Chords for Donna And Peggy Sue, Buddy Holly & Ritchie Valens

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_ _ Two of the men who shaped rock and roll.
Buddy Holly and Richie Valens were killed, but two
women who were immortalised in their songs are still alive and kicking.
Peggy Sue Rackham
did get married, but also got divorced.
She's gone from drain pipes to running a drain clearing
company.
Richie Valens' Donna was his high school date, Donna Fox.
The rock and roll
days are behind her, and she's a mortgage consultant in California.
_ [A] _
_ If you knew [D] Peggy Sue, [A] then you'd know why I'd feel blue [D] without Peggy.
Without [Am] Peggy Sue, [F] I'd be done.
_ [Bb] I _ [C] _ _ [G] met Richie when I was 15 at a car club party, and I started dating him after I saw him [D] later
on in school. _
And [F] he_
Gosh, I don't know what to tell [Dm] you.
_ [Ab]
The first time I heard the [Eb] song was at [Db] the Sacramento [Gm] Memorial Auditorium with Buddy
Holly and the Crickets performing [G] it.
It was the first time I'd heard Peggy Sue, and
I was just _ _ shocked, you know?
Just_
It was a total surprise. _ _
And joining us now in the Live at Five studio is Peggy Sue Rackham and Donna Fox.
Ladies,
you're very welcome.
Now, tell us the story.
I'm sure it's been told many a time before,
but what was your reaction when you first heard your song performed and realized that
you had a song named after you?
I was excited.
I bet.
Felt very important.
Did you know it was going to happen?
No, I didn't.
So it sprung the surprise on you.
What was
the concert?
When was it?
It was in Sacramento, California in 1958 _ at
the _ auditorium, the Memorial Auditorium.
And I had been invited to the _ show through Jerry,
through his mother, through my mother.
And so it was quite a surprise.
And you had no idea this song was coming out?
No, I had no idea that it was coming out.
Was it right at the beginning of the set or what?
[N] Uh-huh.
Halfway_
Right at the front of the concert
was it?
They opened with That'll Be the Day and then
they started with Peggy Sue.
And straight into Peggy Sue.
Mm-hmm.
That's a nice honor.
Now, tell me the story.
When did you [G] first hear the song which was named after yourself?
I heard it on the telephone.
Richie sang it to me, and he just said that he wrote a song
for me _ and didn't tell me he was going to record it.
And about a couple months later,
I was driving down the street with all my friends and it was on the radio.
So it was great.
You were just driving along?
Nothing more forward than that?
Yes, I had no idea.
You suddenly heard your own song?
Yes.
That must have been a strange feeling for you.
Very strange.
Very strange.
Now, tell me about your life since those
Halcyon days of the rock and roll era.
Because Peggy Sue did get married, didn't she?
Yes, she did.
And that's how the film idea was sparked?
_ _ _ Yes, I was married.
I have two children, 24 and 20, grandchildren that are six.
_ And we started a plumbing company.
And so that's sort of what my life has been.
_ A plumbing company.
Any particular reason why you chose a plumbing company?
Or was it just something to do?
Well, my _ _ husband at that time was a plumbing contractor.
And after we had been in business for about five years,
I _ gained my contractor's license.
It's a service business.
And Donna, what's your life been like since those Halcyon days of the rock and roll era? _
I'm a mortgage banker.
_ I have two lovely daughters, Jodie and Stacey.
And I just work hard.
I kind of miss my job since I've been gone.
And do you ever put the records on the turntable and give them another spin?
Oh, absolutely.
I probably have more than anybody in the world.
You do?
You have a good collection of all those?
All right.
Well, ladies, it's been a brief visit to our live at fire studio, but