Tell Laura I Love Her chords by Ricky Valance

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Measure: 4/4

|./. |: Repeat the previous Measure and Chord of 4-counts.

INTRO: |A augmentedA  |./.  |

VERSE 1:

A augmentedA          |D MajorD
Laura and Tommy were lovers.
 |A augmentedA         |D MajorD     |
He wanted to give her everything.
C# minorC#m   |D MajorD      |E MajorE       |E7E7     |
Flowers, presents, and most of all  a wedding ring.

VERSE 2:

A augmentedA          |D MajorD       |
 He saw a sign for a stock-car race.
A augmentedA         |D MajorD
 A augmentedA thousand dollar prize it read.
 |C# minorC#m        |D MajorD
He couldn’t get Laura on the phone,
 |E MajorE      |E7E7     |
so to her mother Tommy said.

CHORUS:

A augmentedA       |./.   |./.       |B minorBm   |
 Tell Laura, I love her,   tell Laura, I need her.
./.       |A augmentedA         |B minorBm       |
  Tell Laura, I may be late, I have something to do,
E7E7      |A augmentedA   |./.  |
  that cannot wait.

VERSE 3:

A augmentedA            |D MajorD      |
 He drove his car to the racing ground.
A augmentedA          |D MajorD      |
 He was the youngest driver there.
  |C# minorC#m         |D MajorD
The crowd roared as they started the race.
     |E MajorE          |E7E7     |
Round the track they drove at a deadly pace.

VERSE 4:

A augmentedA         |D MajorD        |
 No-one knows what happened that day.
A augmentedA         |D MajorD
 How his car over-turned in flames.
  |C# minorC#m            |D MajorD
But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck,
    |E MajorE         |E7E7      |
with his dying breath, they heard him say.

CHORUS:

A augmentedA       |./.   |./.       |B minorBm   |
 Tell Laura, I love her,   tell Laura, I need her.
./.      |A augmentedA       |B minorBm     |
  Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her
E7E7      |A augmentedA   |./.  |
  will never die.

VERSE 5:

A augmentedA             |D MajorD     |
 Now in the chapel, where Laura prays,
A augmentedA          |D MajorD
 for her Tommy, who passed away.
   |C# minorC#m        |D MajorD
It was just for Laura, he lived and died.
 |E MajorE             |E7E7     |
A-lone in the chapel she can hear him cry.

CHORUS:

A augmentedA       |./.   |./.       |B minorBm   |
 Tell Laura, I love her,  tell Laura, I need her.
./.      |A augmentedA       |B minorBm     |
  Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her
E7E7      |A augmentedA   |./.  |
  will never die.

OUTRO (Fade Out):

A augmentedA       |./.   |./.       |./.   |
 Tell Laura, I love her,  tell Laura, I need her.