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OK, I had *sworn* that I wasn't going to submit this weeper to Andrew's
Ace Archives even as a joke (should I wait for April Fool's Day or
Halloween?) - but no sooner had I acquired a copy on the COLLECTOR'S
ESSENTIALS: THE '60S comp than it was mentioned in Rev. Billy C. Wirtz's
'Backside' column ('During the early Sixties Dickie Lee was the king of
the splatter platter') in the 3/97 issue of _Musician_ magazine.  (Fer
chrissakes, the lyrics are even *quoted in full* in Brunvand's _The Mexican
Pet_!)  This kozmic konfluence of events convinced me of the error of my
ways:

                    "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)"
                         (Milton C. Addington)

Intro:

	(RMI or Baldwin electric harpsichord; band enters 3rd bar)

	F (133211@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

Verse 1:

	 F[2,3: (133211@1)F/C]     Bm7-5        Bb/C    C (x32010@1)Last night at the dance I met Laurie
	     F (133211@1)       Am (x02210@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)       Bb/C  C (x32010@1)So lovely and warm, an angel of agirl (x02210@1)	      F (133211@1)             F7 (131241@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)    Bbm (x13321@1)Last night I fell in love with Laurie
	  F/C (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)           Gm7   Bb/C  C (x32010@1)Strange things happen in this world

Verse 2:

	As I walked her home she said it was her birthday
	I pulled her close and said, "will I see you anymore"
	Then suddenly she asked for my sweater
	    F/C (133211@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)    Gm7    C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)  F7 (131241@1)And said that she was very, very cold

Bridge:

	    Bb (x1333x@1)                       F (133211@1)I kissed her goodnight at her door and started home
	       Bb (x1333x@1)                        F (133211@1)               F7 (131241@1)Then thought about my sweater and went right back instead
	    Bb (x1333x@1)                     F (133211@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)I knocked at her door and aman (x02210@1)appeared
	G7 (320001@1)                         Bb/C   C (x32010@1)I told why I'd come, then he said

Verse 3:

	You're wrong, son, you weren't with my daughter
	How can you be so cruel to come to me this way
	My Laurie left this world on her birthday
	    F/C (133211@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)     Gm (355333@1)  Am (x02210@1) D7 (xx0212@1)She died ayear (x02210@1)ago today

[key change to G]

Verse 4:

	     G (320003@1)       C#m7-5           C/D (x5555x@1)     D (xx0232@1)Astrange (x02220@1)force drew me to the graveyard
	    G (320003@1)         Bm (x24432@1)    C (x32010@1)            C/D (x5555x@1) D (xx0232@1)I stood in the dark, I saw the shadows wave
	     G (320003@1)              G7 (320001@1)     C (x32010@1)    Cm/Eb
	And then I looked and saw my sweater
	G/D (4x3121@7)   C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)  G7 (320001@1)Lying there upon her grave

Coda:

	   C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)    C[N.C.] (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)Strange things happen in this...  world


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers