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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,
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I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
D (&Riff1)  4x

G                   Am                  C                 Am
Did_ you_ write the book of love and do you have faith in God above?
Em           D              Dsus4 D  Dsus2 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
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Can you teach me  how to dance  real_ slow_______?
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___.


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G                 Am                    C                  Am
 I met a girl who sang the blues and I  asked her for some happy news__, 
    Em                  D              Dsus4 D  Dsus2 D
But she just smiled and turned away____.
       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
         D       Dsus4   D
wouldn't play_____
         Em                 D
Well now in the streets the children screamed,
Em                       D
the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
    C     G        Am            C                     D
But not a word was spoken__, the church bells all were broken____
        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,
REFRÃO

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REFRÃO

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             We started singing___
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             We started singing___
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             We started singing___
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             We started singing___