Chords for Dr. Hook – Sylvia’s Mother | Het verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000 a gogo
Tempo:
86.75 bpm
Chords used:
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Ab
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [D]
[A] [Ab]
[D] [A]
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to [E] come to the phone.
[A] [E]
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life [A] up alone.
[D]
[Ab] Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the phone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
And I tried to tell him, well, you know, she's, this is over now, she's gone, and so forth.
And in [A] the song, I think it kind of indicates that I was rather brusque.
I don't think I really was, but maybe it came through that way to him.
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's packing.
She's gone, [E] leaving today.
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's marrying.
[A]
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's marrying.
Imagine, [Dbm] I'm packing in [Ab] theory.
I'm going off to get married, which, you know, it's like my parents are screaming at me
because they don't want me to go to get married in Mexico.
They want me, they're practically throwing me out of the house.
I'm trying to pack, I'm trying to get my, [Db] I was taking the train, I always take the train.
[A] All these things are going [E] on.
I mean, just totally, vibrantly tense, a horrible situation.
And if he called, I may have said something to him, but I wasn't thinking.
I don't think I was thinking much about it.
And it might have even had effect, like, shit, why did he call today?
I felt that he's had a part of my life and of Sylvia's life, and he was very [Gb] much in love with Sylvia.
He never, if he married at all, it was until late in life because he,
I don't know that she wanted me to say this, but I think that he was very much in love with her.
He was doing a lot of drawing, and I was [Ab] working and going to school.
So we would see, we would call each other up, he would come, we'd go around,
but usually in the evening, no?
After I was through working or studying and so forth.
And the only thing we did was walk around and talk and laugh and have a good time.
But there was this kind [Bb] of continual communication between us.
Do you remember how you are when you're young?
[N] In this delicious thing?
I don't like to say too much because she doesn't like for me to, I don't blame her, it's a very personal thing.
She can tell you what she feels.
I know she, she's one person he would write to.
Nobody else ever got a letter from him that I know of.
She told me, she said, I don't write letters.
I'd call up her, I'd come and see you.
The whole romance is practically in letters.
[Bb] He went to [E] Japan, it was for Playboy.
They do [Db] cartoonings.
We would write all the [E] time, and [N] then he'd call me up, and then we'd fight,
and then stop writing, and then we'd start over [E] again.
This went on for up until 58.
As far as the letters I have, because [Bb] I've lost the rest of them or something.
[Ab] Well, what about the one from Copenhagen where he talks about playing in the skiffle band?
Or what about the one in London where he says, I don't know what?
Or what about the hospital letters?
Well, the hospital letters are just totally tragic.
You know, they're taking the cast off, I can't walk, they're putting on, write to me,
why didn't you write to me yesterday, don't come.
The ones from France, [Fm] it's a, well, [F] because the whole thing was, too,
every once in a while, it was on the line, you have to come.
[Db] And then he'd say, just buy [Ab] a ticket, no?
And then I said, I'm not going to come.
Why didn't I want to go to France or go to Italy or wherever he wanted me to go and join him?
I was working, I had to pay off my student loan.
I was trying to finish school, and I didn't have money for [Dbm] the ticket either.
[D]
[A] [E]
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
Tell her goodbye.
[A] [Ab]
[D] [A]
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to [E] come to the phone.
[A] [E]
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life [A] up alone.
[D]
[Ab] Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the phone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
And I tried to tell him, well, you know, she's, this is over now, she's gone, and so forth.
And in [A] the song, I think it kind of indicates that I was rather brusque.
I don't think I really was, but maybe it came through that way to him.
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's packing.
She's gone, [E] leaving today.
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's marrying.
[A]
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's marrying.
Imagine, [Dbm] I'm packing in [Ab] theory.
I'm going off to get married, which, you know, it's like my parents are screaming at me
because they don't want me to go to get married in Mexico.
They want me, they're practically throwing me out of the house.
I'm trying to pack, I'm trying to get my, [Db] I was taking the train, I always take the train.
[A] All these things are going [E] on.
I mean, just totally, vibrantly tense, a horrible situation.
And if he called, I may have said something to him, but I wasn't thinking.
I don't think I was thinking much about it.
And it might have even had effect, like, shit, why did he call today?
