Billy Joel - Laura: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Laura" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
 A# Gm7 Laura calls me in the middle of the night C7 D#7 Passes on her painful information A# A#/A Then these careless fingers, Gm7 they get caught in her vice C7 F#7 Til they're bleeding on my coffee table Chorus: B7 F7 Gm Living alone isn't all that it's cracked up to be F#7 Oh whoa whoa B7 F7 Gm I'm on her side, why does she push the poison on me? F#7 B A# Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa Laura has a very hard time All her life has Been one long disaster Then she tells me She suddenly believes She's seen a very good sign She'll be taking Some aggressive action Chorus: I fight her wars while she's slamming her doors in my face Oh, oh, oh Failure to break was the only mistake that she made Oh, oh, oh, oh C# D#7 Here I am feeling like a fucking fool F#m6/A G# C# C#6 C#+ Do I react the way exactly she intends me to? C# C#/F Every time I think I'm off the hook she makes D#7 me lose my cool F#m6/A G# I'm her machine and she can punch all the keys F#m6/A F And she can push any button I was programmed through Laura calls me When she needs a good fix (ah) All her questions Will get sympathetic answers I should be so immunized To all of her tricks (ah) She's surviving On her second chances Chorus: Sometimes I feel like this godfather deal is all wrong Oh, oh, oh How can she hold an umbilical chord for so long? Oh, oh, oh, oh I've done everything I can What else am I supposed to do? I'm her machine And she can punch all the keys She can push any button I was programmed through Laura (Laura) loves me (loves me) Even if I don't care That's my problem That's her sacred absolution If she had to She would put herself in my chair (self in my chair, ah) Even though I faced electrocution She always says I'm the best friend that she's ever had Oh, oh, oh How do you hang up on someone who needs you that bad? Oh, oh, oh, oh You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  A#  B  B7  C7  C#+  C#  C#6  D#7  F  F7  F#7  F#m6  G#  Gm  Gm7  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Laura" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Laura" by Billy Joel.