Intro
| G | Bm | Am | C | G/B | Am | D7 | G |
| → | → | → | → | x2 |
| G | Bm | C | G/B | Am | C | G/B | Am | G |
| Opera | tor oh could you | help | me p | lace this call | → | → | → |
| Am | D7/F# | Em | D | D/C | D/B | D/A | G |
| See the number on the mat | chbook is old and f | aded | → | → | → |
Not a typo; this time the pattern resolves to the I on “friend”, the first time it didn’t
| G | Bm | C | G/B | Am | G | C | G/B | Am | G |
| She’s living in L.A. | with my bes | t old | ex-fri | end Ray | → | → | → |
| Am | D7/F# | Em | D | D/C | D/B | D/A | G |
| A guy she said she | knew well and sometimes hat | ed | → | → | → |
| G | C/G | G |
| Isn’t that the way | they say it goes |
| C | D | |
| But let’s for | get 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 s | how |
| D7 | C | G/B |
| I’ve overcome the blow, | I’ve learned to take it well |
| Am | C | |
| I only wish my words | could just convince myself |
Hang on “that’s”
| D | C | |
| That it just wasn’t rea | l, but th | at’s not the way it feels |
| G | Bm | Am | C | G/B | Am | D7 | G |
| → | → | → | → |
| G | Bm | C | G/B | Am | C | G/B | Am | G |
| Opera | tor oh could you | help | me p | lace this call | → | → | → |
| Am | D7/F# | Em | D | D/C | D/B | D/A | G |
| ‘Cause I can’t read the | number that you just gav | e me | → | → | → |
| G | Bm | C | G/B | Am | G | C | G/B | Am | G |
| There’s something in my | eyes, you know it | ha | ppens | every t | im | → | → | → |
| Am | D7/F# | Em | D | D/C | D/B | D/A | G |
| I think about the | love that I thought would save | me | → | → | → |
| G | C/G | G |
| Isn’t that the way | they say it goes |
| C | D | |
| But let’s for | get 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 s | how |
| D7 | C | G/B |
| I’ve overcome the blow, | I’ve learned to take it well |
| Am | C | |
| I only wish my words | could just convince myself |
Hang on “that’s”
| D | C | |
| That it just wasn’t rea | l, but th | at’s not the way it feels |
| G | C/G |
| No, no no, no, no |
| G | C/G | G |
| That’s not the way it feels |
| G | Bm | C | G/B | Am | G | C | G/B | Am | G |
| Oper | ator, oh let’s for | get | ab | out this | call | → | → | → |
| Am | D7/F# | Em | D | D | D/C | D/B | D/A | G |
| There’s no one there | I really wanted to tal | k to | → | → | → |
| G | Bm | C | G/B | Am | G | C | G/B | Am | G |
| Thank you for your time, | oh you’ve been | so m | uch | more t | han k | ind → | → | → |
| Am | D7/F# | Em | D | D/C | D/B | D/A | G |
| You can keep the | dime | → | → | → |
| G | C/G | G |
| Isn’t that the way | they say it goes |
| C | D | |
| But let’s for | get 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 s | how |
| D7 | C | G/B |
| I’ve overcome the blow, | I’ve learned to take it well |
| Am | C | |
| I only wish my words | could just convince myself |
Hang on “that’s”
| D | C | |
| That it just wasn’t rea | l, but th | at’s not the way it feels |
| G | Bm | Am | C | G/B | Am | D7 | G |
| → | → | → | → | x2 |