Guitar Tabs " Sylvias Mother " - Dr Hook Tabs

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# Here's another great Dr. Hook song which I thought was missing here.
# I got it from the '*.pro' - song base
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# http://www.nada.kth.se:80/~f91-jsc/guitar  (<- that's where the credit goes...)
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# (quite an interesting site since it is not an exact mirror of this place) 
# and took the freedom to upload it here. 
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# Wolf Krueger  (wolf.krueger@dlr.de)

{t:Sylvia's Mother}
{st:Dr.Hook}

[A]Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the p[E]hone
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying, to start a new life of her [A]own.
[D]Sylvia's mother says S[A]ylvia's happy...
So w[E]hy don't you leave her a[A]lone?
And the [E]operator says :" Fourty cents more, for the next three minutes."

{c:chorus}
{soc}
        Ple[D]ase Mrs. Adria, I've j[A]ust got to talk to her
        [E]I'll only keep her a wh[A]ile
        [D]Please Mrs. Adria, just w[A]ant to tell her
        Goodb[E]ye...
{eoc}

[A]Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packing, she's goin' to be leaving tod[E]ay.
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marrying, a fellow down Galveston-W[A]ay
[D]Sylvia's mother says "P[A]lease don't say nothing...
To m[E]ake her start crying and[A] stay."
And the [E]operator says :" Fourty cents more, for the next three minutes."

{c:chorus}

[A]Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurrying, she's catching the nine'o'clock t[E]rain.
Sylvia's mother says:"Take your umbrella, cause Sylvia it's starting to r[A]ain."
And [D]Sylvia's mother says "T[A]hank you for calling...
And so [E]won't you come back agai[A]n."
And the [E]operator says :" Fourty cents more, for the next three minutes."

{c:chorus}
Tell her goodbye
Please, tell her goodbye
Goodbye......

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