G             C
   Laura and Tommy were lovers,
G                C
He wanted to give her everything,
   Em      Am      D       D7
Flowers, presents, and most of all a wedding-ring.

G               C
   He saw a sign for a stock-car race,
G              C
   A thousand dollar prize it read.
Em                 Am
   He couldn` t get Laura on the phone,
  D        D7
So to her mother Tommy said:


G                    Em            Am
    Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her,
G            Am               D
    Tell Laura, I may be late, I`ve got something to do
       G
That cannot wait.


G                   C
    He drove his car to the racing ground,
G               C
    He was the youngest driver there.
Em                Am
    The crowd roared as they started the race,
D                  D7
Round the track they drove at a deadly pace.

G              C
    No-one knows what happened that day,
G             C
    How his car overturned in flames.
Em                        Am
    But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck,
     D          D7
With his dying breath they heard him say:


G                    Em            Am
    Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her,
G          Am               D
    Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her
        G
Will never die.


G               C
    Now in the chapel Laura prays,
G            C
    For her Tommy who passed away,
Em                   Am
    It was just for Laura he lived and died,
  D                D7
Alone in the chapel she can hear him cry.

G                    Em            Am
    Tell Laura, I love her, tell Laura, I need her,
G          Am               D
    Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her
        G
Will never die.