Artist: | Dr. Hook (English) |
User: | Mark Brotherson |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 10 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
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Sylvia’s mother says, “Sylvia's busy,
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Too busy to come to the phone.
Sylvia's mother says, “Sylvia's trying,
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To start a new life of her own.”
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Sylvia's mother says, “Sylvia's happy,
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So why don't you leave her a - lone?”
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And the operator says:" Forty cents more,
For the next three minutes."
[Chorus]
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Pl -ease Mrs. Avery, I've just got to talk to her,
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I'll only keep her a while.
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Please Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her good - bye.
[Verse]
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Sylvia's mother says, “Sylvia's packing,
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She’s goin' to be leaving today.”
Sylvia's mother says, “Sylvia's marrying,
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A fellow down Galveston way.”
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Sylvia's mother says, “Please don't say nothing,
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To make her start crying and stay
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And the operator says:" Forty cents more,
For the next three minutes."
[Chorus]
D A
Pl -ease Mrs. Avery, I've just got to talk to her,
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I'll only keep her a while.
D A E
Please Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her good - bye.
[Verse]
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Sylvia's mother says, “Sylvia's hurrying,
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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."
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And Sylvia's mother says, "Thank you for calling,
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And, sir, won't you call back a - gain."
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And the operator says:" Forty cents more,
For the next three minutes."
[Chorus]
D A
Pl - ease Mrs. Avery, I've just got to talk to her,
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I'll only keep her a while.
D A E
Please Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her good - bye.
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Tell her goodbye, please, tell her goodbye AND FADE