INTRO: [C] [C]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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