Key: G major
Verse 1
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D
Em
Long, long time ago,
D
Am
I can still remember
Em
D
how the music used to make me smile.
G
D
Em
And I knew if I had my chance,
C
G
Am
that I could make those people dance,
Em
D
and maybe they'd be happy for a while.
Em
D
But February made me shiver
Em
D
with every paper I de liver.
G
Am
Bad news on the doorstep.
C
D
I couldn't take one more step.
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G
Am
when I read about his widowed bride,
G
D
Em
But something touched me deep inside
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D
G
the day the music died.
C
G
D
So bye -bye, Miss American Pie,
C
G
D
but the levee was dry.
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C
Them good old boys
G
D
were drinking whiskey and rye,
Em
D
singing, this'll be the day that I die.
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die.
G
D
Em
Did you write the book of love,
C
G
Am
and do you have faith in God above,
Em
D
if the Bible tells you so?
G
D
Em
And do you believe in rock and roll?
C
G
Am
Can music save your mortal soul?
Em
D
Well I know that you're in love with him
Em
D
cause I saw you dancing in the gym
C
G
Am
You're both kicked off your shoes
C
D
But I dig those rhythm and blues
G
D
Em
I was a lonely teenage bronkin' buck
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G
Am
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
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D
Em
But I knew I was out
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G
C
G
D
The mu sic died I was singin'
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C
G
D
Bye -bye Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
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D
but the levee was dry
C
G
D
were drinking whiskey and rye
Em
D
Singing, this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
C
G
Am
And moss grows fast on a rolling stone
Em
D
That's not how it used to be
G
D
When the jester sang for
C
G
Am
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
Em
D
And a voice that came from you and me
Em
D
And while the king was looking down
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D
The jester stole his thorny crown
C
Am
That cartoon was adjourned
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D
Now Ferdig was returned
G
D
Em
While Lennon read a book on Marx
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G
Am
The quartet practiced in the park
G
D
Em
And we sang dirges in the dark
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D
G
C
The day the mu sic died
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D
G
C
We were singing Bye -bye
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D
Miss American Box
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C
I drove my Chevy to the levee,
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D
but the levee was dry
G
C
The good old boys were drinking
G
D
whiskey and rye
Em
D
Singing, this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
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G
Am
And I asked her for some happy news
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Em
D
But she just smiled and turned away
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D
Em
So I went down to the sacred store,
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C
where I'd heard the mu
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D
In the street the children screamed,
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D
Am
but not a word was spoken,
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D
the church bells all were broken.
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D
Em
And the three that I admire most,
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G
Am
Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost,
G
D
Em
They caught the last train for the coast
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D
G
C
the day the music died.
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D
G
They were singing bye -bye,
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G
D
Miss American Pie,
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C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry.
C
G
D
were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em
D
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
C
G
D
Miss American Pie
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C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
C
G
D
were drinkin' whiskey and rye
C
D
Singing, this'll be the day that I die
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C
G
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