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A longg, longg time ago,
Am C Em D
I can still remember how that music used to make me smilee
G D/F# Em7
And I knew if I had my chance,
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I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
D
4x
G Am C Am
Didd youu write the book of love and do you have faith in God above
Em D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
If the Bible tells you soooo
G D/F# Em7
Now do you believe in rock and roll
Am7 C
and can music save your mortal soul and
Em Am7 D Dsus4 D
Can you teach me how to dance reall slowwwwww
Em D
Well, I know that you're in love with him,
Em D
Cause I saw you dancing in the gym,
C G Am7
You both kicked off your shoes,
C D7
Man I dig those rhythm and bluesss.
G D/F# Em7
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a
Am C
Pink carnation and a pick up truck,
G D/F# Em7 C D7 G C G
But I knew that III was outt of luck the dayy, the muuusic, diedd.
D7
I started singing,
G C G D
Byeee Byeee, Miss American Pie,
G C G D
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
G C G D
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em A7 Em D
This'll be the day that I dieeee, This'll be the day that I dieeee.
D D/C D/B
G Am C Am
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy newsss,
Em D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
But she just smiled and turned awayyy
G D/F# Em
Well I went down to the sacred store
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Where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music
D Dsus4 D
wouldn't playyyy
Em D
Well now in the streets the children screamed,
Em D
the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
C G Am C D
But not a word was spokennn, the church bells all were brokennnnn
G D/F# Em Am7 C
And the three men III admire the most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
G D/F# Em7 C D7 G C G
They caught the lastt train for the coastt the dayyy, the muuuusic, dieddd.
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They started singing,
G C G D
Byeee Byeee, Miss American Pie,
G C G D
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
G C G D
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em A7 Em D
This'll be the day that I dieeee, This'll be the day that I diee.
G C G D
Byeee Byeee, Miss American Pie,
G C G D
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
G C G D
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em A7 Em D
This'll be the day that I dieeee, This'll be the day that I diee.
D D/C D/B
We started singingggg
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We started singingggg