Tom: G5 G5 D5 E5 A5 C5 A long long time ago I can still remember E5 D5 G5 D5 E5 How that music used to make me smile and I knew if I had my chance A5 C5 E5 C5 D5 E5 That I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while A5 E5 A5 But February made me shiver with every paper I'd deliver C5 G5 - B5 A5 C5 D5 Bad news on the doorstep I couldn't take one more step G5 D5 E5 A5 D5 I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride G5 D5 C5 D5 G5 C5 - G5 G5 But something touched me deep inside the day the music died So Chorus: G5 C5 G5 D5 Bye Bye Miss American Pie G5 C5 G5 D5 Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry G5 C5 G5 D5 And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye E5 A5 E5 D5 Singin' this'll be the day that I die, this'll be the day that I die. G5 A5 C5 A5 Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above? E5 D5 G5 D5 E5 If the Bible tells you so. Do you believe in Rock 'n Roll? A5 C5 Can music save your mortal soul? E5 A5 D5 And can you teach me how to dance real slow? E5 D5 Well, I know that you're in love with him E5 D5 'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym C5 G5 - B5 A5 C5 D5 You both kicked off your shoes man, I dig those rhythm and blues G5 D5 E5 I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck A5 C5 With a pink carnation and a pickup truck. G5 D5 E5 C5 D5 G5 C5 But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died I started singin' (Chorus) G5 A5 Now for ten years we've been on our own C5 A5 E5 D5 And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone, but that's not how it used to be G5 D5 E5 When the jester sang for the King and Queen A5 C5 In a coat he borrowed from James Dean E5 A5 D5 And a voice that came from you and me E5 D5 E5 D5 Oh, and while the King was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown C5 G5 - B5 A5 C5 D5 The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned G5 D5 E5 A5 C5 And while Lennon read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park G5 D5 E5 C5 D5 G5 C5 And we sang dirges in the dark, the day the music died. We were singing (Chorus) G5 A5 Helter-Skelter in a summer swelter, C5 A5 The birds flew off with a fallout shelter E5 D5 G5 D5 E5 Eight miles high and falling fast It landed foul out on the grass A5 C5 The players tried for a forward pass E5 A5 D5 But the jester's on the sidelines in a cast E5 D5 Now the half-time air was sweet perfume E5 D5 While the sergeants played a marching tune C5 G5 - B5 A5 C5 D5 We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance G5 D5 E5 'Cause the players tried to take the field A5 C5 The marching band refused to yield G5 D5 E5 C5 D5 G5 C5 G5 Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died? We stared singing (Chorus) G5 A5 C5 A5 Oh, and there we were all in one place A generation lost in space E5 D5 G5 With no time left to start again. So come on, Jack be nimble E5 A5 C5 Jack be quick Jack Flash sat on a candlestick ` E5 A5 D5 'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend E5 D5 Oh, and as I watched him on the stage, E5 D5 My hands were clenched in fists of rage C5 G5 A5 C5 D5 No angel born in hell could break that Satan's spell G5 D5 E5 And as the flames climbed high into the night A5 C5 To light the sacrificial rite G5 D5 E5 C5 D5 G5 C5 G5 I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died He was singing (Chorus) G5 A5 C5 A5 I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news E5 D5 G5 D5 But she just smiled and turned away I went down to the sacred store E5 A5 Where I'd heard the music years before E5 A5 D5 But the man there said the music wouldn't play E5 D5 And in the streets the children screamed E5 D5 The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed C5 G5 A5 C5 D5 But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken G5 D5 E5 A5 C5 And three men I admire most, the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost G5 D5 E5 They caught the last train for the coast, C5 D5 G5 C5 G5 The day the music died. And they were singing (Chorus) They were singing (Chorus)
