Sylvia Said chords by
John Cale
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Key: C major
Verse 1
C
C

Bb
Bb

C
C

Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

C
C

F
F

I wish I could sail
Dm
Dm

C
C

Bb
Bb

in a big black boat
F
F

C
C

With a big white sail over me
F
F

C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

And once in the while
C
C

Bb
Bb

I'd pull into port
F
F

Drink some wine with a girl
C
C

Verse 2
Bb
Bb

F
F

Bb
Bb

But Sylvia said,
F
F

Bb
Bb

"Come to bed.
F
F

Gm
Gm

It's so good
C
C

F
F

To have you here."
C
C

Dm
Dm

C
C

Verse 3
F
F

C
C

Dm
Dm

Some time ago
C
C

Bb
Bb

When time passed so slow
F
F

C
C

Too weak to know where to go
F
F

C
C

Dm
Dm

But now thinking back
C
C

Bb
Bb

On what strikes me the most
F
F

C
C

Is I'd made up my mind long before
Verse 4
Gm
Gm

Bb
Bb

F
F

Bb
Bb

And Sylvia said,
F
F

Bb
Bb

"Come to bed.
F
F

Gm
Gm

C
C

It's so good
F
F

To have you here."
Interlude 1
C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

C
C

Bb
Bb

F
F

C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

C
C

Bb
Bb

F
F

C
C

Bb
Bb

F
F

Bb
Bb

F
F

Bb
Bb

F
F

Gm
Gm

C
C

F
F

C
C

Dm
Dm

C
C

F
F

Verse 5
C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

So I'll cope with you
C
C

Bb
Bb

Don't cope at all
F
F

C
C

Bb
Bb

F
F

So let's leave it all to the chef
C
C

Dm
Dm

Please send my regrets
C
C

Bb
Bb

In case I forget
F
F

C
C

To P.O. Box "Nobody Home"
Verse 6
Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

Bb
Bb

So Sylvia said,
F
F

Bb
Bb

"Come to bed.
F
F

Gm
Gm

It's so good
C
C

F
F

To have you here."
Outro 1
"1071
F
F

Dm
Dm

C
C

Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

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