Intro -x2-: A D A A E Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the phone A Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's tryin' to start a new life of her own D A E A Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's happy so why don't you leave her alone E And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes D A Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her, E A I'll only keep her a while D A E Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye A E Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packin' she's gonna be leavin' today A Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marryin' a fella down Galveston way D A E A Sylvia's mother says please don't say nothin' to make her start cryin' and stay E And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes D A Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her, E A I'll only keep her a while D A E Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye A E Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurryin' she's catchin' the nine o'clock train A Sylvia's mother says take your umbrella cause Sylvie, it's startin' to rain D A E A And Sylvia's mother says thank you for callin' and sir won't you call back again E And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes D A Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her, E A I'll only keep her a while D A E Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye D E Tell her goodbye... D E Please... tell her goodbye..
