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Here from Lubbock, Texas, [E] the Crickets [A] with one of their hit records.
[E] [A] If you knew, [D] Peggy Sue, [A] then [D] you'd know [A] why I feel blue [D] without Peggy, my [A] Peggy Sue.
Oh, [E] well, I love you, gal, [A] yes, I love you, Peggy Sue.
[N] Ed Sullivan was, I guess, the biggest variety show on [E] television at the time.
[A] Of course, we were thrilled to be there.
[D] Oh, Peggy, my [A] Peggy Sue.
Oh, [E] well, I love you, gal.
I'll never [D] forget the first time I saw Jay.
[A] Buddy said, man, I got this [Em] drummer that, [A] of course, by this time, Elvis had gotten [D] DJ, you know, Fontana.
And, of course, [E] that did it for us.
We had to [B] have a drummer.
[A] And so
[E] Buddy said, I know this little kid, man, he [B] plays drums [D] great, man.
[A] And I said, let's go down and meet him.
[E] And Jay, [Am] I was in the high school [B] band, and they were [A] marching and practicing for the [Dm]
football game on Friday night.
Jay, I was [A] marching and playing his drum and [E] all that stuff.
I'll never [Dm] forget, man, [A] when they got through with their practice, Jay, I [F] ran over to the car.
And that's the first time I ever met Jay.
And I thought, man, he's too little to play drums.
[A] Buddy got a [D] deal with Deck of [Dm] Records [D]
and [Db] came down here to [E] Nashville to the Quonset.
And I couldn't come the first time.
I was still in high school.
[A] And then that summer, [Am] we came back down and did That'll Be the [N] Day and four more songs.
And then that didn't work good, and Deck had dropped him.
And Buddy and I started the Crickets.
Of course, unfortunately, Buddy was killed in 59.
And Sonny and Joe B.
and I started back in the [G] Everly Brothers in 59 [Ab] and cut some records with them.
[Gb] [Ab] Well, [B] Johnny sings a love song like a bird.
He sings the sweetest love song ever [E] heard.
Oh, and he sings to my gal, what a [B] howl.
To me, he's just a little doll on a [Gb] prowl.
Johnny wants to fly [E] away and love me love my baby.
[Bm] It's a bird [E]
[Gb] doll.
[E] Well, it's a bird doll.
[Bm]
[B] And [Ab] well, the Everly Brothers, as [A] far as I'm concerned, are still the best singers in the world.
[E] [D] Well, that'll be the day.
You make a [A] flyer.
It was a bad day when [G] Buddy Holly got killed.
I was at [D] my folks' house in Lubbock, Texas.
And we were living in [G] Clovis at the time.
[E] Sonny Curtis [A] was [E] sleeping on the couch [Ab] at my folks' [A] house.
And I was still in [D] bed.
It was probably early, [F] like 10 o'clock or something.
[Ab]
But anyway, the neighbor lady named [B] Lolita Hall came across the street [E] and said,
Hey, I just heard on the radio that Buddy Holly got killed.
And of course, she [Dm] knew him.
She had lived there forever.
[A] And of course, Sonny said, Hey, everybody's, wake up, wake [D] up.
And I said, Ah, you know, that's got a little foresty.
[G] Still seemed like a forest, but that's how [A] we [E] got the bad day.
[D] [E]
[A] [E] [D] Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye.
[A] And that'll be the day you make me cry.
[D] You say you're going to leave.
You know it's a lie, [Am] cause that'll be [C] the [A] day when I die.
[D] [N]
[E] [A] If you knew, [D] Peggy Sue, [A] then [D] you'd know [A] why I feel blue [D] without Peggy, my [A] Peggy Sue.
Oh, [E] well, I love you, gal, [A] yes, I love you, Peggy Sue.
[N] Ed Sullivan was, I guess, the biggest variety show on [E] television at the time.
[A] Of course, we were thrilled to be there.
[D] Oh, Peggy, my [A] Peggy Sue.
Oh, [E] well, I love you, gal.
I'll never [D] forget the first time I saw Jay.
[A] Buddy said, man, I got this [Em] drummer that, [A] of course, by this time, Elvis had gotten [D] DJ, you know, Fontana.
And, of course, [E] that did it for us.
We had to [B] have a drummer.
[A] And so
[E] Buddy said, I know this little kid, man, he [B] plays drums [D] great, man.
[A] And I said, let's go down and meet him.
[E] And Jay, [Am] I was in the high school [B] band, and they were [A] marching and practicing for the [Dm]
football game on Friday night.
Jay, I was [A] marching and playing his drum and [E] all that stuff.
I'll never [Dm] forget, man, [A] when they got through with their practice, Jay, I [F] ran over to the car.
