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// The C minor chord which is played in verse 4 may be a mistake but it is on the recording.
[Verse 1]
G D/F# EmA long, long time ago
Am C Em D Dsus4 D Dsus2 DI can still remember how that music used to make me smile
G D/F# EmAnd I knew if I had my chance
Am C Em C D Dsus4 D Dsus2 DThat I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
Em Am Em Am But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver
C G/B Am C DBad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
G D/F# Em C DI can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
G D/F# EmSomething touched me deep inside
C D GThe day the music died
[Chorus]
G C G DSo bye, bye Miss American Pie
G C G DDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
G C G DAnd them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7* Em* D7 D7sus2 D7 D7sus4 D7 D7sus2 D7Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
[Verse 2]
G AmDid you write the book of love
C Am Em DAnd Do you have faith in God above, if the bible tells you so?
G D/F# EmDo you believe in rock and roll
Am7 C Em A7 DCan music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Em* D* Em* D*Well I know that you're in love with him 'cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym
C G/B Am C D7You both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues
G D/F# Em Am CI was a lonely teenage bronckin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck
G D/F# Em C D7 G C G DBut I knew I was out of luck the day the music died, I started singin'
[Chorus]
G C G DBye, bye Miss American Pie
G C G DDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
G C G DAnd them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7* Em* D7Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
[Verse 3]
G AmNow for ten years we've been on our own
C Am Em D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Dand moss grows fat on a rolling stone but that's not how it used to be
G D/F# EmWhen the jester sang for the king and queen
Am7 C Em A7 Din a coat he borrowed from James Dean in a voice that came from you and me
Em* D* Em* D*Oh, and while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown
C G/B A7 C D7The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
G D/F# Em Am CAnd while Lennin read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park
G D/F# Em C D7 G C G DAnd we sang dirges in the dark the day the music died, we were singin'
[Chorus]
G C G DBye, bye Miss American Pie
G C G DDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
G C G DAnd them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7* Em* D7Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
[Verse 4]
G AmHelter skelter in a summer swelter
C Am Em Dthe birds flew off with a fallout shelter, eight miles high and fallin' fast
G D/F# EmIt landed foul on the grass
Am7 C Em A7 Dthe players tried for a forward pass, with the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Em* D* Em* D*Now the half-time air was sweet perfume, while sergeants played a marching tune
C G/B A7 C D7We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance
G D/F# Em Am Cm C'Cuz the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield
G D/F# Em C D7 G C G DDo you recall what was revealed the day the music died, we started singin'
[Chorus]
G C G DBye, bye Miss American Pie
G C G DDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
G C G DAnd them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7* Em* D7Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
[Verse 5]
G AmAnd there we were all in one place
C Am Em D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Da generation lost in space, with no time left to start again
G D/F# Em Am7 CSo come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
Em A7 D'cause fire is the devil's only friend
Em* D* Em* D*And as I watched him on the stage, my hands were clenched in fists of rage
C G/B A7 C D7No angel born in Hell could break that Satan's spell
G D/F# Em Am CAnd as the flames climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial rite
G D/F# Em C D7 G C G DI saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died, he was singin'
[Chorus]
G C G DBye, bye Miss American Pie
G C G DDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
G C G DAnd them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7* Em* D7Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
[Verse 6]
G D/F# EmI met a girl who sang the blues
Am C Em DAnd I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away
G D/F# EmI went down to the sacred store
Am C Em CWhere I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music
Dwouldn't play
Em* Am* Em* Am*And in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
C G/B Am C DBut not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken
G D/F# Em C DAnd the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
G D/F# Em C D GThey caught the last train for the coast the day the music died,
N.C.
And they were singin'
[Chorus]
G C G DBye, bye Miss American Pie
G C G DDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
G C G DAnd them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7 Em* D7 D7sus2 D7 D7sus4 D7 D7sus2 D7Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
G C G DThey were singin' bye, bye Miss American Pie
G C G DDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
G C G DAnd them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
C D7 G C GSingin' this will be the day that I die
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