Tonart: G major
Verse 1
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F
Gm
A long, long time ago
Cm
Eb
Gm
I can still remember how that music
F
Used to make me smile
Gm
And I knew if I had my chance
Cm
Eb
That I could make those people dance
Gm
Eb
F
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Verse 2
Gm
Cm
But February made me shiver
Gm
F
Cm
With every paper I'd deliver
Eb
Bb
Cm
Bad news on the doorstep
Eb
F
I couldn't take one more step
Gm
I can't remember if I cried
Eb
F
When I read about his wid
owed bride
Bb
F
Gm
Something touched me deep inside
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F
Bb
The day the music died
Verse 3
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
So, bye- bye, Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
Bb
And them good ol' boys were drinkin'
F
whiskey and rye
Gm
C
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
Gm
This'll be the day that I die"
F
Verse 4
Bb
Cm
Did you write the book of love
Eb
Cm
Gm
And do you have faith in God above
F
If the Bible tells you so?
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F
Bb
Gm
Now, do you believe in rock 'n' roll
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Eb
Can music save your mortal soul
Gm
C
And can you teach me
F
how to dance real slow?
Verse 5
Gm
Well, I know that you're
F
in love with him
Gm
F
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
Eb
Cm
You both kicked off your shoes
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F
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
Bb
F
I was a lonely teenage
Gm
bronckin' buck
Cm
Eb
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
Bb
F
Gm
But I knew I was out of luck
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
The day the music died
Verse 6
Bb
F
Bb
Eb
I started singin', bye- bye,
Bb
F
Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
Them good ol' boys were
Bb
drinkin' whiskey and rye
F
Gm
Singin', "This'll be
C
the day that I die
Gm
This'll be the day that I die"
F
Verse 7
Bb
Now, for ten years we've
Cm
been on our own
Eb
Cm
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
Gm
F
But that's not how it used to be
Bb
F
When the jester sang
Gm
for the king and queen
Cm
Eb
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
Gm
C
And a voice that came
from you and me
F
Verse 8
Gm
Oh, and while the king was
F
looking down
Gm
F
The jester stole his thorny
crown
Eb
Bb
Cm
The courtroom was ad journed
C
Eb
F
No verdict was returned
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F
And while Lenin read
Gm
a book on Marx
Cm
Eb
A quartet practiced in the park
Bb
F
Gm
And we sang dirges in the dark
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
The day the mu sic died
Verse 9
Bb
F
Bb
Eb
We were singin', bye- bye,
Bb
F
Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
Them good ol' boys were
Bb
F
drinkin' whiskey and rye
Gm
C
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
Gm
This'll be the day that I die"
F
Verse 10
Bb
Cm
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
Eb
Cm
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Gm
F
Eight miles high and falling fast
Bb
F
Gm
It landed foul on the grass
Cm
Eb
The players tried for a forward pass
Gm
With the jester on the side
C
lines in a cast
F
Verse 11
Gm
Now, the halftime air
F
was sweet perfume
Gm
F
While sergeants played a marching tune
Eb
Cm
We all got up to dance
Eb
F
Oh, but we never got the chance
Bb
F
'Cause the players tried to take
Gm
the field
Cm
Eb
The marching band refused to yield
Bb
F
Gm
Do you recall what was revealed
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
The day the music died?
Verse 12
Bb
F
Bb
Eb
We started singin', bye- bye,
Bb
F
Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
Them good ol' boys were
Bb
F
drinkin' whiskey and rye
Gm
C
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
Gm
This'll be the day that I die"
F
Verse 13
Bb
Cm
Oh, and there we were all in one place
Eb
Cm
A generation lost in space
Gm
F
With no time left to start again
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F
So, come on, Jack be nimble,
Gm
Jack be quick
Cm
Eb
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
Gm
C
'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend
F
Verse 14
Gm
F
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
Gm
F
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
Eb
Gm
Cm
No angel born in Hell
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F
Could break that Satan spell
Bb
And as the flames climbed
F
Gm
high into the night
Cm
Eb
To light the sacrificial rite
Bb
F
Gm
I saw Satan laughing with delight
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
The day the music died
Verse 15
Bb
F
Bb
Eb
He was singin', bye- bye,
Bb
F
Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
Them good ol' boys were
Bb
F
drinkin' whiskey and rye
Gm
C
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
Gm
F
This'll be the day that I die"
Verse 16
F
Gm
I met a girl who sang the blues
Cm
Eb
And I asked her for some happy news
Gm
F
But she just smiled and turned away
Bb
F
Gm
I went down to the sacred store
Cm
Where I'd heard the music
Eb
years before
Gm
But the man there said the
Eb
F
music wouldn't play
Verse 17
F
Gm
Cm
And in the streets the chil
dren screamed
Gm
The lovers cried,
Cm
an d the poets dreamed
Eb
Bb
Cm
But not a word was spoken
Eb
F
The church bells all were broken
Gm
And the three men I admire most
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The Father,
F
Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train
Gm
F
for the coast
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F
Bb
The day the music died
F
And they were singin',
Verse 18
Bb
Eb
bye- bye,
Bb
F
Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
And them good ol' boys were drinkin'
Bb
F
whiskey and rye
Singin',
Gm
C
Gm
"This'll be the day that I die
F
This'll be the day that I die"
Verse 19
Bb
Eb
They were singin', bye- bye,
Bb
F
Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
Them good ol' boys were drinkin'
Bb
F
whiskey and rye
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die"
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