And that's the first time I ever met Jay.
And I thought, man, he's too little to play drums.
[A] Buddy got a [D] deal with Deck of [Dm] Records [D]
and [Db] came down here to [E] Nashville to the Quonset.
And I couldn't come the first time.
I was still in high school.
[A] And then that summer, [Am] we came back down and did That'll Be the [N] Day and four more songs.
And then that didn't work good, and Deck had dropped him.
And Buddy and I started the Crickets.
Of course, unfortunately, Buddy was killed in 59.
And Sonny and Joe B.
and I started back in the [G] Everly Brothers in 59 [Ab] and cut some records with them.
[Gb] [Ab] Well, [B] Johnny sings a love song like a bird.
He sings the sweetest love song ever [E] heard.
Oh, and he sings to my gal, what a [B] howl.
To me, he's just a little doll on a [Gb] prowl.
Johnny wants to fly [E] away and love me love my baby.
[Bm] It's a bird [E]
[Gb] doll.
[E] Well, it's a bird doll.
[Bm]
[B] And [Ab] well, the Everly Brothers, as [A] far as I'm concerned, are still the best singers in the world.
[E] [D] Well, that'll be the day.
You make a [A] flyer.
It was a bad day when [G] Buddy Holly got killed.
I was at [D] my folks' house in Lubbock, Texas.
And we were living in [G] Clovis at the time.
[E] Sonny Curtis [A] was [E] sleeping on the couch [Ab] at my folks' [A] house.
And I was still in [D] bed.
It was probably early, [F] like 10 o'clock or something.
[Ab]
But anyway, the neighbor lady named [B] Lolita Hall came across the street [E] and said,
Hey, I just heard on the radio that Buddy Holly got killed.
And of course, she [Dm] knew him.
She had lived there forever.
[A] And of course, Sonny said, Hey, everybody's, wake up, wake [D] up.
And I said, Ah, you know, that's got a little foresty.
[G] Still seemed like a forest, but that's how [A] we [E] got the bad day.
[D] [E]
[A] [E] [D] Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye.
[A] And that'll be the day you make me cry.
[D] You say you're going to leave.
You know it's a lie, [Am] cause that'll be [C] the [A] day when I die.
[D] [N]
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_ _ _ _ _ Here from Lubbock, Texas, [E] the Crickets [A] with one of their hit records.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] If you knew, _ [D] Peggy Sue, [A] _ then [D] you'd know [A] why I feel blue [D] without Peggy, _ _ my [A] Peggy Sue. _
_ _ _ Oh, [E] well, I love you, gal, [A] yes, I love you, Peggy Sue. _ _
[N] _ _ Ed Sullivan was, I guess, the biggest variety show on [E] television at the time. _
[A] Of course, we were thrilled to be there.
[D] Oh, Peggy, _ _ my [A] Peggy Sue. _
_ _ _ Oh, [E] well, I love you, gal.
I'll never [D] forget the first time I saw Jay.
[A] Buddy said, man, I got this [Em] drummer that, [A] of course, by this time, Elvis had gotten [D] DJ, you know, Fontana.
And, of course, [E] that did it for us.
We had to [B] have a drummer.
_ [A] And so _
_ _ [E] Buddy said, I know this little kid, man, he [B] plays drums [D] great, man.
[A] And I said, let's go down and meet him.
[E] And _ Jay, _ [Am] I was in the high school [B] band, and _ they were [A] marching and practicing for the [Dm] _
football game on Friday night.
Jay, I was _ [A] marching and playing his drum and [E] all that stuff.
I'll never [Dm] forget, man, [A] when they got through _ _ _ with their practice, Jay, I [F] ran over to the car.
And that's the first time I ever met Jay.
And I thought, man, he's too little to play drums.
[A] Buddy got a [D] deal _ with Deck of [Dm] Records _ _ [D]
and _ [Db] came down here to [E] Nashville to the Quonset.
And I couldn't come the first time.
I was still in high school.
[A] And then that summer, _ [Am] we came back down and did That'll Be the [N] Day and four more songs.
And then that didn't work good, and Deck had dropped him.
And Buddy and I started the Crickets.
Of course, unfortunately, Buddy was killed in 59. _
And Sonny and Joe B.
and I started back in the [G] Everly Brothers in 59 [Ab] and cut some records with them.
[Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] Well, [B] Johnny sings a love song like a bird.
He sings the sweetest love song ever [E] heard.
Oh, and he sings to my gal, what a [B] howl.
To me, he's just a little doll on a [Gb] prowl.
Johnny wants to fly [E] away and love me love my baby.
[Bm] It's a bird [E]
[Gb] doll.
