Intro: G Bm Am C Bm Am D7

Verse:
G  Bm                 C    Bm  Am   G    C  G
Operator oh could you help me place this call
Am                        D7                       Em   D5   D5   D5
'See the number on the matchbook is old and faded
G                    Bm         C    Bm  Am G     C  G
She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray
Am                 D7                         Em    D5   D5   D5
A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

Chorus:
G                 C                 G
Isn't that the way they say it goes
             C       D
But let's forget all that
    G                     Am
And give me the number if you can find it
   C D   Em           Bm           D            Am
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
D7                      C
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
G                    Am                          C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
                       D        C
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

Interlude: G Bm Am C Bm Am D7

Verse:
G   Bm                C   Bm Am   G          C  G
Operator oh could you help me place this call
Am                     D7                      Em     D5 D5   D5   D5
Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
G                       Bm                C Bm    Am     G C G
There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time
Am                D7                            Em     D5 D5   D5   D5
I think about the love that I thought would save me

Chorus:
G                  C             G
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           D            Am
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
D7                      C
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
G                    Am                          C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
                       D        C                       G
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels
 C         G  C
No no no no   That's not the way it feels

Verse:
G   Bm            C   Bm   Am   G   C  G
Operator let's forget about this call
Am                   D7                    Em     D5  D5   D5   D5
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
G
Thank you for your time,
Bm                C      Bm  Am    G     C  G
Cause you've been so much more than kind
Am               D7       Em D5 D5   D5   D5
You can keep the dime

Chorus:
G              C                 G
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           D            Am
So I can call just to tell her I'm fine and to show
D7                      C
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
G                    Am                          C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
                       D        C
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

Interlude: G Bm Am C Bm Am D7

Outro: G Bm Am C Bm Am D7 G
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