F

[Verse]
F                    B
Laura and Tommy were lovers.
   F                  B         
He wanted to give her everything.
Am      B             C               C7           
Flowers, presents, and most of all   a wedding ring.

[Verse]
F                     B              
  He saw a sign for a stock-car race.
F                   B
  A thousand dollar prize it read.
     Am                B
  He couldn't get Laura on the phone,
     C             C7          
  so to her mother Tommy said.

[Chorus]
F                                           Gm       
  Tell Laura, I love her,     tell Laura, I need her.
                F                   Gm              
  Tell Laura, I may be late, I have something to do,
C7            F              
  that cannot wait.

[Verse]
F                         B             
  He drove his car to the racing ground.
F                     B            
  He was the youngest driver there.
    Am                  B
The crowd roared as they started the race.
          C                     C7          
Round the track they drove at a deadly pace.

[Verse]
F                   B                 
  No-one knows what happened that day.
F                  B
  How his car over-turned in flames.
      Am                         B
  But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck,
           C                  C7            
  with his dying breath, they heard him say.

[Chorus]
F                                           Gm       
  Tell Laura, I love her,     tell Laura, I need her.
             F              Gm           
  Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her
C7           F             
  will never die.

[Verse]
F                          B           
  Now in the chapel, where Laura prays,
F                    B
  for her Tommy, who passed away.
       Am                B
It was just for Laura, he lived and died.
  C                          C7           
A-lone in the chapel she can hear him cry.

[Chorus]
F                                          Gm       
  Tell Laura, I love her,    tell Laura, I need her.
             F              Gm           
  Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her
C7           F
  will never die.

[Outro] (Fade Out)
F
  Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her.