Key: D
Introduction: Dm C F
Dm C F
The day that music died was an awful day
Dm C F
the children started working instead of play
Dm C F
our poets read from scripts to earn their pay
Dm C F
i tell them exit stage left aint got shit to say
Dm A F
Cause music brings us life when we are dead
C C7
an honest melody to break the trend
Dm A F
and music brings us hope for future peace
C C7
humanity will sing in harmony
A7 Dm
I pray for that day
Dm C F
The day that music died was an awful day
Dm C F
the critics and the skeptics had all the say
Dm C F
this money hungry industry must back away
Dm C F
set the music free or watch it fade away
Dm A F
Cause music brings us life when we are dead
C C7
an honest melody to break the trend
Dm A F
and music brings us hope for future peace
C C7
humanity will sing in harmony
A7 Dm
I pray for that day