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

E
E

F#
F#

E
E

F#
F#

B
B

F#
F#

B
B

I wish I could sail
G#m
G#m

F#
F#

E
E

in a big black boat
B
B

F#
F#

With a big white sail over me
B
B

F#
F#

B
B

G#m
G#m

And once in the while
F#
F#

E
E

I'd pull into port
B
B

Drink some wine with a girl
F#
F#

Verse 2
E
E

B
B

E
E

But Sylvia said,
B
B

E
E

"Come to bed.
B
B

C#m
C#m

It's so good
F#
F#

B
B

To have you here."
F#
F#

G#m
G#m

F#
F#

Verse 3
B
B

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

Some time ago
F#
F#

E
E

When time passed so slow
B
B

F#
F#

Too weak to know where to go
B
B

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

But now thinking back
F#
F#

E
E

On what strikes me the most
B
B

F#
F#

Is I'd made up my mind long before
Verse 4
C#m
C#m

E
E

B
B

E
E

And Sylvia said,
B
B

E
E

"Come to bed.
B
B

C#m
C#m

F#
F#

It's so good
B
B

To have you here."
Interlude 1
F#
F#

B
B

G#m
G#m

E
E

F#
F#

E
E

B
B

F#
F#

B
B

G#m
G#m

F#
F#

E
E

B
B

F#
F#

E
E

B
B

E
E

B
B

E
E

B
B

C#m
C#m

F#
F#

B
B

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

F#
F#

B
B

Verse 5
F#
F#

B
B

G#m
G#m

So I'll cope with you
F#
F#

E
E

Don't cope at all
B
B

F#
F#

E
E

B
B

So let's leave it all to the chef
F#
F#

G#m
G#m

Please send my regrets
F#
F#

E
E

In case I forget
B
B

F#
F#

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

F#
F#

B
B

E
E

So Sylvia said,
B
B

E
E

"Come to bed.
B
B

C#m
C#m

It's so good
F#
F#

B
B

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

G#m
G#m

F#
F#

E
E

F#
F#

B
B

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ChordsF# E B G#m C#m

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