A5 E5 Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the phone A5 Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's tryin' to start a new life of her own D5 A5 E5 A5 Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's happy so why don't you leave her alone E5 And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes D5 A5 Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her, E5 A5 I'll only keep her a while D5 A5 E5 Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye A5 E5 Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packin' she's gonna be leavin' today A5 Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marryin' a fella down Galveston way D5 A5 E5 A5 Sylvia's mother says please don't say nothin' to make her start cryin' and stay E5 And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes D5 A5 Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her, E5 A5 I'll only keep her a while D5 A5 E5 Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye A5 E5 Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurryin' she's catchin' the nine o'clock train A5 Sylvia's mother says take your umbrella cause Sylvie, it's startin' to rain D5 A5 E5 A5 And Sylvia's mother says thank you for callin' and sir won't you call back again E5 And the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes D5 A5 Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her, E5 A5 I'll only keep her a while D5 A5 E5 Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell her goodbye D5 E5 Tell her goodbye... D5 E5 Please... tell her goodbye..
