Key: B
Introduction: D C Bm A
Bb Bb7
These long lonely evenings
Eb G7
Here I am on the phone
Cm F7 Bb
Wondering when she will call
Bb7
She said she would write me
Eb G7
Cause she knows I'm alone
Cm C7 F7
But I hear nothing at all
Bb Am D7
I'm waiting for a word of love from Sylvia
Gm Gm7 Fm Bb7
You think she'd never heard of love my Sylvia
Eb F Dm G7
But when I'm with her Lord, I forgive her
Cm C7 Cm F7
Cause she's more than the whole world to me
Bb Am D7
There's nothing like a word of love from Sylvia
Gm Gm7 Fm Bb7
The only one I'm thinking of is Sylvia
Eb F Dm G7
Feeling so sad now, I'll be so glad now
Cm F7 Bb F#7
If I just had my Sylvia with me
B B7
That old weepin' willow
E G#7
Seems to whisper her name
C#m F#7 B
Why did she go away
B7
The tears on my pillow
G#7
They're not hard to explain
C#m C#7 C#m F#7
There's nothing else I can say
B A#m7 D#7
I'm waiting for a word of love from Sylvia
G#m F#m B
You think she'd never heard of love my Sylvia,
E F#/E D#m G#7
But when I'm with her Lord, I forgive her
C#m C#7 C#m F#7
Cause she's more than the whole world to me
B A#m7 D#7
There's nothing like a word of love from Sylvia
G#m G#m7 F#m B7
The only one I'm thinking of is Sylvia
E F#/E D#m G#7
Feeling so sad now, I'll be so glad now
C#m F#7 B
If I just had my Sylvia with me