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{t:Sylvia's Mother} {artist: Dr. Hook } {key: G} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LXpnNKNxJI Capo 2 {c: Thanks to Karyn Brown} [G] [C] [G] [G] Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's busy, Too busy to come to the [D] phone [D] [D] Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's trying, To [D7] start a new life of her [G] own [G] [C] Sylvia's mother says, [G] Sylvia's happy So [D] why don't you leave her a-[G]lone? And the [D7] operator says [D]* fourty cents more, For the [D]* next [D]* three [D7]* minutes [C] Please Mrs. Avery, I've [G] just got to talk to her [D] I'll only keep her a [G] while [G] [C] Please Mrs. Avery, I [G] just want to tell her Good-[D]bye [D] [G] Sylvia's mother says, [G] Sylvia's packing, She's [G] goin' to be leaving to-[D]day [D] [D] Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's marrying, A fellow down Galveston [G] Way [G] [C] Sylvia's mother says, [G] Please don't say nothin’... To [D] make her start crying and [G] stay And the [D7] operator says [D]* fourty cents more, For the [D]* next [D]i three [D7]* minutes [C] Please Mrs. Avery, I've [G] just got to talk to her [D] I'll only keep her a [G] while [G] [C] Please Mrs. Avery, I [G] just want to tell her Good-[D]bye [D] [G] Sylvia's mother says, [G] Sylvia's hurrying, She's [G] catching the nine'o'clock [D] train. [D] [G] Sylvia's mother says: [D] Take your umbrella, Cause [D7] Sylvie it's starting to [G] rain [G] And [C] Sylvia's mother says [G] Thank you for calling And [D] Sir won't you call back a-[G]gain And the [D7] operator says [D]* fourty cents more, For the [D]* next [D]* three [D7]* minutes [C] Please Mrs. Avery, I've [G] just got to talk to her [D] I'll only keep her a [G] while [G] [C] Please Mrs. Avery, I [G] just want to tell her Good-[D]bye... Please ....[C] tell her good-[D]bye.......[D]...... (Repeat Line)