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Intro:
A [G]long, [D]long [Em7]time ago, [Am]I
can still remem- [C]ber how
that
[Em]music
used to make me [D]smile [G]And I [D]knew if I [Em7]had
my chance,
[Am]That I could
make those [C]people dance and [Em]maybe they'd be [C]happy
for a [D]while
[Em]But February
made [Am]me shiver, [Em]with every paper [Am]I'd deliver
[C]Bad news [G]on
the [Am]doorstep, I [C]couldn't take one more step[D]
I [G]can't remem-[D]ber if I [Em]cried
when I [Am7]read about his [D]widowed bride
But, [G]something [D]touched me [Em]deep
inside [C]The day the [D7]music [G]died [C][G]
C: So [G]bye,
[C]bye Miss A-[G]merican [D]Pie, Drove my [G]Chevy
to the [C]levy but the [G]levy was [D]dry
And them [G]good old [C]boys were
drinkin' [G]whiskey and [D]rye
Singin' [Em]this will be the day that I [A7]die,
[Em]this will be the day that I [D7]die
V1: [G]Did you write the [Am]book of love And do [C]you
have faith in [Am]god above,
[Em]if the bible [D]tells you
so? Now, do [G]you be-[D]lieve
in [Em]rock and roll
Can [Am7*]music save [C]your
mortal soul and [Em]can you teach me [A7]how to dance real [D]slow?
Well I [Em]know that you're in [D]love
with him 'cuz I [Em]saw you
dancin' [D] in the gym
You [C] both kicked [G] off
your [A7]shoes, man I [C]dig those rhythm and [D7]blues
I was a [G]lonely [D]teenage [Em]broncin'
buck with a [Am]pink carnation and a [C]pickup truck
But [G]I knew [D]I was [Em]out
of luck the [C]day the [D7]music [G]died, [C][G] I
started singin'
C:
V2:
[G]Now
for ten years we've been [Am]on
our own, And [C]moss
grows fat on a [Am] rolling stone, but
[Em] That's not how
it [D]used to be. [G]When
the jester [D]sang for the [Em]king
and queen in a
[Am]coat
he borrowed [C]from
James Dean in a [Em]voice that [A7]came
from you and [D]me
And [Em]while the king
was [D]looking down, the [Em]jester
stole his [D]thorny
crown
The [C]courtroom [G]was
ad-[A7]journed, [C]no
verdict was re-[D7]turned
And [G]while Lenin [D]read
a [Em]book
on Marx, the [Am]quartet prac-[C]ticed
in the park
And [G]we sang [D]dirges
[Em]in
the dark the [C]day the [D7]music
[G]died, we
were singin'
C:
V3:
[G]Helter
skelter [Am]in a summer swelter, The [C]birds flew off
with a [Am]fallout shelter,
[Em]eight
miles high and [D]fallin' fa-a-a-a-ast.
[G]It lan-[D]ded
foul [Em]on the grass
The [Am]players
tried for a [C]forward
pass, with the [Em]jester on the [A7]sidelines
in a [D]cast
Now the [Em]halftime air was
[D]sweet perfume, while [Em]the
sergeants played a [D]marching
tune
[C]We
all got [G]up
to [A7]dance, oh, but we [C]never
got the [D]chance
'Cuz the [G]players [D]tried
to [Em]take the field, the [Am]marching
band refused to [C]yield
[G]Do
you re-[D]call what [Em]was
revealed the [C]day the [D7]music
[G]died, [C][G]we
started singin'
C:
V4:
Oh, [G]and
there we were all [Am]in
one place, A [C]generation
[Am]lost
in space, with
[Em]No
time left to [D]start again. So
come on [G]Jack be [D]nimble,
[Em]Jack be quick,
[Am]Jack
Flash sat on a [C]candle
stick, 'cuz [Em]fire is the [A7]devil's
only [D]friend
Oh, [Em]and as I watched
him [D]on the stage, my [Em]hands
were clenched in [D]fists
of rage
[C]No
angel [G]born in [A7]Hell
could [C]break that Satan's [D]spell
And as the [G]flames climbed [D]high
in-[Em]to the night to [Am]light
the sacrifi-[C]cial
rite
I saw [G]Satan [D]laughing
[Em]with
delight the [C]day the [D7]music
[G]died, [C][G]he
was singin'
C:
V5:
[G]I met a [D]girl who [Em]sang the blues, And [Am]I
asked her for some [C]happy news,
[Em]but she just smiled and [D]turned
away. [G]I went [D]down
to the [Em]sacred store
Where [Am]I'd heard the music [C]years
before, but the [Em]man there said the [A7]music wouldn't [D]play
And, [Em]in the streets the [Am]children
screamed, [Em]the lovers cried and the [Am]poets dreamed
[G]But not a [D]word
was [Am]spoken, the [C]church bells all were [D]broken
And the [G]three men [D]I ad-[Em]mire
most, the [C]Father, Son, and the [D]Holy Ghost
[G]They caught
the [D]last train [Em]for the coast the [C]day the [D7]music
[G]died, And they were
singin'
C:
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O:
Singin'
[C]this will be the [D7]day that I [G]die[C][G].
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