I felt that he's had a part of my life and of Sylvia's life, and he was very [Gb] much in love with Sylvia.
He never, if he married at all, it was until late in life because he,
I don't know that she wanted me to say this, but I think that he was very much in love with her.
He was doing a lot of drawing, and I was [Ab] working and going to school.
So we would see, we would call each other up, he would come, we'd go around,
but usually in the evening, no?
After I was through working or studying and so forth.
And the only thing we did was walk around and talk and laugh and have a good time.
But there was this kind [Bb] of continual communication between us.
Do you remember how you are when you're young?
[N] In this delicious thing?
I don't like to say too much because she doesn't like for me to, I don't blame her, it's a very personal thing.
She can tell you what she feels.
I know she, she's one person he would write to.
Nobody else ever got a letter from him that I know of.
She told me, she said, I don't write letters.
I'd call up her, I'd come and see you.
The whole romance is practically in letters.
[Bb] He went to [E] Japan, it was for Playboy.
They do [Db] cartoonings.
We would write all the [E] time, and [N] then he'd call me up, and then we'd fight,
and then stop writing, and then we'd start over [E] again.
This went on for up until 58.
As far as the letters I have, because [Bb] I've lost the rest of them or something.
[Ab] Well, what about the one from Copenhagen where he talks about playing in the skiffle band?
Or what about the one in London where he says, I don't know what?
Or what about the hospital letters?
Well, the hospital letters are just totally tragic.
You know, they're taking the cast off, I can't walk, they're putting on, write to me,
why didn't you write to me yesterday, don't come.
The ones from France, [Fm] it's a, well, [F] because the whole thing was, too,
every once in a while, it was on the line, you have to come.
[Db] And then he'd say, just buy [Ab] a ticket, no?
And then I said, I'm not going to come.
Why didn't I want to go to France or go to Italy or wherever he wanted me to go and join him?
I was working, I had to pay off my student loan.
I was trying to finish school, and I didn't have money for [Dbm] the ticket either.
[D]
[A] [E]
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
Tell her goodbye.
Key:
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D
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Ab
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to [E] come to the phone.
_ _ [A] _ [E] _
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life [A] up alone.
_ _ [D] _
_ [Ab] Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, _ too busy to come to the phone. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone. _ _
_ _ Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone. _
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up _ alone.
And I tried to tell him, well, you know, she's, this is over now, she's gone, and so forth.
And in [A] the song, I think it kind of indicates that I was rather brusque.
I don't think I really was, but maybe it came through that way to him.
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's packing.
She's gone, [E] leaving today.
_ _ _ Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's marrying.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's marrying.
Imagine, [Dbm] I'm packing in [Ab] theory.
I'm going off to get married, which, you know, it's like my parents are screaming at me
because they don't want me to go to get married in Mexico.
They want me, they're practically throwing me out of the house.
I'm trying to pack, I'm trying to get my, [Db] I was taking the train, I always take the train.
_ [A] All these things are going [E] on.
I mean, just totally, vibrantly tense, a horrible situation.
And if he called, I may have said something to him, but I wasn't thinking.
I don't think I was thinking much about it.
And it might have even had effect, like, shit, why did he call today?
I felt that he's had a part of my life and of Sylvia's life, and he was very [Gb] much in love with Sylvia.
He never, if he married at all, it was until late in life because he,
I don't know that she wanted me to say this, but I think that he was very much in love with her.
_ He was doing a lot of drawing, and I was [Ab] working and going to school.
So we would see, we would call each other up, he would come, we'd go around,
but usually in the evening, no?
After I was through working or studying and so forth.
And the only thing we did was walk around and talk and laugh and have a good time.
But there was this kind [Bb] of continual communication between us.
Do you remember how you are when you're young?
[N] In this delicious thing?
_ I don't like to say too much because she doesn't like for me to, I don't blame her, it's a very personal thing.
She can tell you what she feels.
_ I know she, she's one person he would write to.
Nobody else ever got a letter from him that I know of.
She told me, she said, I don't write letters.
I'd call up her, I'd come and see you.
The whole romance is practically in letters.
[Bb] He went to [E] Japan, it was for Playboy.
They do [Db] cartoonings.
