Tell Laura I Love Her - Ricky Valance

Measure: 4/4 |./. |: Repeat the previous Measure and Chord of 4-counts. INTRO: |A |./. | VERSE 1: A |D Laura and Tommy were lovers. |A |D | He wanted to give her everything. C#m |D |E |E7 | Flowers, presents, and most of all a wedding ring. VERSE 2: A |D | He saw a sign for a stock-car race. A |D A thousand dollar prize it read. |C#m |D He couldn’t get Laura on the phone, |E |E7 | so to her mother Tommy said.

CHORUS: A |./. |./. |Bm | Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her. ./. |A |Bm | Tell Laura, I may be late, I have something to do, E7 |A |./. | that cannot wait. VERSE 3: A |D | He drove his car to the racing ground. A |D | He was the youngest driver there. |C#m |D The crowd roared as they started the race. |E |E7 | Round the track they drove at a deadly pace. VERSE 4: A |D | No-one knows what happened that day. A |D How his car over-turned in flames. |C#m |D But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck, |E |E7 | with his dying breath, they heard him say. CHORUS: A |./. |./. |Bm | Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her. ./. |A |Bm | Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her E7 |A |./. | will never die. VERSE 5: A |D | Now in the chapel, where Laura prays, A |D for her Tommy, who passed away. |C#m |D It was just for Laura, he lived and died. |E |E7 | A-lone in the chapel she can hear him cry. CHORUS: A |./. |./. |Bm | Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her. ./. |A |Bm | Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her E7 |A |./. | will never die. OUTRO (Fade Out): A |./. |./. |./. | Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her.