted to talk to G Bm Thank you for your time, Bm C (B Am7 G C B A G) Cause you've been so much more than kind Am D7 Gm You can keep the dime CHORUS