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Intro:
G/D Em
A long long time ago
Am C Em D D
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
G/D Em Am C
And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance
Em C D D
And may be they´d be happy for a while
Em Am Em Am
But february made me shiver with every paper I´d deliver.
C/G Am C D
Bad news on the doorstep I couldn´t take one more step.
G/D Em Am7 D
I can´t remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride.
G/D Em C D7 G
Something touched me deep inside the day the music died.
Chorus:
G C G D G C
So bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levee but the
G D G C G D
Levee was dry, them good ole boys were drinkin´ Whiskey and Rye
Em A7
Singing this will be the day that I die
Em D7 / D7
This will be the day that I die
G Am C Am
1.Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above ?
Em D D G D Em
If the bible tells you so. Now do you believe in Rock and Roll ?
Am C Em A7 D7
Can music save your mortal soul ? And can you teach me how to dance
D7
real slow ?
Em D Em D
Well I know that you´re in love with him, cause I saw you dancing in
the gym,
C G A7 C D7
You both kicked off your shoes , man I dig those rhythm and blues !
G D Em Am
I was a lonely teenage broncin´ buck, with a pink carnation and a
C
pickup truck.
G D Em C D7 G D7
But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died. I started singin´
Chorus:
G C G D G C
So bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levee but the
G D G C G D
Levee was dry, them good ole boys were drinkin´ Whiskey and Rye
Em A7
Singing this will be the day that I die
Em D7 / D7
This will be the day that I die
G Am C
2.Now for ten years we´ve been on our own and moss grows fat on a
Am
rolling stone.
Em D D G D
But that's not how it used to be. Cause when the jester sang for the
Em
King and Queen
Am C Em A7
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean and a voice that came from you
D7 D7
and me.
Em D Em D
Oh and while the king was looking down the jester stole his thorny
crown.
C G A7 C D7
The court room was adjourned no verdict was returned.
G D Em Am C
And while Lennon red a book of Marx the quartet practiced in the park
G D Em C D7 G C
And we sang dirges in the dark the day the music died.
G D7
We were singing
Chorus:
G C G D G C
So bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levee but the
G D G C G D
Levee was dry, them good ole boys were drinkin´ Whiskey and Rye
Em A7
Singing this will be the day that I die
Em D7 / D7
This will be the day that I die
G Am C Am
3.Helter skelter in the summer the birds flew off with a fallout
shelter
Em D D G D Em
Eight miles high and falling fast it landed foul on the grass
Am C Em A7 D7
The player tried for a forward pass but the jester´s on the sideline in
D7
a cast.
Em D Em D
The half time it was sweet perfume while sergeants played the marching
tune
C G A7 C D7
We all got up to dance (Oh) but we never got the chance.
G D Em Am
´Cause the players tried to take the field, but the marching band
C
refused to yieled.
G D Em C D7 G
Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died. We started
D7
singing
Chorus:
G C G D G C
So bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levee but the
G D G C G D
Levee was dry, them good ole boys were drinkin´ Whiskey and Rye
Em A7
Singing this will be the day that I die
Em D7 / D7
This will be the day that I die
G Am C Am
4.Oh, and there we were all in one place. A generation lost in space
Em D D G D Em
With no time left to start again. So come on jack be nimble, Jack be
quick
Am C Em A7
Jack flash sat on a candlestick. ´Cause fire is the devil´s only
D7 D7
friend.
Em D Em D
And as I watched him on the stage my hands were clenched in fists of
rage
C G A7 C D7
No angle born in hell could break that satan´s spell.
G / D e a C
And as the flames climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial
rite
G D Em C D G
I saw satan laughing with delight the day the music died. He was
D7
singing
Chorus:
G C G D G C
So bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levee but the
G D G C G D
Levee was dry, them good ole boys were drinkin´ Whiskey and Rye
Em A7
Singing this will be the day that I die
Em D7 / D7
This will be the day that I die
G D Em Am C
5.I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news
Em D D
But she just smiled an turned away.
G D Em Am C
I went down to the sacred store. Where I heard the music years before.
Em C D D
But the man there said the music wouldn´t play.
Em Am Em
And in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the
Am
poets dreamed.
C G Am C D
But not a word was spoken the church bells all were broken.
G D Em Am7 D
And the three men I liked my most the father son and Holy Ghost
G D Em C D7 G D7
They caught the last train for the coast the day the music died.
Chorus:
G C G D G C
So bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levee but the
G D G C G D
Levee was dry, them good ole boys were drinkin´ Whiskey and Rye
Em A7
Singing this will be the day that I die
Em D7 / D7
This will be the day that I die
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