Key: D
Eb
G
D/F#
Em7
A long_, long_ time ago,
Am
C
Em
D
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile_
G
D/F#
Em7
And I knew if I had my chance,
Am
C
Em
C
D
I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
D
(&Riff1)
Riff1
G
Am
C
Am
Did_ you_ write the book of love and do you have faith in God above?
Em
D
D4
D
D2
D
If the Bible tells you so___
G
D/F#
Em7
Now do you believe in rock and roll
Am7
C
and can music save your mortal soul and
Em
D
Well, I know that you're in love with him,
Em
D
Cause I saw you dancing in the gym,
C
G
Am7
You both kicked off your shoes,
C
D7
Man I dig those rhythm and blues__.
G
D/F#
Em7
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a
Am
C
Pink carnation and a pick up truck,
G
D/F#
Em7
C
D7
G
C
G
But I knew that I__ was out__ of luck the day__, the mu___sic, died__.
D7
I started singing,
G
C
G
D
Bye__ - Bye__, Miss American Pie,
G
C
G
D
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
G
C
G
D
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em
A7
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die___, This'll be the day that I die___.
Riff2 2x
D
D/C
D/B
G
Am
C
Am
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news__,
G
D/F#
Em
Well I went down to the sacred store
Am7
C
Em
Am7
Where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music
Em
D
Well now in the streets the children screamed,
Em
D
the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
G
D/F#
Em
Am7
C
And the three men I__ admire the most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
G
D/F#
Em7
C
D7
G
C
G
They caught the last_ train for the coast_ the day__, the mu___sic, died__.
D7
They started singing,
G
C
G
D
Bye__ - Bye__, Miss American Pie,
G
C
G
D
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
G
C
G
D
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em
A7
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die___, This'll be the day that I die___.
Riff2 4x
G
C
G
D
Bye__ - Bye__, Miss American Pie,
G
C
G
D
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
G
C
G
D
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em
A7
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die___, This'll be the day that I die___.
D
D/C
D/B
We started singing___
D
D/C
D/B
We started singing___
D
D/C
D/B
We started singing___
D
D/C
D/B
We started singing___