We would write all the [E] time, and [N] then he'd call me up, and then we'd fight,
and then stop writing, and then we'd start over [E] again.
This went on for up until 58.
As far as the letters I have, because [Bb] I've lost the rest of them or something.
[Ab] Well, what about the one from Copenhagen where he talks about playing in the skiffle band?
Or what about the one in London where he says, I don't know what?
Or what about the hospital letters?
Well, the hospital letters are just totally tragic.
You know, they're taking the cast off, I can't walk, they're putting on, write to me,
why didn't you write to me yesterday, don't come.
The ones from France, [Fm] it's a, well, _ [F] because the whole thing was, too,
every once in a while, it was on the line, you have to come.
[Db] And then he'd say, just buy [Ab] a ticket, no?
And then I said, I'm not going to come.
Why didn't I want to go to France or go to Italy or wherever he wanted me to go and join him?
I was working, I had to pay off my student loan.
I was trying to finish school, and I didn't have money for [Dbm] the ticket either.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
Tell _ _ _ _ her goodbye. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to [E] come to the phone.
_ _ [A] _ [E] _
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life [A] up alone.
_ _ [D] _
_ [Ab] Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, _ too busy to come to the phone. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone. _ _
_ _ Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up alone. _
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying to start a new life up _ alone.
And I tried to tell him, well, you know, she's, this is over now, she's gone, and so forth.
And in [A] the song, I think it kind of indicates that I was rather brusque.
I don't think I really was, but maybe it came through that way to him.
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's packing.
She's gone, [E] leaving today.
_ _ _ Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's marrying.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's marrying.
Imagine, [Dbm] I'm packing in [Ab] theory.
I'm going off to get married, which, you know, it's like my parents are screaming at me
because they don't want me to go to get married in Mexico.
They want me, they're practically throwing me out of the house.
I'm trying to pack, I'm trying to get my, [Db] I was taking the train, I always take the train.
_ [A] All these things are going [E] on.
I mean, just totally, vibrantly tense, a horrible situation.
And if he called, I may have said something to him, but I wasn't thinking.
I don't think I was thinking much about it.
And it might have even had effect, like, shit, why did he call today?
I felt that he's had a part of my life and of Sylvia's life, and he was very [Gb] much in love with Sylvia.
He never, if he married at all, it was until late in life because he,
I don't know that she wanted me to say this, but I think that he was very much in love with her.
_ He was doing a lot of drawing, and I was [Ab] working and going to school.
So we would see, we would call each other up, he would come, we'd go around,
but usually in the evening, no?
After I was through working or studying and so forth.
And the only thing we did was walk around and talk and laugh and have a good time.
But there was this kind [Bb] of continual communication between us.
Do you remember how you are when you're young?
[N] In this delicious thing?
_ I don't like to say too much because she doesn't like for me to, I don't blame her, it's a very personal thing.
She can tell you what she feels.
_ I know she, she's one person he would write to.
Nobody else ever got a letter from him that I know of.
She told me, she said, I don't write letters.
I'd call up her, I'd come and see you.
The whole romance is practically in letters.
[Bb] He went to [E] Japan, it was for Playboy.
They do [Db] cartoonings.
We would write all the [E] time, and [N] then he'd call me up, and then we'd fight,
and then stop writing, and then we'd start over [E] again.
This went on for up until 58.
As far as the letters I have, because [Bb] I've lost the rest of them or something.
[Ab] Well, what about the one from Copenhagen where he talks about playing in the skiffle band?
Or what about the one in London where he says, I don't know what?
Or what about the hospital letters?
Well, the hospital letters are just totally tragic.
You know, they're taking the cast off, I can't walk, they're putting on, write to me,
why didn't you write to me yesterday, don't come.
The ones from France, [Fm] it's a, well, _ [F] because the whole thing was, too,
every once in a while, it was on the line, you have to come.
[Db] And then he'd say, just buy [Ab] a ticket, no?
And then I said, I'm not going to come.
Why didn't I want to go to France or go to Italy or wherever he wanted me to go and join him?
I was working, I had to pay off my student loan.
I was trying to finish school, and I didn't have money for [Dbm] the ticket either.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
Tell _ _ _ _ her goodbye. _ _ _ _ _ _ _