Three stars    (intro)

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    Look up in the sky, up towards the north,

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    there are three new stars, brightly shining forth.

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    They're shining, oh, so bright from heaven above,

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    gee, we're gonna miss you, everybody sends their love.

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1. Ritchie, you were just starting to        realise your dreams,

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    everyone calls me a kid,        but you were only seventeen.

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    Now Almighty God has called you,       from oh-so far away,

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    maybe it's to save some boy or girl       who might have gone astray.

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    And with your star shining through the dark and lonely night,

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    to light the path and show the way, the way that's right.

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    Gee, we're gonna miss you, everybody sends their love.

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2. Buddy, I can still see you, with that shy grin on your face,

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    seems like your hair was always a little messed up,

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    and kinda outa place.

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 Now, not many people actually knew you or understood how you felt,

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    but just a song, just a song from you

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    could make the coldest heart melt.

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    Well, you're singing for God now,       in his chorus in the sky,

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    Buddy Holly, I'll always remember you with tears in my eyes.

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    Gee, we're gonna miss you, everybody sends their love.

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3. I see a stout man,       the Big Bopper's your name,

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    God called you to heaven, maybe for new fortune and fame.

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    Keep wearing that big Stetson hat         and ramble up to the mike,

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    and don't forget those wonderful words,         you know what I like.

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    Look up in the sky, up towards the north,

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    there are three new stars, brightly shining forth.

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    They' re shining, oh, so bright from heaven above,

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    gee, we're gonna miss you, everybody sends their love.

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Eddie Cochran)