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Tell Laura I Love Her chords
Ray Peterson  1960 (Jeff Barry and Ben Raleigh)

Capo III

G (320003@1)G (320003@1)                  CLaura (x32010@1)and Tommy were lovers
   G (320003@1)                     CHe (x32010@1)wanted to give her everything
Em (022000@1)     Am (x02210@1)          D (xx0232@1)            D7Flowers, (xx0212@1)presents, and most of all, a wedding ring

G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)            
He saw a sign for a stock car race
  G (320003@1)             CA (x32010@1)thousand dollar prize it read
Em (022000@1)                  AmHe (x02210@1)couldn't get Laura on the phone
   D (xx0232@1)            D7 (xx0212@1)      (D/D/D/D7)
So to her mother, Tommy said

G (320003@1)       
Tell Laura I love her
             AmTell (x02210@1)Laura I need her
             GTell (320003@1)Laura I may be late
     Am (x02210@1)            D (xx0232@1)          GI've (320003@1)something to do, that cannot wait

G (320003@1)                  CHe (x32010@1)drove his car to the racing grounds
   G (320003@1)              CHe (x32010@1)was the youngest driver there
    Em (022000@1)                  AmThe (x02210@1)crowed roared as they started the race
           D (xx0232@1)                   D7 (xx0212@1)       (D/D/D/D7)
Around the track they drove at a deadly pace

G (320003@1)               CNo (x32010@1)one knows what happened that day
   G (320003@1)             COr (x32010@1)how his car overturned in flames
    Em (022000@1)                        AmBut (x02210@1)as they pulled him from the twisted wreck
         D (xx0232@1)                D7 (xx0212@1)       (D/D/D/D7)
With his dying breath, they heard him say

G (320003@1)       
Tell Laura I love her
             AmTell (x02210@1)Laura I need her
           GTell (320003@1)Laura not to cry
   Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)         GMy (320003@1)love for her  will never die

G (320003@1)                 CNow (x32010@1)in the chapel where Laura prays 
    G (320003@1)                 CFor (x32010@1)her poor Tommy, who passed away
Em (022000@1)                     AmIt (x02210@1)was just for Laura he lived and died
 D (xx0232@1)                        D7 (xx0212@1)        (D/D/D/D7)
Alone in the chapel she can hear him cry

G (320003@1)       
Tell Laura I love her
             AmTell (x02210@1)Laura I need her
           GTell (320003@1)Laura not to cry
   Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)         GMy (320003@1)love for her  will never die

G (320003@1)       
Tell Laura I love her
G (320003@1)       
Tell Laura I love her .. .

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