Tonalité : G major
Verse 1
G
D
Em
A long, long time ago
Am
C
I can still remember
Em
D
How that music used to make me smile
Em
And I knew if I had my chance
Am
C
That I could make those people dance
Em
C
D
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Em
Am
But February made me shiver
Em
D
Am
With every paper I'd deliver
C
G
Am
Bad news on the doorstep
C
D
I couldn't take one more step
Em
I can't remember if I cried
C
D
When I read about his widowed bride
G
D
Em
But something touched me deep inside
C
D
G
The day the music died
C
G
D
So bye -bye Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee
G
D
But the levee was dry
G
And them good old boys
C
G
D
We're drinking whiskey and rye,
singing
Em
A
this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
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
G
Em
How do you believe in rock 'n 'roll?
Am
C
Can music save your mortal soul?
Em
A
And can you teach me how
D
to dance real slow?
Em
Well, I know that you're
D
in love with him
Em
D
Cause I saw you dancing in the gym
C
Am
You both kicked off your shoes
C
D
Man, I dig those rhythmic blues
G
D
Em
I was a lonely teenage bronkin' buck
Am
C
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
G
D
Em
But I knew I was out of luck
C
D
G
The day the mu sic died
C
G
D
I started singin'
G
C
G
D
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
Them good old boys
C
G
were drinkin' whiskey and rye
D
Em
A
This'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
G
Now for ten years we've
Am
been on our own
C
Am
And Moss grows fat on a rolling stone
Em
D
But that's not how it used to be
G
D
When the jester sang for
Em
the king and queen
Am
C
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
Em
A
D
And a voice that came from you and me
Em
Oh, and while the king
D
was looking down
Em
D
The jester stole his thorny crown
C
G
Am
The courtroom was ad journed
A
C
D
No verdict was returned
G
D
Em
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
Am
C
A quartet practiced in the park
G
D
Em
And we sang dirges in the dark
C
D
G
C
the day the mu sic died
G
D
G
We were singing bye -bye
C
G
D
Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
Them good old boys were drinking
G
D
whiskey and rye
Em
A
Singing this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
G
Am
Helped a skelter in a summer swelter
C
Am
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Em
D
Eight miles high and falling fast
G
D
Em
Landed foul on the grass
Am
C
The players tried for a forward pass
Em
A
D
With a jester on the sidelines in a cast
Em
D
Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
Em
And while the sergeants
D
played a marching tune
C
Am
We all got up to dance
C
D
Oh, but we never got the chance
G
D
Em
As the players tried to take the field
Am
C
The marching band refused to yield
G
D
Em
Do you recall what was revealed the day
C
D
G
C
The mu sic died?
G
D
G
C
We started singing bye -bye,
G
D
Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee
G
D
where the levee was dry
G
C
Them good old boys were
G
D
drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em
And singin' this'll be
A
the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
G
Am
Oh, and there we were all in one place
C
Am
A generation lost in space
Em
D
With no time left to start again
Verse 2
G
D
So come on, Jack, be nimble,
Em
Jack, be quick
Verse 3
Am
C
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
Verse 4
Em
A
Cause fire is the devil's only friend
D
Verse 5
Em
D
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
Verse 6
Em
D
My hands were clenched and fists of rage
Verse 7
C
Em
Am
No angel born in hell
Verse 8
C
Break that Satan's spell
D
G
And as the flames climbed
D
Em
high into the night
Am
C
To light the sacrificial rite
G
D
Em
I saw Satan laughing with delight
C
D
G
C
The day the mu sic died
G
D
G
He was singing bye -bye,
C
G
D
Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
And the old boys were
G
D
drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em
And singin' this'll be
A
the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
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
I went down to the sacred store
Am
C
Where I'd heard the music years before
Em
But the man there said
C
D
the music wouldn't play
Em
Am
And in the streets the children screamed
Em
Am
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
C
G
Am
But not a word was spoken
C
D
The church bells all were broken
Em
And the three men I admire most,
C
D
the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost,
Em
D
They caught the last train for the coast
C
D
G
the day the music died.
D
And they were singing,
G
C
G
D
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
And them good old boys
C
G
D
were drinking whiskey and rye
Em
A
Singing, this'll be the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die
They were singing
G
C
G
D
Bye -bye, Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee
G
D
But the levee was dry
G
Them good old boys
C
G
D
Were drinking whiskey and rye
C
D
G
C
Singing this'll be the day that I die
you
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