G      D     Em7
A long, long time ago
Am             C
I can still remember
          Em                   D
How that music used to make me smile
    G            D    Em7
And I knew that if I had my chance
Am                 C
I could make those people dance
    Em              C           D
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

 G - D - Em7 - C  x4

G                 Am
Did you write the book of love?
       C                 Am
And do you have faith in God above
Em           D
If the Bible tells you so?
G           D          Em
Now, do you believe in rock and roll?
        Am7             C
And can music save your mortal soul?
        Em           A7                D
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

      Em                    D
Well, I know that you're in love with him
         Em              D
'Cause I saw you dancing in the gym
    C           G         A7
You both kicked off your shoes (both kicked off your shoes)
       C                    D7
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues

        G      D       Em
I was a lonely teenage bronking buck
       Am                   C
With a pink carnation and a pick-up truck
    G           D     Em
But I knew that I was out of luck
C           D7   G    C
The day the music died
G
I started singing

G    C    G             D
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
         G            C             G         D
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
     G        C                  G           D
Them good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye
         Em                        A7
Singin': This'll be the day that I die
Em                        D7
This'll be the day that I die

  G     D        Em
I met a girl who sang the blues
      Am                 C
And I asked her for some happy news
    Em                         D
But she just smiled and turned away
       G         D      Em
Then I went down to the sacred store
          Am              C
Where I'd heard the music years before
        Em                 C              D
But the man there said the music wouldn't play

          Em                 Am
Well now, in the streets the children screamed (the children screamed)
    Em                    Am
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed (the poets dreamed)
    C     G        Am
But not a word was spoken (not a word was spoken)
    C                     D
The church bells all were broken
        G         D   Em
And the three men I admire the most
    Am7     C           D7
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
G               D          Em
They caught the last train for the coast
Am7         D7    G
The day the music died
D7
We started singing

G    C         G        D
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
         G            C             G         D
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
     G        C                  G           D
Them good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye
         Em                        A7
Singin': This'll be the day that I die
Em                        D7
This'll be the day that I die

 G - C - G - D
 G - C - G - D
 G - C - G - D
 Em - A7
 Em - D7

G    C         G        D
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
         G            C             G         D
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
     G        C                  G           D
Them good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye
         Em                        A7
Singin': This'll be the day that I die
Em                        D7
This'll be the day that I die


D7
We started singing
D7
We started singing
D7
We started singing
D7
We started singing