Sylvia's Mother Chords by Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
- Key: A
- BPM: 85
- Capo: no capo
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SYLVIA'S MOTHER CHORDS
[Intro] [Verse] A ■ Sylvia's mother says Sylvia is busy E Too busy to come to the phone E Sylvia's mother says Sylvia is tryin' A To start a new life of her own D A Sylvia's mother says Sylvia is happy E A So why don't you leave her alone E And the operator says forty cents more E For the next three minutes [Chorus] D A Please Mrs Avery I just gotta talk to her E A I'll only keep her a while D A E Please Mrs Avery I just wanna tell her goodbye [Verse] A Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packin' E She's gonna be leavin' today E Sylvia's mother says Sylvia is marrying A A fella down Galveston way D A And Sylvia's mother says Please don't say nothing E A To make her start cryin' and stay E And the operator says forty cents more [Chorus] E For the next three minutes D A E Please Mrs Avery I just got to talk to ■ her A I'll only keep her a while D A E E7 Please Mrs Avery I just wanna tell her goodbye ■ [Bridge] A Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurrying E She's catching the nine o'clock train E Sylvia's mother says Take your umbrella A 'cause Sylvie it's startin' to rain [Chorus] D A And Sylvia's mother says Thank you for calling E A And sir won't you call back again E And the operator says forty cents more E For the next three minutes D A E Please Mrs Avery I just got to talk to her A I'll only keep her a while D A E E7 ■ Please Mrs Avery I just wanna tell her goodbye ■ E Tell her goodbye E Please tell her goodbye [End]