B Gb Abm7 a long, long time ago, Dbm E Abm Gb I can still remember how that music used to make me smile B Gb Abm7 And I know if I had my chance, Dbm E That I could make those people dance Abm E Gb and maybe they'd be happy for a while Abm Dbm Abm Dbm But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver E B Dbm E Gb Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step B Gb Abm Dbm7 Gb I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride B Gb Abm Something touched me deep inside E Gb7 B E B The day the music died Chorus B E B Gb So bye, bye Miss American Pie B E B Gb Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry B E B Gb And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Abm Db7 Singin' this will be the day that I die, Abm Gb7 this will be the day that I die VERSAb B Dbm Did you write the book of love E Dbm Abm Gb And do you have faith in god above, if the bible tells you so? B Gb Abm Do you believe in rock and roll Dbm7 E Can music save your mortal soul and can Abm Db7 Gb you teach me how to dance real slow? Abm Gb Well I know that you're in love with him Abm Gb 'cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym E B Db7 You both kicked off your shoes, E Gb7 man I dig those rhythm and blues B Gb Abm I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a Dbm E pink carnation and a pickup truck B Gb Abm E But I knew I was out of luck the day Gb7 B E B the music died, I started singin' Chorus B E B Gb So bye, bye Miss American Pie B E B Gb Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry B E B Gb And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Abm Db7 Singin' this will be the day that I die, Abm Gb7 this will be the day that I die VERSAb B Dbm Now for ten years we've been on our own, E Dbm and moss grows fat on a rolling stone Abm Gb but that's not how it used to be B Gb Abm When the jester sang for the king and queen Dbm7 E in a coat he borrowed from James Dean in Abm Db7 Gb a voice that came from you and me Abm Gb And while the king was looking down, Abm Gb the jester stole his thorny crown E B Db7 E Gb7 The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned B Gb Abm And while Lenin read a book on Marx, Dbm E the quartet practiced in the park B Gb Abm And we sang dirges in the dark the E Gb7 B E B day the music died, we were singin' Chorus B E B Gb So bye, bye Miss American Pie B E B Gb Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry B E B Gb And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Abm Db7 Singin' this will be the day that I die, Abm Gb7 this will be the day that I die VERSAb B Dbm Helter skelter in a summer swelter E Dbm the birds flew off with a fallout shelter, Abm Gb eight miles high and fallin' fast B Gb Abm It landed foul on the grass Dbm7 E the players tried for a forward pass, Abm Db7 Gb with the jester on the sidelines in a cast Abm Gb Now at halftime there was sweet perfume, Abm Gb while sergeants played a marching tune E B Db7 E Gb7 We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance B Gb Abm 'Cuz the players tried to take the field, Dbm E the marching band refused to yield B Gb Abm Do you recall what was the feel the E Gb7 B E B day the music died, we started singin' Chorus B E B Gb So bye, bye Miss American Pie B E B Gb Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry B E B Gb And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Abm Db7 Singin' this will be the day that I die, Abm Gb7 this will be the day that I die VERSAb B Dbm And there we were all in one place, E Dbm Abm Gb a generation lost in space, with no time left to start again B Gb Abm So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Dbm7 E Jack Flash sat on a candle Abm Db7 Gb stick, 'cuz fire is the devil's only friend Abm Gb And as I watched him on the stage, Abm Gb my hands were clenched in fists of rage E B Db7 E Gb7 No angel born in Hell could bread that Satan's spell B Gb Abm And as the flames climbed high into the night to Dbm E light the sacrificial rite B Gb Abm E I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the Gb7 B E B music died, he was singin' Chorus B E B Gb So bye, bye Miss American Pie B E B Gb Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry B E B Gb And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Abm Db7 Singin' this will be the day that I die, Abm Gb7 this will be the day that I die LAST VERSAb B Gb Abm I met a girl who sang the blues Dbm E And I asked her for some happy news, Abm Gb but she just smiled and turned away B Gb Abm I went down to the sacred store Dbm E Where I'd heard the music years before, Abm E but the man there said the music Gb wouldn't play Abm Dbm But in the streets the children screamed, Abm Dbm the lovers cried and the poets dreamed E B Dbm E Gb But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken B Gb Abm And the three men I admire most, Dbm7 E Gb7 the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost B Gb Abm They caught the last train for the coast the Dbm7 Gb7 B day the music died, Gb7 And they were singin' FINAL Chorus B E B Gb So bye, bye Miss American Pie B E B Gb Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry B E B Gb And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye E Gb7 B E B Singin' this will be the day that I die.
