Tonalidad: G major
Verse 1
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C
Dm
A long, long time ago
Gm
Bb
Dm
I can still remember how that music
C
Used to make me smile
Dm
And I knew if I had my chance
Gm
Bb
That I could make those people dance
Dm
Bb
C
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Verse 2
Dm
Gm
But February made me shiver
Dm
C
Gm
With every paper I'd deliver
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F
Gm
Bad news on the doorstep
Bb
C
I couldn't take one more step
Dm
I can't remember if I cried
Bb
C
When I read about his wid
owed bride
F
C
Dm
Something touched me deep inside
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C
F
The day the music died
Verse 3
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Bb
F
C
So, bye- bye, Miss American Pie
F
Bb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
F
C
but the levee was dry
F
Bb
F
And them good ol' boys were drinkin'
C
whiskey and rye
Dm
G
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
Dm
This'll be the day that I die"
C
Verse 4
F
Gm
Did you write the book of love
Bb
Gm
Dm
And do you have faith in God above
C
If the Bible tells you so?
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C
F
Dm
Now, do you believe in rock 'n' roll
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Bb
Can music save your mortal soul
Dm
G
And can you teach me
C
how to dance real slow?
Verse 5
Dm
Well, I know that you're
C
in love with him
Dm
C
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
Bb
Gm
You both kicked off your shoes
Bb
C
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
F
C
I was a lonely teenage
Dm
bronckin' buck
Gm
Bb
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
F
C
Dm
But I knew I was out of luck
Bb
C
F
Bb
The day the music died
Verse 6
F
C
F
Bb
I started singin', bye- bye,
F
C
Miss American Pie
F
Bb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
F
C
but the levee was dry
F
Bb
Them good ol' boys were
F
drinkin' whiskey and rye
C
Dm
Singin', "This'll be
G
the day that I die
Dm
This'll be the day that I die"
C
Verse 7
F
Now, for ten years we've
Gm
been on our own
Bb
Gm
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
Dm
C
But that's not how it used to be
F
C
When the jester sang
Dm
for the king and queen
Gm
Bb
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
Dm
G
And a voice that came
from you and me
C
Verse 8
Dm
Oh, and while the king was
C
looking down
Dm
C
The jester stole his thorny
crown
Bb
F
Gm
The courtroom was ad journed
G
Bb
C
No verdict was returned
F
C
And while Lenin read
Dm
a book on Marx
Gm
Bb
A quartet practiced in the park
F
C
Dm
And we sang dirges in the dark
Bb
C
F
Bb
The day the mu sic died
Verse 9
F
C
F
Bb
We were singin', bye- bye,
F
C
Miss American Pie
F
Bb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
F
C
but the levee was dry
F
Bb
Them good ol' boys were
F
C
drinkin' whiskey and rye
Dm
G
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
Dm
This'll be the day that I die"
C
Verse 10
F
Gm
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
Bb
Gm
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Dm
C
Eight miles high and falling fast
F
C
Dm
It landed foul on the grass
Gm
Bb
The players tried for a forward pass
Dm
With the jester on the side
G
lines in a cast
C
Verse 11
Dm
Now, the halftime air
C
was sweet perfume
Dm
C
While sergeants played a marching tune
Bb
Gm
We all got up to dance
Bb
C
Oh, but we never got the chance
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C
'Cause the players tried to take
Dm
the field
Gm
Bb
The marching band refused to yield
F
C
Dm
Do you recall what was revealed
Bb
C
F
Bb
The day the music died?
Verse 12
F
C
F
Bb
We started singin', bye- bye,
F
C
Miss American Pie
F
Bb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
F
C
but the levee was dry
F
Bb
Them good ol' boys were
F
C
drinkin' whiskey and rye
Dm
G
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
Dm
This'll be the day that I die"
C
Verse 13
F
Gm
Oh, and there we were all in one place
Bb
Gm
A generation lost in space
Dm
C
With no time left to start again
F
C
So, come on, Jack be nimble,
Dm
Jack be quick
Gm
Bb
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
Dm
G
'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend
C
Verse 14
Dm
C
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
Dm
C
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
Bb
Dm
Gm
No angel born in Hell
Bb
C
Could break that Satan spell
F
And as the flames climbed
C
Dm
high into the night
Gm
Bb
To light the sacrificial rite
F
C
Dm
I saw Satan laughing with delight
Bb
C
F
Bb
The day the music died
Verse 15
F
C
F
Bb
He was singin', bye- bye,
F
C
Miss American Pie
F
Bb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
F
C
but the levee was dry
F
Bb
Them good ol' boys were
F
C
drinkin' whiskey and rye
Dm
G
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
Dm
C
This'll be the day that I die"
Verse 16
C
Dm
I met a girl who sang the blues
Gm
Bb
And I asked her for some happy news
Dm
C
But she just smiled and turned away
F
C
Dm
I went down to the sacred store
Gm
Where I'd heard the music
Bb
years before
Dm
But the man there said the
Bb
C
music wouldn't play
Verse 17
C
Dm
Gm
And in the streets the chil
dren screamed
Dm
The lovers cried,
Gm
an d the poets dreamed
Bb
F
Gm
But not a word was spoken
Bb
C
The church bells all were broken
Dm
And the three men I admire most
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The Father,
C
Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train
Dm
C
for the coast
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C
F
The day the music died
C
And they were singin',
Verse 18
F
Bb
bye- bye,
F
C
Miss American Pie
F
Bb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
F
C
but the levee was dry
F
Bb
And them good ol' boys were drinkin'
F
C
whiskey and rye
Singin',
Dm
G
Dm
"This'll be the day that I die
C
This'll be the day that I die"
Verse 19
F
Bb
They were singin', bye- bye,
F
C
Miss American Pie
F
Bb
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
F
C
but the levee was dry
F
Bb
Them good ol' boys were drinkin'
F
C
whiskey and rye
Bb
C
F
Bb
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die"
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