Intro:

D5 , C5 , F5

    D5             C5           F5
The day that music died was an awful day
    D5               C5       F5
the children started working instead of play
    D5              C5          F5
our poets read from scripts to earn their pay
            D5         C5             F5
i tell them exit stage left aint got shit to say

      D5              A5                F5
Cause music brings us life when we are dead
              C5                C5
an honest melody to break the trend
    D5              A5               F5
and music brings us hope for future peace
              C5            C5
humanity will sing in harmony
  A5           D5
I pray for that day

Harmonica part:

D5 , C5 , F5

    D5             C5           F5
The day that music died was an awful day
    D5              C5            F5
the critics and the skeptics had all the say
     D5           C5            F5
this money hungry industry must back away
D5            C5               F5
set the music free or watch it fade away

      D5              A5                F5
Cause music brings us life when we are dead
              C5                C5
an honest melody to break the trend
    D5              A5               F5
and music brings us hope for future peace
              C5            C5
humanity will sing in harmony
  A5           D5
I pray for that day