Sylvias Mother
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
Tab
5 5 -5 5 -4 4 5 5 -5 5 -4
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy
4 5 5 4 5 -5 6 -4
too busy to come to the phone
-5 -5 5 -5 5 -4 -5 -5 5 -5 5
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's tryin'
-4 -5 -5 -5 6 6 -5 5
to start a new life of her own
-6 -6 6 -6 6 -5 6 6 -5 6 -5
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's happy
4 -4 -4 4 -6 6 -6 5
so why don't you leave her alone
chorus
4 4 -4 4 -4 4 -4 -4 -4 4 -4
And the operator says Fourty cents more
4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4
for the next three minutes
5 -5 6 6 6 6 -5 5 -5 -5 5 -5 5 -4
Please, Missus Avery, I just gotta talk to her
4 -4-4 -6 6 -6 5
I only keep her a while
-6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 6 6 6 -5 6 -5 5 -6
Please, Missus Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye
5 5 -5 5 -4 4 5 5 -5 5 -4
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's packin'
4 5 5 4 5 -5 6 -4
she's gonna be leavin' today
-5 -5 5 -5 5 -4 -5 -5 5 -5 5
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's marryin
-4 -5 -5 -5 6 6 -5 5
a fellow down Galveston way
-6 -6 6 -6 6 -5 6 6 -5 6 -5
Sylvia's mother says Please don't say nothin
4 -4 -4 4 -6 6 -6 5
to make her start cryin' and stay
chorus
5 5 -5 5 -4 4 5 5 -5 5 -4
Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's hurryin'
4 5 5 4 5 -5 6 -6
she's catchin' the nine o'clock train
-5 -5 5 -5 5 -4 -5 -5 5 -5 5
Sylvia's mother says: Take your umbrella
-4 -5 -5 -5 6 6 -5 5
'cause Sylvie, it's startin' to rain
4 -6 -6 6 -6 6 -5 6 6 -5 6 -5
And Sylvia's mother says Thank you for callin'
4 -4 -4 4 -6 6 -6 5
and Sir, won't you call back again
chorus
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound
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