Tell Laura I Love Her Chords by Ray Peterson

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_ _ _ _ Laura and Tommy were [Eb] lovers, _ he [Bb] wanted to give her [Eb] everything
_ _ [Dm] Flowers, _ presents, [Eb] _
and most of [F] all, a wedding ring
_ [Bb] He saw a [Eb] sign for a stock car race, [Bb] a thousand dollar [Eb] prize it read
_ [Dm] He couldn't get Laura [Eb] on the phone, [F] so to her mother, Tommy said
[Bb] _ Tell Laura I love her, _ _ tell Laura [Cm] I need her
Tell Laura [Bb] I may be late, [Eb] I've something to do
That [F] cannot [Bb] _ wait _ _ _ _
_ He drove his car to [Eb] the racing ground, _ [Bb] _ he was the youngest [Eb] driver there
[Dm] The crowd roared [Eb] as they started the race, round [F] the track they drove at a deadly pace
_ [Bb] No one knows [Eb] what happened that day, _ [Bb] how his car [Eb] overturned in flames
[Dm] But as they pulled him from [Eb] the twisted wreck, with [F] his dying breath, they heard him say
_ [Bb] _ Tell Laura, _ _ _ _ _ tell Laura [Cm] I need her
_ _ Tell Laura [Bb] not to cry, [Eb] my love for her _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ died _ _ _ _
_ _ Now in the [Eb] chapel, while Laura [Bb] prays, for her Tommy [Eb] who passed away
[Dm] It was just for Laura, [Eb] he lived and died, [F] alone in the chapel she can hear him cry
[Bb] _ Tell Laura I _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ need her
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