Tell Laura I Love Her by Ray Peterson chord (text):

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1. Laura and Tommy were lovers,    
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    he wanted to give her everything, 
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    flowers, presents, and most of all a wedding-ring. 
 
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2.    He saw a sign for a stock-car race,    
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    a thousand dollar prize it read. 
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    He couldn` t get Laura on the phone, 
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    so to her mother Tommy said. 
 
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    Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her, 
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    tell Laura, I may be late, I`ve got something to do, 
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    that cannot wait. 
 
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3.    He drove his car to the racing ground, 
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    he was the youngest driver there. 
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    The crowd roared as they started the race, 
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    round the track they drove at a deadly pace. 
 
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4.   No-one knows what happened that day, 
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    how his car overturned in flames. 
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    But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck, 
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    with his dying breath they heard him say. 
 
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    Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her,  
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tell Laura not to cry, my love for her    will never die. 
 
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5.   Now in the chapel Laura prays,     
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    for her Tommy who passed away, 
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    it was just for Laura he lived and died, 
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    alone in the chapel she can hear him cry.   + Hhorus 
 
  
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