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Buddy Holly Peggy Sue
On The Acoustic

Welcome to my Buddy Holly Peggy Sue page you'll find the lyrics to this song, a free pdf chords and lyrics sheet along with tutorial demos and a link to purchase full lessons in .mp4 format.

Buddy Holly Peggy Sue
Chords, Lyrics, Demo, Tutorial

Peggy Sue hails from the 1957 album "Buddy Holly". The song reached #3 in the US and #6 in the UK. Below is my Buddy Holly Peggy Sue cover.

The original title was Cindy Lou (Buddy's niece) but later changed to Peggy Sue, which was the Crickets drummer Jerry Allison's girlfriend name. She first heard the song at a live performance at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium and later said she was so embarrassed she could have died. Although The Crickets are not mentioned on the label, drummer Jerry Allison and bass player Joe B Mauldin definitely played on the track. Jerry Allison wanted Norman Perry to included Buddy Holly as a co-writer after his death, so perry obliged.

Buddy Holly wrote a sequel to this song and called it Peggy Sue Got Married and was part of the 1086 film of the same name starring Kathleen Turner.

Artists who have covered this song include The Beach Boys, Waylon Jennings, John Lennon, The Hollies and New Riders Of The Purple Sage.

Download the free Buddy Holly Peggy Sue lyrics below.

Peggy Sue Lyrics

If you knew - Peggy Sue
Then you'd know why I feel blue
Without Peggy - my Peggy Sue
Oh well, I love you, gal yes, I love you Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue - Peggy Sue
Oh, how my heart yearns for you
Oh Peggy - my Peggy Sue
Oh well I love you, gal yes I love you Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, Peggy Sue
Oh Peggy - my Peggy Sue
Oh well, I love you, gal and I need you, Peggy Sue

I love you, Peggy Sue
With a love so rare and true
Oh Peggy - my Peggy Sue
Well, I love you, gal and I want you, Peggy Sue

Break

Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue,
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, Peggy Sue
Oh Peggy - my Peggy Sue
Oh well, I love you, gal yes, I need you, Peggy Sue

I love you, Peggy Sue
With a love so rare and true
Oh Peggy - my Peggy Sue
Well, I love you, gal and I want you, Peggy Sue

Oh well, I love you gal and I want you Peggy Sue

Chords & Lyrics

Peggy Sue Tips

If you know this song at all you'll know there is one thing that sets this song apart from almost all other songs and that is the drumming and hence steady rhythm beat. It reminds me of a song called Wipeout when the drummer goes into that drumming section. Well this song is that drumming section but all the way through. It's a great right arm workout song as the strumming doesn't give you much of a break even in the lead section. The chords are A, D and E but in my version I threw in a D7 in the break.

There isn't really much of a lead break in this song as it just jumps between the chord for the most part with the exception of a Dsus thrown in. I'm sure there are probably some version out there with a modified lead section. But for one guitar, rhythm is really all you need to be concerned with doing.

Thanks for stopping by this Buddy Holly Peggy Sue page and I hope the info here was useful and helpful.

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