A#/Bb	D#/Eb	Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_133211@1">F	Cm--6------(6)----5------(8)------3---| (x3101x@1)--6-------8-----6------10-------4---|
--7-------8-----7------10-------5---|
--8-------8-----7------10-------5---|
--8-------6-----5-------8-------3---|
--6---------------------------------|
You can play the chords elsewhere if you like. This is just the way I do it.





A#/Bb                           D#/Eb
     Laura and Tommy were lovers

                      D#/Eb
He wanted to give her everything

       Dm (xx0231@1)    D#/Eb            F (133211@1)     FFlowers, (133211@1)presents, and most of all a wedding ring




A#/Bb               D#/Eb
He saw a sign for a stock car race

A#/Bb             D#/Eb
A thousand dollar prize, it read

Dm (xx0231@1)                  D#/Eb   
He couldn't get Laura on the phone,

   F (133211@1)           FSo (133211@1)to her mother Tommy said, 




A#/Bb
Tell Laura i love her

A#/Bb        CmTell (x3101x@1)Laura i need her

Cm (x3101x@1)         A#/Bb
Tell Laura I may be late
          
D#/Eb
I've something to do... that cannot wait




A#/Bb                   D#/Eb
He drove his car to the racing ground

A#/Bb               D#/Eb
He was the youngest driver there

        Dm (xx0231@1)                 D#/Eb   
And the crowd roared as they started the race

           F (133211@1)                    F'Round (133211@1)the track, they drove at a deadly pace




A#/Bb             D#/Eb
No one knows what happened that day

A#/Bb           D#/Eb
How his car overturned in flames

     Dm (xx0231@1)                       D#/Eb 
But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck

           F (133211@1)              FWith (133211@1)his dying breath, they heard him say




A#/Bb
Tell Laura i love her

A#/Bb        CmTell (x3101x@1)Laura i need her

Cm (x3101x@1)       A#/Bb
Tell Laura not to cry
          
D#/Eb
My love for her will never die




A#/Bb             D#/Eb
And in the chapel where Laura prays

A#/Bb             D#/Eb
For her Tommy who passed away

        Dm (xx0231@1)                 D#/Eb   
It was just for Laura, he lived and died

F (133211@1)                          FAlone (133211@1)in the chapel she can hear him cry




A#/Bb
Tell Laura i love her

A#/Bb        CmTell (x3101x@1)Laura i need her

Cm (x3101x@1)       A#/Bb
Tell Laura not to cry
          
D#/Eb
My love for her will never die