Lee Dickey - Laurie guitar tab

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