| G Bm Am7 D | |
| G Bm CAm7 G | Operator, could you help me place this call |
| Am D Em D | You see the number on the matchbook is old and faded |
| G Bm C G | She's living in L. A. with my best old ex-friend Ray |
| Am7 D Em D | A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated |
| G C G CD | Isn't that the way they say it goes, but lets forget all that |
| G Am | And give me the number if you can find it |
| CEm BmD Am7 | 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 |
| Am7 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 |
| Bm Am7 D | |
| G Bm CAm7 G | Operator, could you help me place this call |
| Am D Em D | Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me |
| G Bm C G | There's something in my eye, you know it happens every time |
| Am7 D Em D | I think about the love that I thought would save me |
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| G Bm CAm7 G | Operator, let's forget about this call |
| Am D Em D | There's no one there I really wanted to talk to |
| G Bm C G | Thank you for your time, cause you've been so much more than kind |
| Am7 D Em D | You can keep the dime |
| CHORUS |