[Verse]
F C Dm
A long, long time ago,
Gm A#
I can still remember,
Dm C
how that music used to make me smile.
F C Dm
And I knew if I had my chance,
Gm A#
that I could make those people dance,
Dm A# C
and maybe they'd by happy for a while.
Dm Gm
But February made me shiver,
Dm Gm
with every paper I'd deliver.
A# F Gm
Bad news on the doorstep;
A# C
I couldn't take one more step
F C Dm
I can't remember if I cried,
Gm C
when I read about his widowed bride;
F C Dm
something touched me deep inside,
A# C F \
the day the music died.
[Chorus]
F A# F C
So, bye-bye, Miss American Pie,
F A# F C
drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.
F A# F C
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye,
Dm~ G~
singing this'll be the day that I die,
Dm~ C
this'll be the day that I die.
[Verse]
F Gm
Did you write the book of love,
A# Gm
and do you have faith in God above,
Dm C
if the Bible tells you so?
F C Dm
Now do you believe in rock and roll,
Gm A#
can music save your mortal soul?
Dm G C
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
[Verse]
Dm~ Gm~
Well I know that you're in love with him,
Dm~ Gm~
'cause I saw you dancing in the gym
A# F G
You both kicked off your shoes,
A# C
man I dig those rhythm and blues!
F C Dm
I was a lonely teenage bronching buck,
Gm A#
with a pink carnation and a pick-up truck.
F C Dm A# C F
But I knew I was out of luck the day, the music died.
F C
I started singing
[Chorus]
F A# F C
Bye-bye, Miss American Pie,
F A# F C
drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.
F A# F C
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye,
Dm~ G~
singing this'll be the day that I die,
Dm~ C
this'll be the day that I die.
[Verse]
F Gm
Now for ten years, we've been on our own;
A# Gm
and moss grows fat on a rolling stone,
Dm C
but that's not how it used to be.
F C Dm
When the jester sang for the King and
Gm A#
Queen, in a coat he borrowed from James Dean,
Dm G C
and a voice that came from you and me
[Verse]
Dm~ Gm~
Oh, and while the king was looking down,
Dm~ Gm~
the jester stole his thorny crown,
A# F G
the court room was adjourned,
A# C
no verdict was returned.
F C Dm
And while Lennon read a book on Marx,
Gm A#
the quartet practiced in the park;
F C Dm
and we sang dirges in the dark,
A# C F
the day the music died,
C
we were singing
[Chorus]
F A# F C
Bye-bye, Miss American Pie,
F A# F C
drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.
F A# F C
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye,
Dm~ G~
singing this'll be the day that I die,
Dm~ C
this'll be the day that I die.
[Verse]
F C Dm
A long, long time ago,
Gm A#
I can still remember,
Dm how that music used
C
to make me smile.
F C Dm
And I knew if I had my chance,
Gm that I could make
A#
those people dance,
Dm and maybe they'd
A# C
by happy for a while.
Dm Gm
But February made me shiver,
Dm Gm
with every paper I'd deliver.
A# F Gm
Bad news on the doorstep;
A# C
I couldn't take one more step
F C Dm
I can't remember if I cried,
Gm when I read about
C
his widowed bride;
F C Dm
something touched me deep inside,
A# C F \
the day the music died.
[Chorus]
F A# F C
So, bye-bye, Miss American Pie,
F A# drove my Chevy to the levee
F C
but the levee was dry.
F A# Them good ole boys were
F C
drinking whiskey and rye,
Dm~ singing this'll be
G~
the day that I die,
Dm~ C
this'll be the day that I die.
[Verse]
F Gm
Did you write the book of love,
A# and do you have
Gm
faith in God above,
Dm C
if the Bible tells you so?
F C Now do you believe
Dm
in rock and roll,
Gm A#
can music save your mortal soul?
Dm And can you teach me
G C
how to dance real slow?
[Verse]
Dm~ Well I know that you're
Gm~
in love with him,
Dm~ 'cause I saw you
Gm~
dancing in the gym
A# F G
You both kicked off your shoes,
A# C
man I dig those rhythm and blues!
F C I was a lonely teenage
Dm
bronching buck,
Gm with a pink carnation
A#
and a pick-up truck.
F C Dm But I knew I was out of luck
A# C F
the day, the music died.
F C
I started singing
[Chorus]
F A# F C
Bye-bye, Miss American Pie,
F A# drove my Chevy to the levee
F C
but the levee was dry.
F A# Them good ole boys were
F C
drinking whiskey and rye,
Dm~ singing this'll be
G~
the day that I die,
Dm~ C
this'll be the day that I die.
[Verse]
F Now for ten years,
Gm
we've been on our own;
A# and moss grows fat
Gm
on a rolling stone,
Dm C
but that's not how it used to be.
F C When the jester sang
Dm
for the King and
Gm Queen, in a coat he borrowed
A#
from James Dean,
Dm and a voice that
G C
came from you and me
[Verse]
Dm~ Oh, and while the
Gm~
king was looking down,
Dm~ Gm~
the jester stole his thorny crown,
A# F G
the court room was adjourned,
A# C
no verdict was returned.
F And while Lennon
C Dm
read a book on Marx,
Gm A#
the quartet practiced in the park;
F C Dm
and we sang dirges in the dark,
A# C F
the day the music died,
C
we were singing
[Chorus]
F A# F C
Bye-bye, Miss American Pie,
F A# drove my Chevy to the levee
F C
but the levee was dry.
F A# Them good ole boys were
F C
drinking whiskey and rye,
Dm~ singing this'll be
G~
the day that I die,
Dm~ C
this'll be the day that I die.