Hope you enjoy my interpretation of this song ...Garry Smythe
Please e mail any corrections to:- g.smythe@sky.com
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Sylvia’s Mother – Dr Hook
DR HOOK SING THIS IN “ D “
D
Sylvia’s mother says, “Sylvia's busy,
A
Too busy to come to the phone.
Sylvia's mother says, “Sylvia's trying,
A7 D D7
To start a new life of her own.”
G D
Sylvia's mother says, “Sylvia's happy,
A D
So why don't you leave her a - lone?”
A
And the operator says:" Forty cents more,
For the next three minutes."
G D
Pl -ease Mrs. Avery, I've just got to talk to her,
A D D7
I'll only keep her a while.
G D A
Please Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her good - bye.
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D
Sylvia's mother says, “Sylvia's packing,
A
She’s goin' to be leaving today.”
Sylvia's mother says, “Sylvia's marrying,
A7 D D7
A fellow down Galveston way.”
G D
Sylvia's mother says, “Please don't say nothing,
A D
To make her start crying and stay
A
And the operator says:" Forty cents more,
For the next three minutes."
G D
Pl -ease Mrs. Avery, I've just got to talk to her,
A D D7
I'll only keep her a while.
G D A
Please Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her good - bye.
D
Sylvia's mother says, “Sylvia's hurrying,
A
She’s catching the nine o'clock train.”
Sylvia's mother says, "Take your umbrella,
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‘cause, Sylvia, it's starting to rain."
G D
And Sylvia's mother says, "Thank you for calling,
A D
And, sir, won't you call back a - gain."
A
And the operator says:" Forty cents more,
For the next three minutes."
G D
Pl - ease Mrs. Avery, I've just got to talk to her,
A D D7
I'll only keep her a while.
G D A
Please Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her good - bye.
A
Tell her goodbye, please, tell her goodbye AND FADE
