The Day That Music Died chords by Nevershoutnever

Chords with lyrics

just came out and I heard a rough recording of the song that he played on MTV. It's just a
that he played and may differ from final version. Experiment and enjoy!

Chords

DmDm - xx0231
C majorC - x32010
C7C7 - x32310
FF - 133211
A augmentedA - x13331
A7A7 - x02020

During the intro and verses...
Hammer on the e string, 1st fret, first strum only when you play the DmDm chord.
Hammer on the D MajorD string, 2nd fret, first strum only when you play the C majorC chord.

Intro:

Dm, C, FF

  DmDm       C majorC      FF
The day that music died was an awful day
  DmDm        C majorC    FF
the children started working instead of play
  DmDm       C majorC     FF
our poets read from scripts to earn their pay
      DmDm     C majorC       FF
i tell them exit stage left aint got shit to say

   DmDm       A augmentedA        FF
Cause music brings us life when we are dead
       C majorC        C7C7
an honest melody to break the trend
  DmDm       A augmentedA        FF
and music brings us hope for future peace
       C majorC      C7C7
humanity will sing in harmony
 A7A7      DmDm
I pray for that day

Harmonica part:

Dm, C, FF

  DmDm       C majorC      FF
The day that music died was an awful day
  DmDm       C majorC      FF
the critics and the skeptics had all the say
   DmDm      C majorC      FF
this money hungry industry must back away
DmDm      C majorC        FF
set the music free or watch it fade away

   DmDm       A augmentedA        FF
Cause music brings us life when we are dead
       C majorC        C7C7
an honest melody to break the trend
  DmDm       A augmentedA        FF
and music brings us hope for future peace
       C majorC      C7C7
humanity will sing in harmony
 A7A7      DmDm