Chords for 1965 HITS ARCHIVE: Laurie (Strange Things Happen) - Dickey Lee

[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Last night at [B] the dance I [Bb] met Lori
_ [C] _ _
So [F] _ _ lovely [Am] and warm, [Bb] an angel _ of a [C]
girl
[F] Last night I [Eb] fell in [F] love [Bb] with _ Lori
[Bbm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ Strange [Dm] things happen in [Gm] this _ world
[Bb] _
[C] As _ [F] I walked her home, [Bm] she said it [B] was [Bb] her birthday
_ _ [C] _
I _ [F] pulled her [Am] close and _ said, [Bb] will I see you _ [C]
anymore?
[F] Then suddenly she asked [Bb] for my sweater
[Bbm] _ _
_ [F] And said [Dm] that she [Gm] was [C] very, [F] very cold
I _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ kissed her _ goodnight at her [F] door and started _ home
[Bb] Then thought about my sweater [F] and _ _ neck instead
[Bb] I _ knocked at her door and [F] a man _ [Dm] _
appeared
I [G] told her why I'd come, then he [C] _ _ said _
_ _ [F] _ Oh son, [Bm] you weren't with [C] my daughter _ _
How _ [F] can you be [Am] so cruel _ [Bb] to come to me this [C] way?
[F] My Lori left this world on [Bb] her birthday
_ [Bbm] _ _
_ [F] She _ [Dm] died a year ago [Gm] _ today
_ [Am] _ _
[E] [Am] A [G] _ strange force [A] drew me [Am] to the graveyard
_ _ [D] I _ _ [G] _ scurred in the dark, [C] I saw the shadows [D] wave
[G] And then I looked and saw [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] there upon [G] her grave
_ _ _ [Am]
[B] Strange [C] _ _ _ [G] things happen [C] in _ [G] this world
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _