Answer:
The song was inspired, first and foremost, by the deaths of musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P “The Big Bopper” Richardson in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959 – the “day the music died,” according to the song. (McLean was a 13-year-old paperboy at the time and mourned their deaths greatly.)
Explanation:
The night watch, I think..
3 x 3 = 9
3 x 3 = 3 + 3 + 3 = 9
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For key signatures with sharps, the key signature is the note name half step above the last sharp. This is the key of G because F# is the last sharp in the key signature. G is half step above F#. This is the key of E because E is half step above D#, which is the last sharp in the key signature.