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A longg, longg time ago,
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I can still remember how that music used to make me smilee
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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
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Didd youu write the book of love and do you have faith in God above
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If the Bible tells you soooo
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Now do you believe in rock and roll
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and can music save your mortal soul and
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Can you teach me how to dance reall slowwwwww
EmD
Well, I know that you're in love with him,
EmD
Cause I saw you dancing in the gym,
CGAm7
You both kicked off your shoes,
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Man I dig those rhythm and bluesss.
GD/F#Em7
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a
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Pink carnation and a pick up truck,
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But I knew that III was outt of luck the dayy, the muuusic, diedd.
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I started singing,
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Byeee Byeee, Miss American Pie,
GCGD
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
GCGD
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
EmA7EmD
This'll be the day that I dieeee, This'll be the day that I dieeee.
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GAmCAm
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy newsss,
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But she just smiled and turned awayyy
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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
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wouldn't playyyy
EmD
Well now in the streets the children screamed,
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the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
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But not a word was spokennn, the church bells all were brokennnnn
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And the three men III admire the most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
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They caught the lastt train for the coastt the dayyy, the muuuusic, dieddd.
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They started singing,
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GCGD
Byeee Byeee, Miss American Pie,
GCGD
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
GCGD
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
EmA7EmD
This'll be the day that I dieeee, This'll be the day that I diee.
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GCGD
Byeee Byeee, Miss American Pie,
GCGD
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
GCGD
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
EmA7EmD
This'll be the day that I dieeee, This'll be the day that I diee.
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We started singingggg
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We started singingggg