Sylvia's Mother Chords by Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show

[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]