Key: F# minor
Verse 1
D
A
Miss American Pie
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F#m
D
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
A
C#
but the levee was dry
D
A
were drinking whiskey and rye
C#
D
C#
F#m
Singing this will be the day that I die
A
C#
Do you have faith in God above?
F#m
C#
If the Bible tells you so
F#m
D
Now do you believe in rock and roll?
A
C#
Can music save your mor tal soul?
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D
C#
Can you teach me how to dance real slow?
D
A
I know that you're in love with him
E
F#m
Cause I saw you dancing in the gym
A
E
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
F#m
D
I was a lonely teenage broken buck
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C#
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
F#m
D
But I knew I was out of luck
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C#
F#m
the day the music died
D
F#m
We were singing bye -bye,
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F#m
D
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
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F#m
Them good old boys
D
A
are drinking whiskey and rye
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D
C#
F#m
Singing this'll be the day that I die
A
F#m
And I asked her for some happy news
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D
So I went down to the sacred store
A
F#m
Where I'd heard the music years before
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F#m
But the man there said
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C#
the music wouldn't play
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D
A
And in the streets the children screamed
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F#m
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
D
A
But not a word was spoken,
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D
And the three men I admire most,
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C#
the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
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D
They caught the last train for the coast
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C#
F#m
the day the music died
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F#m
D
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
C#
F#m
And them good old boys
D
A
were drinking whiskey and rye
C#
D
C#
Singing this will be the day
D
C#
F#m
Singing this will be the day that I die
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