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