Chords for The Day The Music Died! (Three Stars)(February 3 1959)

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_ _ _ _ Historian from Clear Lake, Iowa, [G] three of the nation's top rock and roll singers,
JP the Big Bopper, Richardson and [G] Buddy Holly died today with their [B] pilot. _
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_ [C] _ On the left stands Richie Ballant, [F] a young boy just 17, _ [C] just beginning to realize and
explore his teenage [D] dreams. _
[G] Why did God call him, oh [C] so far away?
_ Maybe to help some boy or girl [F] who might have gone astray.
_ With their stars shining [C] through the dark and lonely [G] night, to light the path [C] and show
the way, the [F] way that's right.
Gee, we're [C] gonna miss you, [G] everybody [C] sends their love.
On the right stands Buddy Holly with a shy grin on his [F] face.
_ Funny how you always seem to [C] notice that one little curl out of place.
_ [D] Not many people really knew Buddy [G] or understood how he felt, [C] but just a song from his lips
would make the coldest heart melt. _
[F] Buddy's singing for God now in his chorus in the sky.
[C] Buddy Holly [G] will always remember you [C] with tears in our eyes.
[F] Gee, we're [C] gonna miss you, [G] _
everybody [C] sends their love.
_ In the middle stands a stout man, _ [F] the Big Bopper is his name.
_ [C] Now God has called him, _ perhaps [D] to new fortune and fame.
[G] _ _ [C] He wore a big Stetson hat, sought a ramble up to the mic.
_ [F] _ And how can we ever forget those wonderful words, [G] you know what I [C] like.
_ _ Look up in the sky, _ [F] _
up toward the _ [C] yard.
There are three new stars, [D] _
brightly shining [G] forth.
[Em] [C] They're shining so bright from heaven [F] above. _
Gee, we're gonna miss you, [G] everybody _ sends [C] their love.
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