AMERICAN PIE Don McLean A [G] long, [D] long, [Em] time ago [Am] I can still re-[C]-member how that
[Em] music used to [D] make me smile And [G] I knew [D] if I [Em] had my chance That [Am] I could make those [C] people
dance And [Em] maybe theyd be [A7] happy for a [D] while But [Em] February [Am] made me shiver [Em] With every
paper [Am] I'd deliver [C] Bad news [G] on the [C] doorstep, I [A7] couldn't take [D] one more step I [G] cant re[D]member
[Em] if I cried When I [Am] read about his [D] widowed bride But [G] something [D] touched me [Em] deep inside the
[C] day the [D] music [G]died So [G] Bye, [C] bye, Miss [G] American [D] Pie, Drove my [G] Chevy to the [C] levy,
but the [G] levy was [D] dry Them [G] good old [C] boys were drinkin' [G] whiskey and [D] rye Singin [Em] this'll
be the day that I [A7] die [Em] This'll be the day that I [D7]die [G] Did you write the [Am] book of love And
do [C] you have faith in [Am] God above [Em] If the bible [D] tells you so Now, do [G] you [D] believe in [Em] Rock'n'Roll?
Can [Am] music save your [C] mortal soul? And [Em] can you teach me [A7] how to dance [D] real slow? Well, I
[Em] know that you're in [Am] love with him 'Cause I [Em] saw you dancin [Am] in the gym You [C] both kicked [G]
off your [A7] shoes Man, I [C]dig those rhythm and [D] blues I was a [G] lonely [D] teen-aged [Em] broncin' buck
With a [C] pink carnation and a [D] pick up truck But [G] I knew [D] I was [Em] out of luck The [C] day the [D]music
[G] died [C][G][D7] We started singin [G] Bye, [C] bye, Miss [G] American [D] Pie, Drove my [G] Chevy to the [C] levy,
but the [G] levy was [D] dry Them [G] good old [C] boys were drinkin' [G] whiskey and [D] rye Singin' [Em] this'll
be the day that I [A7] die [Em] This'll be the day that I [D7] die Now, for [G] ten years we've been [Am] on
our own And [C] moss grows flat out on a [Am] rolling stone But [Em] that's not how it [D] used to be When the
[G] jester [D] sang for the [Em] King and Queen In a [Am] coat he borrowed [C] from James Dean In a [Em] voice that
[A7] came from you and [D] me Oh and [Em] while the King was [Am] lookin down The [Em] jester stole his [Am] thorny
crown The [C] court room [G] was ad-[A7]-journed [C] No verdict was re-[D]-turned And while [G] Lennon [D] read
a [Em] book on Marx, The [C] quartet practiced [D] in the parks And [G] we sang [D] durges [Em] in the dark The
[C] day the [D] music [G] died [C][G][D7] We were singin' [G] Bye, [C] bye, Miss [G] American [D] Pie, Drove my [G]
Chevy to the [C] levy, but the [G] levy was [D] dry Them [G] good old [C] boys drinkin' [G] whiskey and [D] rye Singin'
[Em] this'll be the day that I [A7] die [Em] This'll be the day that I [D7]die [G] Helter Skelter in [Am] summer
swelter The [C] birds flew off in a [Am] fall out shelter [Em] Eight miles high and [Am] falling fast It [G] landed
[D] foul out [Em] on the grass The [Am] players tried for a [C] forward pass With the [Em] jester on the [A7] sideline
in a [D] cast Now the [Em] half-time air was [Am] sweet perfume While the [Em] sergeants played a [Am] marching tune
We [C] all got [G] up to [A7] dance but we [C] never got the [D] chance 'Cause the [G] players [D] tried to [Em]
take the field, The [C] marching band re-[D]-fused to yield Do [G] you re-[D]-call what [Em] was revealed The
[C] day the [D] music [G] died [C][G][D7] We were singin' [G] Bye, [C] bye, Miss [G] American [D] Pie, Drove my [G]
Chevy to the [C] levy, but the [G] levy was [D] dry Them [G] good old [C] boys drinkin' [G] whiskey and [D] rye Singin'
[Em] this'll be the day that I [A7] die [Em] This'll be the day that I [D7]die And [G] there we were all [Am]
in one place A [C] generation [Am] lost in space With [Em] no time left to [Am] start again. So, come on, [G]
Jack be [D] nimble, [Em] Jack be quick [C] Jack Flash sat on a [Am] candlestick Cause [Em] fire is the [A7] devil's
only [D] friend Oh, and [Em] as I watched him [Am] on the stage My [Em] hands were clenched in [Am] fists of rage.
No [C] angel [G] born in [A7] hell could [C] break that Satan's [D] spell And as the [G] flames climbed [D] high in-[Em]
to the night To [C] light the sacri-[D]-ficial right I saw [G] Satan [D] laughing [Em] with delight The [C] day
the [D] music [G] died [C][G][D7] He was singin' [G] Bye, [C] bye, Miss [G] American [D] Pie, Drove my [G] Chevy to
the [C] levy, but the [G] levy was [D] dry Them [G] good old [C] boys drinkin' [G] whiskey and [D] rye Singin' [Em] this'll
be the day that I [A7] die [Em] This'll be the day that I [D7] die I [G] met a girl who [Am] sang the blues And
I [C] asked her for some [Am] happy news But [Em] she just smiled and [Am] turned away. And I [G] went down [D] to
the [Em] sacred store Where I'd [C] heard the music [Am] years before But the [Em] man there said the [A7] music wouldn't
[D] play And [Em] in the streets the [Am] children screamed The [Em] lovers cried and the [Am] poets dreamed But
[C] not a [G] word was [A7] spoken, The [C] church bells all were [D] broken And the [G] three men [D] I ad-[Em]-mired
most The [C] Father, Son, and the [D] Holy Ghost They [G] caught the [D] last train [Em] for the coast The [C]
day the [D] music [G] died [C][G][D7] So [G] Bye, [C] bye, Miss [G] American [D] Pie, Drove my [G] Chevy to the [C]
levy, but the [G] levy was [D] dry Them [G] good old [C] boys drinkin' [G] whiskey and [D] rye Singin' [Em] this'll be
the day that I [A7] die [Em] This'll be the day that I [D7]die So [G] Bye, [C] bye, Miss [G] American [D] Pie, Drove
my [G] Chevy to the [C] levy, but the [G] levy was [D] dry Them [G] good old [C] boys drinkin' [G] whiskey and [D] rye
Singin' [C] this'll be the [D7] day that I [G] die [C] [G]
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