Chords for American Pie (Don Mclean Cover)

_ _ Hey everybody, well, I'm finally getting to
_ _ Recording American Pie.
This was a request by Tova and Erwin and
_ It's about this about time.
I got to it, but I have to tell you already.
I already tried it once
I got halfway through I forgot the words
There's a lot of lyrics to this song.
So we're gonna see if we can get through it this time.
So here we go _ a _
[A] long long [Em] time ago I
Can still remember how [Em] that? _
Music used [D] to make me smile
_ And I knew if I [Em] had my [Am] chance I could make [C] those people dance [Em] and then maybe
_ [A] They'd be happy for [D] a while _
But [Em] _ _ February [Am] made me shiver
[Em] _ _ With every [Am] paper I deliver
[C] Bad news [Am] on the _ [A] doorstep.
_ _ _ [C] I
Couldn't take [D] one more step.
_ [D] I
Can't remember [Em] if I cried when [Am] I
_ Read about [D] his widowed bride
_ _ Something touched [Em] me deep inside the [C] day _ [D] the _ music [Gm] died _ _ _ _ _
So _ bye [C] Bye, [D] Miss
_ American Pie drove my Chevy to [C] the levee, [D] but the levee was dry
_ _ Good [C] old boys were [D] drinking whiskey and rye
[Em] Singing this will be the day that I die _
_ _ _ This will be the day that [D] I die _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Did you write [Am] the book of law and do [C] you have [Am] faith in God [Em] above?
If the Bible [D] tells you so
_ _ Now [G] do you believe [Em] in rockin' rockin'
[Am] Music [D] save your [C] mortal [Em] soul and can you teach [A] me how to dance [D] real slow? _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Well, I know that you're [D] in love with him [Em] cuz I saw you [D] dancing in the gym
[C] You both kicked off [Am] your shoes
_ [C] Man, I did those rhythm [D] and blues
[G] I was a lonely teenage
[Em] _
Rockin' buck [Am] with a pink [C] carnation and a pickup truck, but [G] I knew that I [Em] was out of luck [C] the day [E] that the
_ music [G] died _ _
We started singing bye Bye, Miss
American Pie drove my Chevy to the [D] levee the levee was dry
And good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [Em] singing.
This will be the day [A] that I die
[Em] _ This will be the day [D] that I die
_ _ _ _ [G] Yeah for ten years we've [Am] been on our [C] own
Moss [D] grows fat [Am] on a rolling [Em] stone, but that's not [D] how it used to be
_ _ When the dancer sang [Em] for the king and queen [Am] in a coat he borrowed [D]
from James [Em] Dean and a voice
[A] That came from you [D] and me _ _ _ _
_ Oh [Em] and while the king [D] was looking down
[Em] The jester stole [D] his thorny crown [C] the courtroom was [Am]
adjourned
No [C] _ was [D] _
returned
[G] And while Lennon read [Em] a book on Marx [Am] the quartet
[C] _
Practiced in the [G] park and we sang
[Em] Georges in the dark the [C] day [D] and the _
_ [G] music died _ _
We [D] were singing bye [C] Bye, [G] Miss
American pie drove my Chevy to the levee [D] the levee was dry
Good old boys were [G] drinking whiskey and rye [Em] singing.
This will be the day [A] that I die
_ [Em] This will be the day [D] that I die
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Whoa helter [Am]-skelter in a summer swelter
[C] Birds flew off where [Am] the fallout [Em] shelter eight miles [D] high and falling fast
[A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Landing [Em] straight out on the [Am] grass
_ Players [C] tried for a forward pass [Em] with the jester on the [A] _ sidelines in a [D] cast _ _
_ The [Em] _ _ halftime [D] there was sweet [Em] perfume while sergeant [D] played a marching tune
[G] We all got up [Am] today
So, [C] but we never [D] got the chance
_ [G] Because the players tried [Em] to take the field [Am] but the marching band [C]
refused to yield
[G] Do you recall [Em] what was revealed [C] the day?
that [D] the
_ music [G] died _ _
We were singing bye
_ Bye, Miss American pie drove my Chevy to the levee but levee [D] was dry
[G] Good old boys [D] were drinking whiskey and rye [Em] saying this will be the day that I _ die
This will be the day [D] that I die
_ _ _ _ [G] Whoa, and then we were [Am] all in one [C] place a
Generation [Am] lost in space [Em] we had no time [D] left to start again
_ So [G] come on Jack be [Em] nimble Jack be quick [Am] Jack [A] flashed it on a [C] candlestick
Because [E] fire is the devil's only friend
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ As I [D] watched him on the [Em] stage
My hands were [D] clenched in fists of [C] rage
No angel [Am] born in hell
_ [C] Could break that Satan [D] _
spell and [G] as the flames climbed [Em] higher to the night
[Am] _ So like the [C] sacrificial right [D] I saw Satan [Em] laughing with delight [C] the day that [D] the _
music _ [C] died
_ [G] We [D] were singing [G] bye
Bye, [D] Miss American pie [G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the [D] levee was dry
Good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [Em] saying this will be the day [A] that I die
_ _ [Em] This will be the day that I die _ _ _ _ _
Well, _ [G] I met a girl who [Am] sang the blues [D] and [C] I [A] asked her for [Am] some happy [Em] news
_ She just smiled and [D] turned away.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ I
Went down to that [Em] sacred store
_ [Am] Where I'd heard the music
[C] _
_ Years before but the man there
_ [A] Said the music [D] wouldn't play
_ _ _ _ [Em] And in the streets the [F#] children screamed
_ [Em] _ the lovers cried and [Am] poets dream
[E] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] But not a word was spoken
_ _ _ [C] Cuz the church bells all [D] were broken _ _
_ _ _ And the three men [Em] I admire _ _ most
[Am] the Father Son and [C] Holy Ghost
_ _ They [D] caught the last [E] train for the [Em] coast the [G] day
_ _ _ the _ _ music
_ _ [G] _
Died
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [E] We started singing
_ [G] Bye
_ Bye, Miss
American [D] pie drove [G] my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry _
And good old boys were drinking whiskey and [D] rye
_ [Em] Singing this will be the day that I [E] die _
_ _ _ [Em] This will be the day that I [D] die _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] so bye Bye, Miss
American pie drove my Chevy to the [D] levee but the levee was dry
And good old boys [G] were drinking whiskey [D] and rye [C] singing this will [A] be the day that [G] I die _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah
_ _ _ [D#]
Well, we got through with it
Made a couple little funny funny little mistakes in there.
Hopefully you won't notice but _ that's it.
Thanks very much everybody
I hope you enjoyed it.
We'll see you soon