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

INTRO: [F#] [F#]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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