Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, Sylvia's Mother (1972)
^{Key: :[A#] (w: Shel Silverstein)}

INTRO: [A#] [A#]

VERSE 1:
[A#] Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the [F] phone"
[F] Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's trying, to start a new life of her [A#] own"
[D#] Sylvia's mother says [A#] "Sylvia's happy, so [F] why don't you leave her a-[A#]-lone"
And the [F] operator says: "Forty cents more, for the next three minutes"

CHORUS:
[D#] Please Mrs Avery I've [A#] just got to talk to her
[F] I'll only keep her a-[A#]-while
[D#] Please Mrs Avery I just [A#] want to tell her, good-[F]-bye [F]

VERSE 2:
[A#] Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's packing, she's goin' to be leaving [F] today"
[F] Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's marrying, a fellow down Galveston [A#] way"
[D#] Sylvia's mother says [A#] "Please don't say nothing, to [F] make her start crying and [A#] stay"
And the [F] operator says "Forty cents more, for the next three minutes"

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 3:
[A#] Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's hurrying, she's catching the nine o'clock [F] train"
[F] Sylvia's mother says "Take your umbrella, cause Sylvia it's starting to [A#] rain"
And [D#] Sylvia's mother says [A#] "Thank you for calling, and sir [F] won't you call back a-[A#]-gain"
And the [F] operator says "Forty cents more, for the next three minutes"

REPEAT CHORUS:

OUTRO:
Tell her good-[F]-bye, please, tell her good-[F]-bye