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Lau ra and Tom my were (Eb)lov ers;
he (Bb)want ed to give her (Eb)ev ’ry thing:
(Dm)Flow ers,
(Eb)pres ents,
and (F)most of all, a wed ding ring!
He saw a sign for a (Eb)stock car race;
a thou sand dol lar (Eb)prize, it read.
He (Dm)could n't get Lau ra (Eb)on the phone, so (F)to her moth er Tom my said:
“Tell Lau ra I love her!
Tell Lau ra I (Cm)need her!
Tell Lau ra I (Bb)may be late, I’ve (Eb6)some thing to do
that (F7)can not (Bb)wait.”
He drove his car to the (Eb)rac ing grounds;
he was the young est (Eb)driv er there.
The crowd roared as they (Eb)start ed the race; ’round the (F)track they drove at a dead ly pace!
No one knows what (Eb)hap pened that day,
how his car o ver (Eb)turned in flames, but (Dm)as they pulled him from the (Eb)twist ed wreck, with his (F)dy ing breath, they heard him say:
“Tell Lau ra I love her!
Tell Lau ra I (Cm)need her!
Tell Lau ra (Bb)not to cry, my (Eb6)love for her
will (F7)nev er (Bb)die!”
Now, in the chap el (Eb)Lau ra prays
for her Tom my who (Eb)passed a way.
It was (Dm)just for Lau ra he (Eb)lived and died; a (F)lone in the chap el she can hear him cry:
This page shows “Tell Laura I Love Her” by Ray Peterson in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Eb at 120 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.