Key: Ab major•
Verse 1
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A long, long time ago,
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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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And maybe they'd be
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happy for a while
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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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Can you teach me how to
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Well I know that you're in love with him
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Cause I saw you dancing in the gym
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You both picked out the shoes
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I was a lonely teenage broncon buck
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With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
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But I knew that I was out of luck
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The day the mu sic died
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I started singing, bye -bye,
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I drove my Chevy to the levee,
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And good old boys were
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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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I met a girl who sang the blues
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And I asked her for some happy news
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She'd just smile and turn away
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Well, I went down to the secret store
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But the madman said the music
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The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
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But not a word was spoken
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As 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
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The mu sic died
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We started singing, bye -bye,
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Drove my Chevy to the levee,
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And good old boys
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were drinking whiskey and pie
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Singing, this'll be the day that I die
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This'll be the day that I die
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I drove my Chevy to the levee,
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And good old boys were drinking
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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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We started singing
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We started singing
Outro 1
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ChordsAb Fm Bbm Db Eb...
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Bbm
Db
Eb
Bb
Cm
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