Tablature laurie - Dickey Lee

          



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  OK, I had *sworn* that I wasn't going to submit this weeper to Andrew's

  Ace Archives even as a joke (should I wait for April Fool's Day or

  Halloween?) - but no sooner had I acquired a copy on the COLLECTOR'S

  ESSENTIALS: THE '60S comp than it was mentioned in Rev. Billy C. Wirtz's

  'Backside' column ('During the early Sixties Dickie Lee was the king of

  the splatter platter') in the 3/97 issue of _Musician_ magazine.  (Fer

  chrissakes, the lyrics are even *quoted in full* in Brunvand's _The Mexican

  Pet_!)  This kozmic konfluence of events convinced me of the error of my

  ways:

  

                      "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)"

                           (Milton C. Addington)

  

  Intro:

  

  	(RMI or Baldwin electric harpsichord; band enters 3rd bar)

  

  	F         Bb        F

  	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

  

  Verse 1:

  

  	 F [2,3: F/C]     Bm7-5        Bb/C    C

  	Last night at the dance I met Laurie

  	     F         Am      Bb         Bb/C  C

  	So lovely and warm, an angel of a girl

  	      F               F7        Bb      Bbm

  	Last night I fell in love with Laurie

  	  F/C           Dm             Gm7   Bb/C  C 

  	Strange things happen in this world

  

  Verse 2:

  

  	As I walked her home she said it was her birthday

  	I pulled her close and said, "will I see you anymore"

  	Then suddenly she asked for my sweater

  	    F/C       Dm      Gm7    C    F    F7

  	And said that she was very, very cold

  

  Bridge:

  

  	    Bb                         F

  	I kissed her goodnight at her door and started home

  	       Bb                          F                 F7

  	Then thought about my sweater and went right back instead

  	    Bb                       F     Dm

  	I knocked at her door and a man appeared

  	G7                           Bb/C   C

  	I told why I'd come, then he said

  

  Verse 3:

  

  	You're wrong, son, you weren't with my daughter

  	How can you be so cruel to come to me this way

  	My Laurie left this world on her birthday

  	    F/C     Dm       Gm    Am   D7

  	She died a year ago today

  

  [key change to G]

  

  Verse 4:

  

  	     G         C#m7-5           C/D       D

  	A strange force drew me to the graveyard

  	    G           Bm      C              C/D   D 

  	I stood in the dark, I saw the shadows wave

  	     G                G7       C      Cm/Eb

  	And then I looked and saw my sweater

  	G/D     C              G    G7  

  	Lying there upon her grave

  

  Coda:

  

  	   C            D      C [N.C.]     G 

  	Strange things happen in this...  world

  

  

  -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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