Key: G major•
Verse 1
G
D
Em
Am
A long, long time ago I
can still remember
C
Em
D
How that music used to make me smile
G
D
Em
And I knew if I had my chance
Am
C
That I could make those people dance
Em
C
D
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Em
Am
But February made me shiver,
Em
Am
with every paper I'd deliver
C
G
Am
Bad news on the doorstep,
C
D
I couldn't take one more step
G
D
Em
I can't remember if I cried
Am
D
when I read about his widow bride
C
D
G
C
G
The day the music died
C
G
D
So bye -bye, Miss American Pie
G
C
Draw machete to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
Them good old boys were
G
D
drinkin' whiskey and
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
C
Am
And do you have faith in God above
Em
D
If the Bible tells you so
G
D
Em
Now do you believe in rock and roll
Am
C
Can music save your mortal soul
Em
A
and can you teach me how
Em
D
Well I know that you're in love with him
Em
D
cause I saw you dancing in the gym
C
A
You both kicked off your shoes,
D
G
D
I was a lonely teenage
Am
C
With a pink carnation and a pick -up truck
G
D
Em
But I knew I was out of luck
C
D
G
C
The day the music died
G
D
G
I started singing bye -bye,
C
G
Miss American Pie
D
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
Them good old boys were drinking
G
D
whiskey and rye
Em
A
Singing, this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
C
Am
Moss grows fat on a rolling stone
Em
D
G
But that's not how it used to be
D
G
D
When the jester sang for
Am
C
In a coat he'd borrowed
from James Dean
Em
A
D
And a voice that came from you and me
Em
D
And while the king was looking down
Em
D
The jester stole his thorny crown
C
G
A
The courtroom was adjourned
D
G
Em
While Lennon read a book on Marx,
Am
C
the quartet practiced in the park.
G
D
Em
C
We sang dirges in the dark day,
D
G
C
the mu sic died.
G
D
G
We were singing bye -bye,
C
G
D
Miss American Pie.
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry.
C
G
D
were drinking whiskey and rye.
Em
A
Singing, this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
G
Am
Hail to Skelter in the summer swelter
C
Am
The birds flew off the fallout shelter
Em
D
Eight miles high, we're falling fast
G
D
Em
Well, it landed foul on the grass
Am
C
The players tried for a forward pass
Em
A
D
With a jester on the sidelines, in a cast
Em
D
Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
Em
D
While ser geants played a marching tune
C
G
A
We all got up to dance
C
D
Oh, but we never got the chance
D
Em
to take the field
Am
C
The marching band refused to yield
G
D
C
Em
Do you recall what was revealed
C
D
G
C
the day the music died?
G
D
G
C
We started singing bye -bye,
D
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
D
G
C
Then good old boys were drinking
G
D
whiskey and rye
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
G
Am
There we were all in one place
C
Am
A generation lost in space
Em
D
With no time left to start again
G
D
So come on, Jack be nimble,
Am
C
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
Em
A
D
Cause fire is the devil's only friend
Em
D
As I watched him on the stage,
Em
D
my hands were clenched in fists of rage.
C
G
A
No angel born in hell
C
D
could break that Satan's spell.
G
D
And as flames climbed high
Em
Am
C
into the night to light the sacrificial rite,
G
D
Em
I saw Satan laughing with delight.
C
D
G
C
The day the mu sic died
G
D
G
I started singing bye bye
C
G
D
Miss America my
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
D
G
C
Them good old boys
Em
A
Singing this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
G
D
Em
I met a girl who sang the blues
Am
C
and I asked her for some happy news
Em
D
but she just smiled and turned away
G
D
Em
I went down to the sacred store
Am
G
C
where I'd heard the music years before
C
D
the music wouldn't play
Em
Am
And in the streets the children screamed
Em
Am
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
C
G
Am
But not a word was spoken
C
D
The church bells all were broken
G
D
Em
And the three men I admire most
G
C
The Father, the Son,
G
D
Em
They caught the last train for the coast
C
Am
D
G
C
The day the music died
G
D
They were singin'
G
C
G
D
Bye, bye, Miss American Pine
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
Them good old boys
G
D
were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em
A
Singing, this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
And they were singing
G
C
G
D
Bye -bye, Miss American Pie
G
C
Draw my shanty to the levee
G
D
But the levee was dry
G
C
Then the old boys
G
D
were drinking whiskey and rye
C
D
G
C
G
Singing this'll be the day that I die
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