Biography:
Christopher Cross is an American singer-songwriter originally from Austin, Texas, known as an influential artist in American soft rock music. He has written or co-written all his own songs, with the exception of "Nature's Way" that appears on his 'Window' album. He's most famous for singing the tunes "Arthur's Theme" from the Dudley Moore film 'Arthur', which won him the Academy Award for Best Song in 1981 (alongside co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen), and the iconic yacht rock classic "Sailing".
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This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
THINK OF LAURA – Christopher Cross
A E(/A),A E(9) (/G#) Bm F#m
Hey Laura Laura, hoo
A E(9)(G#) Bm7 F#m
Ev'ry once in a while I'd see her smile
D A
And she'd turn my day around
E(9)(G#) Bm7
A girl with those eyes, could stare through the lies
F#m D E7(sus),E7
And see what your heart was saying.
CHORUS
F#(9) C#(/F#) Eb7(sus) Eb7
Think of Laura but laugh don't cry,
G#m7 C#7(sus) F#(9) C#7(/F#)
I know she'd want it that way (hey)
(/B) (/C#)F#(9) C#(/F#) Eb7(sus) Eb7
When you think of Laura laugh don’t cry,
G#m7 C#7(sus) F#
I know she'd want it that way
A E(9)(/G#) Bm7
A friend of a friend, a friend to the end
F#m D A
That’s the kind of girl she was
E(9)(/G#) Bm7 Bm D E7(sus)E7
Taken so young, taken away without war----ning
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Ebm7 G#m7 C# F# B C# F#
I know you and you're here, in ev'ry day we live
Ebm7 G#m7 C# F#
I know her and well she's here
B F# C#7(sus)
I can feel her when I sing
A E(9)(/G#) Bm7
Hey Laura (Laura) where are you now?
F#m D A
Are you far away from here?
E(9)(/G#) Bm7-F#m
I don't think so I think you’re here
D E7(sus)E7
Taking our tears Away
(REPEAT CHORUS)
C#(/F#)
...hey, hey...
CODA
G#m7 C#7(sus) F#
Well I know, she'd want that way
C#(/F),F#,Ebm7 G#m7 C#7(sus) F#
Hey Laura hey Laura I know she'd want it that way
C#(/F),F#,Ebm7 G#m7 C#7(sus) F#
Hey Laura hey Laura I know she'd want it that way
C# (/F),F#
Hey Laura
A E(/A),A E(9) (/G#) Bm F#m
Hey Laura Laura, hoo
A E(9)(G#) Bm7 F#m
Ev'ry once in a while I'd see her smile
D A
And she'd turn my day around
E(9)(G#) Bm7
A girl with those eyes, could stare through the lies
F#m D E7(sus),E7
And see what your heart was saying.
CHORUS
F#(9) C#(/F#) Eb7(sus) Eb7
Think of Laura but laugh don't cry,
G#m7 C#7(sus) F#(9) C#7(/F#)
I know she'd want it that way (hey)
(/B) (/C#)F#(9) C#(/F#) Eb7(sus) Eb7
When you think of Laura laugh don’t cry,
G#m7 C#7(sus) F#
I know she'd want it that way
A E(9)(/G#) Bm7
A friend of a friend, a friend to the end
F#m D A
That’s the kind of girl she was
E(9)(/G#) Bm7 Bm D E7(sus)E7
Taken so young, taken away without war----ning
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Ebm7 G#m7 C# F# B C# F#
I know you and you're here, in ev'ry day we live
Ebm7 G#m7 C# F#
I know her and well she's here
B F# C#7(sus)
I can feel her when I sing
A E(9)(/G#) Bm7
Hey Laura (Laura) where are you now?
F#m D A
Are you far away from here?
E(9)(/G#) Bm7-F#m
I don't think so I think you’re here
D E7(sus)E7
Taking our tears Away
(REPEAT CHORUS)
C#(/F#)
...hey, hey...
CODA
G#m7 C#7(sus) F#
Well I know, she'd want that way
C#(/F),F#,Ebm7 G#m7 C#7(sus) F#
Hey Laura hey Laura I know she'd want it that way
C#(/F),F#,Ebm7 G#m7 C#7(sus) F#
Hey Laura hey Laura I know she'd want it that way
C# (/F),F#
Hey Laura
