https://dalek.zone/videos/watch/0faf43c5-d21e-4630-88e6-a8eabeb4897c 🎵 Join my newsletter for $2 off tabs + my FREE tuning video https://www.shutupandplay.ca 💎 Please help support my lessons by donating here: https://www.shutupandplay.ca/donate.html 🎵 For more information on this lesson and the TABS, which now include my GUITAR PRO FILE! https://www.shutupandplay.ca/operator-thats-not-the-way-it-feels--acoustic.html An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play “Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)" by Jim Croce from his 1972 album, You Don't Mess Around With Jim. 🎸Website: https://www.shutupandplay.ca/ ⚙️Checkout my gear page: https://www.shutupandplay.ca/gear.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShutupandPlayGuitarTutorials Thanks for watching. Cheers 00:00 Demo 03:56 Introduction 06:13 Jim's picking pattern 07:52 Jim's intro 10:05 Jim's 1st verse 13:40 Jim's pre-chorus, chorus 17:21 Jim's bridge (middle section) 17:41 Jim's part slow playthrough 20:04 Jim's ending 20:56 Maury's intro 22:10 Hybrid picking 24:06 Maury's 1st verse 25:49 Maury's pre-chorus, chorus 27:44 Maury's pre-chorus, chorus slow playthrough 28:36 Maury's 2nd verse 30:05 Maury's 2nd pre-chorus, chorus 30:43 Maury's bridge (middle section) 31:13 Maury's 3rd verse 32:44 Maury's 3rd pre-chorus, chorus 33:16 Maury's ending 33:38 Wrap Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:24:43 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://dalek.zone https://dalek.zone/lazy-static/avatars/958461d1-6a1e-41b1-962e-d8f79c4e0f1b.png https://dalek.zone/videos/watch/0faf43c5-d21e-4630-88e6-a8eabeb4897c All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://dalek.zone/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.