Tonalidad: G major
Verse 1
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F
Gm
A long long time ago
Cm
Eb
I can still remember how
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F
That music used to make me smile
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F
Gm
And I knew if I had my chance
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Eb
That I could make those people dance
Gm
Eb
F
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Gm
Cm
But February made me shiver
Gm
Cm
With every paper I'd deliver
Eb
Bb
Cm
Bad news on the doorstep
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F
I couldn't take one more step
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F
Gm
I can't remember if I cried
Eb
F
When I read about his widowed bride
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F
Gm
But something touched me deep inside
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F
Bb
The day the music died
Chorus 1
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
And them good ole boys
Bb
F
were drinking whiskey and rye
Gm
C
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
Gm
F
This'll be the day that I die
Verse 2
Bb
Cm
Did you write the book of love
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Cm
And do you have faith in God above
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F
If the Bible tells you so?
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F
Gm
Now, do you believe in rock and roll?
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Eb
Can music save your mortal soul?
Gm
C
And can you teach me
F
how to dance real slow?
Gm
F
Well, I know that you're in love with him
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F
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
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Bb
Cm
You both kicked off your shoes
Eb
F
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
Bb
F
Gm
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
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Eb
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
Bb
F
Gm
But I knew I was out of luck
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F
Bb
Eb
The day the music died
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F
I started singin'
Chorus 2
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
Them good ole boys
Bb
F
were drinking whiskey and rye
Gm
C
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
Gm
F
This'll be the day that I die
Verse 3
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Cm
Now, for ten years we've been on our own
Eb
Cm
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
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F
But, that's not how it used to be
Bb
F
Gm
When the jester sang for the king and queen
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Eb
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
Gm
C
F
And a voice that came from you and me
Gm
F
Oh, and while the king was looking down
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F
The jester stole his thorny crown
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Bb
Cm
The courtroom was adjourned
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F
No verdict was returned
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F
Gm
And while Lennon read a book on Marx
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Eb
The quartet practiced in the park
Bb
F
Gm
And we sang dirges in the dark
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
The day the music died
Bb
F
We were singin'
Chorus 3
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
Them good ole boys
Bb
F
were drinking whiskey and rye
Gm
C
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
Gm
F
This'll be the day that I die
Verse 4
Bb
Cm
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
Eb
Cm
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Gm
F
Eight miles high and falling fast
Bb
F
Gm
It landed foul on the grass
Cm
Eb
The players tried for a forward pass
Gm
C
F
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Gm
F
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
Gm
F
While the sergeants played a marching tune
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Bb
Cm
We all got up to dance
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F
Oh, but we never got the chance
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F
Gm
'Cause the players tried to take the field
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Eb
The marching band refused to yield
Bb
F
Gm
Do you recall what was revealed
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
The day the music died
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F
We started singin'
Chorus 4
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
Them good ole boys
Bb
F
were drinking whiskey and rye
Gm
C
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
Gm
F
This'll be the day that I die
Verse 5
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Cm
Oh, and there we were all in one place
Eb
Cm
A generation lost in space
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F
With no time left to start again
Bb
F
Gm
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
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Eb
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
Gm
C
F
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
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F
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
Gm
F
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
Eb
Bb
Cm
No angel born in Hell
Eb
F
Could break that Satan's spell
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F
Gm
And as the flames climbed high in to the night
Cm
Eb
To light the sacrificial rite
Bb
F
Gm
I saw Satan laughing with delight
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
The day the music died
Bb
F
He was singin'
Chorus 5
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
Them good ole boys
Bb
F
were drinking whiskey and rye
Gm
C
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
Gm
F
This'll be the day that I die
Verse 6
Bb
F
Gm
I met a girl who sang the blues
Cm
Eb
And I asked her for some happy news
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F
But she just smiled and turned away
Bb
F
Gm
I went down to the sacred store
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Eb
Where I'd heard the music years before
Gm
Eb
F
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
Gm
Cm
And in the streets the children screamed
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Cm
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
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Bb
Cm
But not a word was spoken
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F
The church bells all were broken
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F
Gm
And the three men I admire most
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F
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
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F
Gm
They caught the last train for the coast
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F
Bb
The day the music died
Chorus 6
And they were singing
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
And them good ole boys
Bb
F
were drinking whiskey and rye
Gm
C
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
Gm
F
This'll be the day that I die
Chorus 7
They were singing
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Bb
Eb
Drove my Chevy to the levee
Bb
F
but the levee was dry
Bb
Eb
And them good ole boys
Bb
F
were drinking whiskey and rye
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
Bb
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
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