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   Operator oh could you help me place this call
 Am                          D                    Em   D 
   You see the number on the matchbook is old and faded
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   He's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray
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   A girl he said he knew well and sometimes hated

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 G   Am           Em           Bm          Am
 So I can call just to tell him I'm fine and to show
 D                      C                           Em
    I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
                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

G Bm C G

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

G                     C               G
   But 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 G   D            Em           Bm          Am
 So I can call just to tell him I'm fine and to show
 D                      C                           Em
    I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
                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

Am       D    C                     G
   No no no   that’s not the way it feels

  G    Bm                  C              G
    Operator well let's forget about this call
  Am                       D7                 Em    D 
    There's no one there I really wanted to talk  t o
  G                    Bm
    Thank you for your time
                    C                 G
  Ah you've been so much more than kind
  Am                 D7    Em D C B A G
    You can keep the dime
G                     C               G
   But 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 G   D            Em           Bm          Am
 So I can call just to tell him I'm fine and to show
 D                      C                           Em
    I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
                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

Am       D    C                     G
   No no no   that’s not the way it feels

         Am  G
   No no no