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