Tell Laura I Love Her

TELL LAURA I LOVE HER Barry & Raleigh Ray Peterson G C G ||: ~ ^Lau ra ^and Tommy yy | were lovers ss ss | ~ ^He wanted to^give her | ||: ~ ^He drove^his car to^the | ^rac ing ^grounds ss ss | ~ ^He was^the youngest tt | C Bm C | every thing gg gg | ~ ^Flo wers ss ss | ~ ^pre sents ss ss | | driver there ee ee | ~ ^The crowd roared as^they | started the race round^the | D | And most^of all ll | a wedding ring gg | | track they^drove ee at^a | deadly pace ee ee | G C G | ~ ^He saw^a sign nn | for^a stock^car race ee | ~ ^A thousand dollar rr | | / No^one knows what | happened that^day yy yy | / How^his car over | C Bm C | prize it read dd | ~ ^He couldn’t get Laura | on the phone ee | | turned in^flames ss But | as they pulled^him from^the | twisted wreck kk with^his | D | So to^her mother rr | Tommy said dd dd | | dying breath hh they | heard him^say yy yy | G Am 1. | / Tell Laura I | love her rr rr | / Tell Laura I | need her rr rr | 2. | / Tell Laura I | love her rr rr | / Tell Laura I | need her rr rr | G C6 D7 | / Tell Laura I | may be^late ee e^Ive | something to do oo.| oo that can not | | / Tell Lau ra | not to^cry yy y^My | love for her rr.| rr will nev er | G | wait tt tt tt.| tt tt tt / :|| | die ee ee ee.| ee ee ee / | G C G | Now in the chapel | where Laura prays | For her Tommy yy | C Bm C | who’d passed away | It was just for Laura | he’d lived and died | D | Alone in the chapel | she can hear him cry | to 2nd CHORUS and finish