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