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1. A longG long D/Ftime Emago I can sAmtill remember C
How that music Emused to make me smile D
And I kneGw if I D/F haEmd my chance
That I cAmould make those people dancCe
And mayEmbe they'd be Chappy for a whileD
But FeEmbruary made Amme shiver, with evEmery paper I'd dAmeliver
CBad news on thG/Be doorstAmep, I couldn't Ctake one more step D
I Gcan't reDmember Emif I cried, when I reAmad about his widowed bDride
But soGmething touched Dme deep inside,Em the day the Cmusic died D7 G C G
GSo, CBye Bye Miss AmeGrican Pie D
DGrove my Chevy to the lCevee but the Glevee was dry D
And Gthem good oldC boys were drinking Gwhiskey and Drye
Singin' Emthis'll be the day that I A7die, Emthis'll be the day that I D7die.
2. DGid you write the book of lAmove and do you have faith inC God above? Am
EmIf the Bible teDlls you so.
GDo you Dbelieve in EmRock 'n Roll?
Can musAmic save your mortal soCul?
And canEm you teach me how to danceA real slow? D
Well, I knEmow that you're in love with Dhim
'Cause I saw Emyou dancin' in the gym D
You botCh kicked off your G/Bshoes, Am
Man, I dig Cthose rhythm and blues D
I was a lonGely teenaD/Fge broncinEm' buck
With a pinkAm carnation and a pickup truckC.
But I Gknew I waD/Fs out Emof luck the day the Cmusic died D7 I staGrtedC sinGgin'
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3. Now for ten yeGars we've been Amon our own
And moss Cgrows fat on a Amrollin' stone, but thatEm's not how it used to beD
When the jGester sanDg for the EmKing and Queen
In a Amcoat he borrowed from JaCmes Dean
And a Emvoice that caAme from you and Dme
Oh, aEmnd while the King was Dlooking down, the Emjester stole his Dthorny crown
The Ccourtroom was adG/Bjourned, Amno verdict Cwas returned D
And while GLenin rDead a bEmook on Marx, the qAmuartet practiced iCn the park
And Gwe sang dDirges iEmn the dark, the Cday the D7music died. G WeC weGre singing
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4. HGelter-Skelter in a suAmmmer swelter,
The birCds flew off with a fallout sheAmlter
EmEight miles high and falling Dfast
GIt D/Flanded foul onEm the grass
The plaAmyers tried for a forwardC pass
With the jesteEmr on the sidelineA7s in a cast D
Now the half-tEmime air was sweet perfumDe
While the sergeEmants played a marching tuneD
CWe all Ggot up tAmo dance, but Cwe never got the chanDce
'Cause the playerGs tried to D/Ftake theEm field
The marAmching band refused to yiCeld
GDo you recall Dwhat waEms revealed the Cday the musD7ic died?G C GWe stared singing
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5. Oh, and Gthere we were all Amin one place
A gCeneration lost inAm space
With no Emtime left to start agDain.
So come on, GJack be Dnimble, Jack be Emquick
AmJack Flash sat on a candleCstick
'Cause fireEm is the DevilA7's only friend D
Oh, and as I Emwatched him on the stage,D
My hanEmds were clenched in fists of rage D
CNo angel bornG/B in hell cAmould break thCat Satan's spell D
And as the flamesG climbed high into the nD/Fight Em
To liAmght the sacrificiaCl rite
I saw SaGtan laughD/Fing with dEmelight the Cday the D7music diGed C GHe was singing
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GI met a Dgirl who Emsang the blues and I Amasked her for some happy newCs
But shEme just smiled and turned awaDy
GI went doDwn to the Emsacred store
Where I'd Amheard the music Cyears before
But the Emman there said the Amusic wouldn't Dplay
And in Emthe streets the children Amscreamed
The lovEmers cried, and the poets dreaAmmed
But noCt a worGd was Amspoken, the Cchurch bells all were Dbroken
And theG three men I adD -mire moEmst, the FathAmer, Son and Cthe Holy Ghost
GThey caught the D/Flast train Emfor the coast,
The dayC the music Ddied G And they were singing D
GBye, bCye Miss GAmerican DPie
GDrove my Chevy to tChe Levy but the leGvy was Ddry
And Gthem good Cold boys were drinkin' Gwhiskey and Drye
singin' thiCs will be the day that DI die. G C G
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