Chords for Bobby Bare "Sylvia's Mother"
Tempo:
81.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Dm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the [A] phone
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life of [D] her own
[G] Sylvia's mother says [D] Sylvia's happy now, [A] why don't you leave her [D] [Dm] alone
[D]
[A] The operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes
[F#m]
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her, [A] I'll only keep her [D] a while
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye, goodbye
[D] Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packing, she's gonna be leaving [A] today
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marrying a fella down [D] Galveston Way
[G] Sylvia's mother says [D] please don't say nothing [A] to make her start crying [D] instead
[Dm] [D] The
[A] operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes
[F#m]
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her, [A] I'll only keep her [D] a while
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye, goodbye
[F#m]
[D] Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurrying, catching the nine o [A]'clock plane
Sylvia's mother says pick your umbrella, cause Sylvia's starting [D] to rain
[G] Sylvia's mother [D] says thank you for calling, [A] sir won't you call [D] back [Dm] again
[D]
[A] And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to [A] her, I'll only keep her [D] a while
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye
Please
[G] Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her
[A] [D]
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the [A] phone
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life of [D] her own
[G] Sylvia's mother says [D] Sylvia's happy now, [A] why don't you leave her [D] [Dm] alone
[D]
[A] The operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes
[F#m]
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her, [A] I'll only keep her [D] a while
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye, goodbye
[D] Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packing, she's gonna be leaving [A] today
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marrying a fella down [D] Galveston Way
[G] Sylvia's mother says [D] please don't say nothing [A] to make her start crying [D] instead
[Dm] [D] The
[A] operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes
[F#m]
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her, [A] I'll only keep her [D] a while
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye, goodbye
[F#m]
[D] Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurrying, catching the nine o [A]'clock plane
Sylvia's mother says pick your umbrella, cause Sylvia's starting [D] to rain
[G] Sylvia's mother [D] says thank you for calling, [A] sir won't you call [D] back [Dm] again
[D]
[A] And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to [A] her, I'll only keep her [D] a while
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye
Please
[G] Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her
[A] [D]
Key:
D
A
G
Dm
F#m
D
A
G
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Sylvia's mother says _ Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the [A] phone _ _ _
_ Sylvia's mother says _ Sylvia's trying to start a new life of [D] her own _ _
[G] _ Sylvia's mother says [D] _ Sylvia's happy now, [A] why don't you leave her [D] [Dm] alone
[D] _
[A] The operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes
_ _ [F#m]
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her, [A] I'll only keep her [D] a while _ _
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye, _ _ goodbye _ _ _
[D] _ Sylvia's mother says _ Sylvia's packing, she's gonna be leaving [A] today _ _ _
_ Sylvia's mother says _ Sylvia's marrying a fella down [D] Galveston Way _ _
[G] _ Sylvia's mother says [D] please don't say nothing [A] to make her start crying [D] instead
[Dm] [D] The _
[A] operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes
_ _ [F#m]
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her, [A] I'll only keep her [D] a while _ _
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye, _ _ goodbye
_ _ [F#m] _
[D] _ Sylvia's mother says _ Sylvia's hurrying, catching the nine o [A]'clock plane _ _
_ Sylvia's mother says pick your umbrella, cause Sylvia's starting [D] to rain _ _
[G] _ Sylvia's mother [D] says thank you for calling, [A] sir won't you call [D] back [Dm] again
[D] _
[A] And the operator says _ forty cents more for the next three minutes _
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to [A] her, I'll only keep her [D] a while _ _
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye
_ Please _ _ _ _
[G] Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ Sylvia's mother says _ Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the [A] phone _ _ _
_ Sylvia's mother says _ Sylvia's trying to start a new life of [D] her own _ _
[G] _ Sylvia's mother says [D] _ Sylvia's happy now, [A] why don't you leave her [D] [Dm] alone
[D] _
[A] The operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes
_ _ [F#m]
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her, [A] I'll only keep her [D] a while _ _
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye, _ _ goodbye _ _ _
[D] _ Sylvia's mother says _ Sylvia's packing, she's gonna be leaving [A] today _ _ _
_ Sylvia's mother says _ Sylvia's marrying a fella down [D] Galveston Way _ _
[G] _ Sylvia's mother says [D] please don't say nothing [A] to make her start crying [D] instead
[Dm] [D] The _
[A] operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes
_ _ [F#m]
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her, [A] I'll only keep her [D] a while _ _
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye, _ _ goodbye
_ _ [F#m] _
[D] _ Sylvia's mother says _ Sylvia's hurrying, catching the nine o [A]'clock plane _ _
_ Sylvia's mother says pick your umbrella, cause Sylvia's starting [D] to rain _ _
[G] _ Sylvia's mother [D] says thank you for calling, [A] sir won't you call [D] back [Dm] again
[D] _
[A] And the operator says _ forty cents more for the next three minutes _
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to [A] her, I'll only keep her [D] a while _ _
[G] Please Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just wanna tell her [A] goodbye
_ Please _ _ _ _
[G] Mrs.
Avery, [D] I just gotta talk to her
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _