Lyrics:

D A Bm
A long, long time ago,
Em G Bm A
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
D A Bm
And if I knew I had my chance
Em G Bm G A
that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while


Bm Em Bm Em
But February made me shiver with every paper I'd deliver
G D Em G A
Bad news on the door step, I couldn't take one more step

D A Bm Em A
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
D A Bm G A7 D G D
But something touched me deep inside the day the music died

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D G D A
So bye bye Miss American Pie
D G D A
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
D G D A
Them good ole boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Bm E7 Bm A7
Singing this 'll be the day that I die, this'll be the day that I die









D Em
Did you write the book of love
G Em Bm A
and do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so
D A Bm
Now do you believe in rock and roll
Em G Bm E7 A
Can music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow


Bm A Bm A
Well I know that you're in love with him cause I saw you dancing in the gym
G D E7 G A7
You both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhytm and blues
D A Bm Em G
I was a lonely teenage brone in' buck with a pink carnation and pick up truck
D A Bm G A7 D G D
But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died.
A7
I started singing **

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D Em
Now for ten years we've been on our own
G Em Bm A
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone, but that's not how it used to be
D A Bm
When the jester sang for the King and Queen
Em G Bm E7 A
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean and a voice that came from you and me
Bm A Bm A
Oh and while the King was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown
G D E7 G A7
The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
D A Bm Em G
And while Lenin read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park
D A Bm G A7 D G D
And we sang dirges in the dark, the day the music died.
A7
We were singin' **