G5 B5 C5 B5 A5 G5 C5 B5 A5 G5 Operator oh could you help me place this call A5 D5 E5 D5 C5 B5 A5 G5 You see the number on the matchbook is old and faded G5 B5 C5 B5 A5 G5 C5 B5 A5 G5 She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray A5 D5 E5 D5 C5 B5 A5 G5 A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated G5 C5 G5 Chorus: Isn't that the way they say it goes | C5 D5 | But lets forget all that | G5 A5 | And give me the number if you can find it | C5 D5 E5 B5 A5 | So I can call just to tell her I'm fine and to show | D5 C5 G5 | I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well | A5 C5 | I only wish my words could just convince myself | D5 C5 G5 | That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels G5 B5 C5 ( B5 ) A5 G5 C5 ( B5 A5 G5 ) Operator oh could you help me place this call A5 D5 E5 ( D5 C5 B5 A5 G5 ) Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me G5 B5 C5 ( B5 A5 G5 ) There's something in my eye, you know it happens every time A5 D5 E5 ( D5 C5 B5 A5 G5 ) I think about the love that I thought would save me Chorus G5 B5 C5 ( B5 ) A5 G5 C5 ( B5 A5 G5 ) Operator let's forget about this call A5 D5 E5 ( D5 C5 B5 A5 G5 ) There's no one there I really wanted to talk to G5 B5 Thank you for your time, B5 C5 ( B5 A5 G5 C5 B5 A5 G5 ) Cause you've been so much more than kind A5 D5 E5 D5 C5 B5 A5 G5 You can keep the dime Chorus
