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