Key: Ab major•
Intro 1
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A long, long time ago
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I can still remember
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How that music used to make me smile
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And I knew that if I had my chance
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I could make those people dance
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And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Interlude 1
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Verse 1
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Did you write the book of love?
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And do you have faith in God above?
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If the Bible tells you so
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Now do you believe in rock and roll?
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And can music save your mortal soul?
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And can it teach me how to dance real slow?
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Well, I know that you're in love with him
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'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
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You both kicked off your shoes
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Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
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I was a lonely teenage bronkin' buck
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With a pink carnation and a pick-up truck
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But I knew that I was out of luck
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The day the music died
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I started singing
Chorus 1
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Bye bye, Miss American Pie
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Drove my Chevy to the levy
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But the levy was dry
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And good old boys
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were drinking whiskey and rye
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Singing this will be the day that I die
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This will be the day that I die
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Verse 2
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I met a girl who sang the blues
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And I asked her for some happy news
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But she just smiled and turned away
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Well, I went down to the sacred store
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Where I heard the music years before
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the music wouldn't play
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But the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
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But not a word was spoken
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The church bells all were broken
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And the three men I admire the most
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The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
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They caught the last train for the coast
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The day the music died
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We started singing
Chorus 2
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Bye bye, Miss American Pie
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Drove my Chevy to the levy
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But the levy was dry
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And good old boys
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were drinking whiskey and rye
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Singing this will be the day that I die
Interlude 2
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(die)
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Chorus 3
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Bye bye, Miss American Pie
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Drove my Chevy to the levy
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But the levy was dry
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And good old boys
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were drinking whiskey and rye
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Singing this will be the day that I die
Outro 1
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(die)
We started singing
We started singing
We started singing
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