_ _ _ [E] Well, it's a bird doll.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[B] And _ [Ab] well, the Everly Brothers, as [A] far as I'm concerned, are still the best singers in the world. _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] Well, that'll be the day.
You make a [A] flyer.
It was a bad day when [G] Buddy Holly got killed.
I was at [D] my folks' house in Lubbock, Texas.
And we were living in [G] Clovis at the time.
_ [E] Sonny Curtis [A] was [E] sleeping on the couch [Ab] at my folks' [A] house.
And I was still in [D] bed.
It was _ probably early, [F] like 10 o'clock or something.
[Ab]
But anyway, the neighbor lady named [B] Lolita Hall came across the street [E] and said,
Hey, I just heard on the radio that Buddy Holly got killed.
And of course, she [Dm] knew him.
_ _ She had lived there forever.
[A] And of course, Sonny said, Hey, everybody's, wake up, wake [D] up.
And I said, Ah, you know, that's got a little foresty.
_ [G] Still seemed like a forest, but that's how [A] we [E] got the bad day. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [D] Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye.
[A] And that'll be the day you make me cry.
[D] You say you're going to leave.
You know it's a lie, [Am] cause that'll be [C] the [A] day when I die.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] If you knew, _ [D] Peggy Sue, [A] _ then [D] you'd know [A] why I feel blue [D] without Peggy, _ _ my [A] Peggy Sue. _
_ _ _ Oh, [E] well, I love you, gal, [A] yes, I love you, Peggy Sue. _ _
[N] _ _ Ed Sullivan was, I guess, the biggest variety show on [E] television at the time. _
[A] Of course, we were thrilled to be there.
[D] Oh, Peggy, _ _ my [A] Peggy Sue. _
_ _ _ Oh, [E] well, I love you, gal.
I'll never [D] forget the first time I saw Jay.
[A] Buddy said, man, I got this [Em] drummer that, [A] of course, by this time, Elvis had gotten [D] DJ, you know, Fontana.
And, of course, [E] that did it for us.
We had to [B] have a drummer.
_ [A] And so _
_ _ [E] Buddy said, I know this little kid, man, he [B] plays drums [D] great, man.
[A] And I said, let's go down and meet him.
[E] And _ Jay, _ [Am] I was in the high school [B] band, and _ they were [A] marching and practicing for the [Dm] _
football game on Friday night.
Jay, I was _ [A] marching and playing his drum and [E] all that stuff.
I'll never [Dm] forget, man, [A] when they got through _ _ _ with their practice, Jay, I [F] ran over to the car.
And that's the first time I ever met Jay.
And I thought, man, he's too little to play drums.
[A] Buddy got a [D] deal _ with Deck of [Dm] Records _ _ [D]
and _ [Db] came down here to [E] Nashville to the Quonset.
And I couldn't come the first time.
I was still in high school.
[A] And then that summer, _ [Am] we came back down and did That'll Be the [N] Day and four more songs.
And then that didn't work good, and Deck had dropped him.
And Buddy and I started the Crickets.
Of course, unfortunately, Buddy was killed in 59. _
And Sonny and Joe B.
and I started back in the [G] Everly Brothers in 59 [Ab] and cut some records with them.
[Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] Well, [B] Johnny sings a love song like a bird.
He sings the sweetest love song ever [E] heard.
Oh, and he sings to my gal, what a [B] howl.
To me, he's just a little doll on a [Gb] prowl.
Johnny wants to fly [E] away and love me love my baby.
[Bm] It's a bird [E]
[Gb] doll.
_ _ _ [E] Well, it's a bird doll.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[B] And _ [Ab] well, the Everly Brothers, as [A] far as I'm concerned, are still the best singers in the world. _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] Well, that'll be the day.
You make a [A] flyer.
It was a bad day when [G] Buddy Holly got killed.
I was at [D] my folks' house in Lubbock, Texas.
And we were living in [G] Clovis at the time.
_ [E] Sonny Curtis [A] was [E] sleeping on the couch [Ab] at my folks' [A] house.
And I was still in [D] bed.
It was _ probably early, [F] like 10 o'clock or something.
[Ab]
But anyway, the neighbor lady named [B] Lolita Hall came across the street [E] and said,
Hey, I just heard on the radio that Buddy Holly got killed.
And of course, she [Dm] knew him.
_ _ She had lived there forever.
[A] And of course, Sonny said, Hey, everybody's, wake up, wake [D] up.
And I said, Ah, you know, that's got a little foresty.
_ [G] Still seemed like a forest, but that's how [A] we [E] got the bad day. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [D] Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye.
[A] And that'll be the day you make me cry.
[D] You say you're going to leave.
You know it's a lie, [Am] cause that'll be [C] the [A] day when I die.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _