Tom: D
Introdução:
Eb
G D/F# Em7
A long_, long_ time ago,
Am C Em D
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile_
G D/F# Em7
And I knew if I had my chance,
Am C Em C D
I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
D(&Riff1)
Riff1
G Am C Am
Did_ you_ write the book of love and do you have faith in God above?
Em D D4 D D2 D
If the Bible tells you so___
G D/F# Em7
Now do you believe in rock and roll
Am7 C
and can music save your mortal soul and
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 blues__.
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 I__ was out__ of luck the day__, the mu___sic, died__.
D7
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 ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em A7 Em D
This'll be the day that I die___, This'll be the day that I die___.
Riff2 2x
D D/C D/B
G Am C Am
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news__,
G D/F# Em
Well I went down to the sacred store
Am7 C Em Am7
Where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music
Em D
Well now in the streets the children screamed,
Em D
the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
G D/F# Em Am7 C
And the three men I__ admire the most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
G D/F# Em7 C D7 G C G
They caught the last_ train for the coast_ the day__, the mu___sic, died__.
D7
They 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 ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em A7 Em D
This'll be the day that I die___, This'll be the day that I die___.
Riff2 4x
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 ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em A7 Em D
This'll be the day that I die___, This'll be the day that I die___.
D D/C D/B
We started singing___
D D/C D/B
We started singing___
D D/C D/B
We started singing___
D D/C D/B
We started singing___