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: