Chords for American Pie - Don McLean (A Cappella Cover)

_ _ _ _ A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And _ _ I knew if I had my chance, that I could make those people dance
Then maybe they'd be happy for a while
But _ _ _ _ February _ made me shiver with every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
_ The day the _ music _ died
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
So bye bye, Miss American [Ab] Pie
Drove [Db] my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [Ab] was dry
[Db] Them good old [Gb] boys were [Db] drinking whiskey and [Ab] rye
[Bbm] Singing, this'll be the day that I [Eb]
die
_ _ [Fm] _ _ This'll be the day that I die _ _ _ _
[Db] _ Did you [Ebm] write the book of love and [Gb] do you have faith [Ebm] in God above?
[Bbm] _ If the [Ab] Bible tells you so
_ _ _ [Db] Do you [Ab] believe [Bbm] in rock and roll?
[Ebm] Can music save [Gb] your mortal [Bbm] soul?
And can you teach me [Ebm] how to dance real [Ab] slow? _ _
_ _ Well [Bbm] I know that you're [Ab] in love with him
Cause [Bbm] I saw you dancing [Ab] in the gym
[Gb] You both kicked [Db] off your [B] shoes
Man, I dig [Gb] those rhythm [Ab] and blues
I [Db] was a lonely [Ab] _
[Bbm] teenage bronkin' buck
[Ebm] With a pink carnation and a [Gb] pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
_ The day [Ab] the _ music [Db] died _
I started singing
Bye [Gb] bye, [Bbm] Miss American [Ab] Pie
Drove [Bbm] my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [Ab] was dry
[Db] Them good old boys were drinking whiskey [Ab] and rye
[Bbm] Singing, this'll be the day that I [Ebm] die
_ _ [Bbm] This'll be the day that I [Cm] die
_ _ _ _ _ [Db]
Now for ten years [Ebm] we've been on our own
[Gb] And Moss grows fat [Ebm] on a rolling stone
But [Bbm] that's not [Ab] how it used to be
_ _ And Justice sang for the [Bbm] king and queen
[Ebm] In a code he borrowed [Gb] from James Dean
[Bbm] And a voice _ [Eb] that came from you [Ab] and me _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] The king [Ab] was looking down
[Bbm] The justice stole [Ab] his thorny crown
[Db] The courtroom was _ _ adjourned
No verdict when [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ we sang Burgers in [Gb] the Dark
The day _ [Ab] the _ music [Db] died
He _ was singing
Bye [Gb] bye, [Db] Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [Ab] was dry
[Bbm] Them good [Gb] old boys were drinking [Fm] whiskey and rye
[N] Singing, this'll be the day that I die
_ This'll be [Ab] the day that I _ die
_ _ _ _ [Db] _
Helter skelter [Ebm] in a summer swelter
The [Gb] birds flew off [Ebm] with a fallout shelter
[Bbm] Eight miles [Ab] high and falling _
_ _ _ [Db] fast
It [Ab] landed [Bbm] foul on the grass
[Ebm] The players tried [Gb] for a forward pass with [Bbm] the jester
On [Eb] the sidelines in [Ab] a cab _
_ _ [N] Oh, the halftime air was [Ab] sweet perfume
[Db] While sergeants played [Ab] a marching tune
[Gbm] We all [Gb] got up to dance at _ _ [Ab] _
the chance
[Db] Cause the players [Ab] tried to [Bbm] take the field
[Ebm] The marching band [Bbm] refused to yield
Do you [Cm] recall [Bbm] what was revealed the [Gb] day _ _
[Ab] _ _ The music [Db] died _ _
We started singing
[Gb] Bye bye, Miss [Db] American Pie
Drove my [Ebm] Chevy to the [Db] levee, but the levee was [Ebm] dry
Them good old boys were [Ab] drinking whiskey and rye
[Db] Singing, this'll be the day that I [B] die
_ [Db] This'll be the day [Eb] that I die
_ Lost _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] in [Bbm] space with no time left to [Ab] start again
_ _ So [Db] come on, Jack, [Ab] be nimble, [Bbm] Jack, be quick
[Ebm] _ Flash set [Gb] on a candlestick [Bbm] cause
Fire is [Eb] the devil's only [Ab] friend _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ Watched [Ab] him on the stage
[Bbm] _ _ Clenched [Ab] in fists of rage
[Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That Satan's spell
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] Into the _ [B] _ _ [Db] _ _ _
sacrificial rite
I [Ab] saw Satan laughing [Bbm] with delight
[Gb] The day [Ab] the _ _ music [Db] died
We _ were singing
Bye bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the [Abm] levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[Bbm] Singing, this'll be the day that I die
_ _ This'll [Cm] be the day that I die
[Abm] _ _ I _ _ _ _ met a girl who [Bbm] sang the [Ebm] blues
And asked her for [Gb] some _ happiness
[Bbm] But she just [Ebm] smiled [Ab] and hung away
I _ _
[Db] _ went [Ebm] down to [Bbm] the sacred store
Where [Ebm] I'd heard the music [Gb] years before
But [Bbm] the man there said [Gb] the music _ [Ab] wouldn't play _
_ _ _ And [Bbm] in the streets [Ebm] the children _ screamed
[Bbm] The lovers cried [Gb] and the poets dreamed
But [Db] not a word was [Ebm] spoken _
[Gb] The church bells all were [Ab] broken _
[Db] And the three men I [Gb] _ _
_ had
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
[Db] They caught the last train for
_ [Bb] The _ _ _ _ day _ the _ _ music _ died
[Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ They were singing
Bye _ _ bye, Miss [Db] American Pie
Drove my Chevy to [Gb] the levee, but the [Db] levee was [Ab] dry
_ [Db] Them good old [Gb] boys were [Db] drinking whiskey and [Ab] rye
[Bbm] Singing, this'll be the day that I [Ebm] die
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ This'll be the day that I [Ab] _ die
Bye _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ bye, Miss _ American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry _
Them good old boys were drinking [Ab] whiskey and rye
Singing, this'll be the day that I die _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _