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)

FF Piano Chord 
         BbBb Piano Chord 
        FF Piano Chord 

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

Verse 1:

FF Piano Chord 
 [2,3: F/C]F/C] Piano Chord 
     Bm7-5Bm7-5 Piano Chord 
        Bb/CBb/C Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 

Last night at the dance I met Laurie
FF Piano Chord 
         AmAm Piano Chord 
      BbBb Piano Chord 
         Bb/CBb/C Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

So lovely and warm, an angel of a girl
FF Piano Chord 
               F7F7 Piano Chord 
        BbBb Piano Chord 
      BbmBbm Piano Chord 

Last night I fell in love with Laurie
F/CF/C Piano Chord 
           DmDm Piano Chord 
             Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
   Bb/CBb/C Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

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/CF/C Piano Chord 
       DmDm Piano Chord 
      Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
    FF Piano Chord 
    F7F7 Piano Chord 

And said that she was very, very cold

Bridge:

BbBb Piano Chord 
                         FF Piano Chord 

I kissed her goodnight at her door and started home
BbBb Piano Chord 
                          FF Piano Chord 
                 F7F7 Piano Chord 

Then thought about my sweater and went right back instead
BbBb Piano Chord 
                       FF Piano Chord 
     DmDm Piano Chord 

I knocked at her door and a man appeared
G7G7 Piano Chord 
                           Bb/CBb/C Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 

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/CF/C Piano Chord 
     DmDm Piano Chord 
       GmGm Piano Chord 
    AmAm Piano Chord 
   D7D7 Piano Chord 

She died a year ago today

[key change to G]

Verse 4:

GG Piano Chord 
         C#m7-5C#m7-5 Piano Chord 
           C/DC/D Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 

A strange force drew me to the graveyard
GG Piano Chord 
           BmBm Piano Chord 
      CC Piano Chord 
              C/DC/D Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 

I stood in the dark, I saw the shadows wave
GG Piano Chord 
                G7G7 Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
      Cm/Eb
And then I looked and saw my sweater
G/DG/D Piano Chord 
     CC Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 
    G7G7 Piano Chord 

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