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Sylvia


(G. Stephens - L. Reed)


RCA studio session - June 4-8, 1970 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville

 June 8, 6-9 pm, 10 pm-1 am, 1:30-4:30 am

ZPA4 1627-08


Overdub sessions for RCA - June 9, 1970 - RCA's Studio A - Nashville

 ZPA4 1627-08


Overdub sessions for RCA - June 22, 1970 - RCA's Studio A - Nashville

 ZPA4 1627-08


Overdub sessions for RCA - July 20, 1970 - RCA's Studio A - Nashville

 ZPA4 1627-08


Overdub sessions for RCA - July 22, 1970 - RCA's Studio A - Nashville

 ZPA4 1627-08
January 1972 LP RCA LSP 4671 Elvis Now
Outtakes:
Takes 1 (fs), 2 (fs, 3 (fs, 4 (fs and 9: August 11 2008 CD FTD 88697 29701-2 Love Letters From Elvis
Take 9: July 23, 2002 CD FTD 74321 95046-2 The Nashville Marathon





These long lonely evenings
Here I am on the phone
Wondering if she will call
She said she would write me
'Cause she knows I'm alone
But I hear nothing at all


I'm waiting for a word of love from Sylvia.
You think she'd never heard of love my Sylvia,
But when I'm with her Lord, I forgive her
'Cause she's more than the whole world to me
There's nothing like a word of love from Sylvia
The only one I'm thinking of is Sylvia
Feeling so sad now, I'll be so glad now
If I just had my Sylvia with me


That old weepin' willow
Seems to whisper her name
Why did she go away
The tears on my pillow
They're not hard to explain
There's nothing else I can say


I'm waiting for a word of love from Sylvia.
You think she'd never heard of love my Sylvia,
But when I'm with her Lord, I forgive her
'Cause she's more than the whole world to me
There's nothing in the world like Sylvia
The only one I'm thinking of is Sylvia
Feeling so sad now, I'll be so glad now
If I just had my Sylvia with me 





Standard tuning.

    Intro:  C   Bb   Am   F

          Bb
    These long lonely evenings
           Eb        G
    Here I am on the phone
  Cm               F        Bb
    Wondering when she will call
        Bb
    She said she would write me
           Eb            G
    'Cause she knows I’m alone
  Cm                      F
    But I hear nothing at all

        Bb                              A7       D
    I'm waiting for a word of love from Sylvia.
        Gm                Bb               Fm         Bb
    You think she'd never heard of love my Sylvia,
  Eb                     Dm          G
    But when I’m with her Lord, I forgive her
                 Cm
    'Cause she's more than the whole world to me
            Bb                               A7       D
    There's nothing like a word of love from Sylvia
        Gm           Bb             Fm         Bb
    The only one I’m thinking of is Sylvia
  Eb                  Dm           G
    Feeling so sad now, I'll be so glad now
         Cm          F           Bb
    If I just had my Sylvia with me

         Bb
    That old weepin' willow
             Eb          G
    Seems to whisper her name
  Cm            F   Bb
    Why did she go away
        Bb
    The tears on my pillow
                Eb        G
    They're not hard to explain
  Cm                           F
    There's nothing else I can say

        Bb                              A7       D
    I'm waiting for a word of love from Sylvia.
        Gm                Bb               Fm         Bb
    You think she'd never heard of love my Sylvia,
  Eb                     Dm          G
    But when I’m with her Lord, I forgive her
                 Cm
    'Cause she's more than the whole world to me
            Bb                               A7       D
    There's nothing like a word of love from Sylvia
        Gm           Bb             Fm         Bb
    The only one I’m thinking of is Sylvia
  Eb                  Dm           G
    Feeling so sad now, I'll be so glad now
         Cm          F           Bb
    If I just had my Sylvia with me