Key: G major
Verse 1
D
Pie
Drove my
G
C
G
D
Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
G
C
Then good old boys were drinking
D
Em
A
Singing this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
G
Am
Did you write the book of love,
Am
Em
God above, if the
you so?
G
Em
Now do you believe in rock and roll,
Am
C
Em
can music save your moral soul, and can you teach me
A
D
how to dance real slow?
Em
D
Cause I saw you dancing in the gym
C
Am
You both kicked up your shoes
D
G
D
I was a lonely teenager,
Am
C
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
G
Em
But I knew I was out of luck
C
D
G
C
The day the mu sic died
G
D
G
C
I started singing bye, bye,
Miss
Pie
G
C
G
Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
D
G
C
Them good old boys were
D
Em
A
Saying this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
And
C
Am
Mo scow's back on a rolling stone
Em
D
But that's not how it used to be
G
D
When the jester sang for
G
A
In a code he borrowed from
Dean
Em
A
D
And a voice that came from you and me
Em
D
Oh, and while the king was looking down
Em
D
The jester stole his phony crown
C
Am
The courtroom was adjourned
C
D
No verdict was returned
And while
G
D
Em
Lenin read a book on
Marx
Am
C
The quartet practiced in the park
G
D
Em
And we sang dirges in the dark the
G
C
D
G
C
day the mu sic died
C
Bye,
Miss
G
D
American pie don't my
G
C
Chevy to the levee
G
D
G
C
But the levee was dry then good old boys
G
D
were drinking whiskey and rye singing.
Em
A
This will be the day that I die
Em
D
This will be the day that I die
G
Am
And there we were all in one place,
C
Am
Em
D
a generation lost in space, with no time left to start again.
So come on
Am
Jack
Em
A
D
cause fire is the devil's only friend.
Em
D
And as I watched him on the stage,
Em
D
my hands were clenched in fists of rage.
C
Am
No angel born in hell
G
D
And as the flames climbed high into
Em
Am
C
the night to light the sacrificial rite,
I saw
G
Em
Satan laugh him with delight
C
D
G
C
The day the mu sic died
G
D
G
C
He was singing bye -bye,
Miss
Pie
D
G
C
Throw my shanty to the levee,
D
G
C
Then good old boys were
D
Em
A
Singing, this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
G
C
And he was singing bye, bye,
Miss
G
C
Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
D
G
C
When good old boys were
drinking whiskey and rye
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