{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":73999,"song":"Laurie","artist":"Dickey Lee","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11546083-laurie-chords-by-dickey-lee/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/73999?type=chord","rating":4.56115,"votes":3,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\r\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\nOK, I had *sworn* that I wasn't going to submit this weeper to Andrew's\r\nAce Archives even as a joke (should I wait for April Fool's Day or\r\nHalloween?) - but no sooner had I acquired a copy on the COLLECTOR'S\r\nESSENTIALS: THE '60S comp than it was mentioned in Rev. Billy C. Wirtz's\r\n'Backside' column ('During the early Sixties Dickie Lee was the king of\r\nthe splatter platter') in the 3/97 issue of _Musician_ magazine.  (Fer\r\nchrissakes, the lyrics are even *quoted in full* in Brunvand's _The Mexican\r\nPet_!)  This kozmic konfluence of events convinced me of the error of my\r\nways:\r\n\r\n                    \"Laurie (Strange Things Happen)\"\r\n                         (Milton C. Addington)\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n\t(RMI or Baldwin electric harpsichord; band enters 3rd bar)\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\t/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t [ch]F[/ch] [2,3: [ch]F/C[/ch]]     [ch]Bm7[/ch]-5        [ch]Bb[/ch]/[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\tLast night at the dance I met Laurie[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]/[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\tSo lovely and warm, an angel of a girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]F7[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n\tLast night I fell in love with Laurie[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t  [ch]F/C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Gm7[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]/[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\tStrange things happen in this world[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n\tAs I walked her home she said it was her birthday\r\n\tI pulled her close and said, \"will I see you anymore\"\r\n\tThen suddenly she asked for my sweater\r\n[tab]\t    [ch]F/C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Gm7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]F7[/ch]\r\n\tAnd said that she was very, very cold[/tab]\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t    [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\tI kissed her goodnight at her door and started home[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t       [ch]Bb[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]F7[/ch]\r\n\tThen thought about my sweater and went right back instead[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t    [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\tI knocked at her door and a man appeared[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]G7[/ch]                           [ch]Bb[/ch]/[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\tI told why I'd come, then he said[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\n\tYou're wrong, son, you weren't with my daughter\r\n\tHow can you be so cruel to come to me this way\r\n\tMy Laurie left this world on her birthday\r\n[tab]\t    [ch]F/C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n\tShe died a year ago today[/tab]\r\n\r\n[key change to G]\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]-5           [ch]C/D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tA strange force drew me to the graveyard[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tI stood in the dark, I saw the shadows wave[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Cm[/ch]/[ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n\tAnd then I looked and saw my sweater[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]G/D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n\tLying there upon her grave[/tab]\r\n\r\nCoda:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [N.[ch]C[/ch].]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\tStrange things happen in this...  world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\nOK, I had *sworn* that I wasn't going to submit this weeper to Andrew's\nAce Archives even as a joke (should I wait for April Fool's Day or\nHalloween?) - but no sooner had I acquired a copy on the COLLECTOR'S\nESSENTIALS: THE '60S comp than it was mentioned in Rev. Billy C. Wirtz's\n'Backside' column ('During the early Sixties Dickie Lee was the king of\nthe splatter platter') in the 3/97 issue of _Musician_ magazine.  (Fer\nchrissakes, the lyrics are even *quoted in full* in Brunvand's _The Mexican\nPet_!)  This kozmic konfluence of events convinced me of the error of my\nways:\n\n                    \"Laurie (Strange Things Happen)\"\n                         (Milton C. Addington)\n\nIntro:\n\n\t(RMI or Baldwin electric harpsichord; band enters 3rd bar)\n\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\tAs I walked her home she said it was her birthday\n\tI pulled her close and said, \"will I see you anymore\"\n\tThen suddenly she asked for my sweater\n\n\nBridge:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\tYou're wrong, son, you weren't with my daughter\n\tHow can you be so cruel to come to me this way\n\tMy Laurie left this world on her birthday\n\n\n[key change to G]\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCoda:\n\n\n\n\n-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers","chords":["C","F","Bb","F/C","Bm7","Am","F7","Bbm","Dm","Gm7","G7","Gm","D7","G","C#m7","C/D","D","A","Bm","Cm","Eb","G/D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}