Chords for American Pie - Don McLean: with Lyrics(가사번역)|| 아메리칸 파이
Tempo:
137.75 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Em
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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A [D] long, long [Em] time ago, [Am] I can still [C] remember how [Em] that music used to make me [D] smile.
[G] And I [D] knew if I [Em] had my chance, that I [C] could make those people dance, [Em] and maybe they'd be [C] happy for [D] a while.
[Em]
But February [Am] made me shiver [Em]
with every [Am] paper I'd deliver.
[C] Bad [G] news on the [Am] doorstep, I [C] couldn't take one [D] more step.
[G] I can't [D] remember [Em] if I cried when I read about [D] his widowed bride.
[G] [D] Something touched me [Em] deep inside [C]
the day the [D] music [G] died.
So bye -bye Miss [G] American [D]
Pie, drove my [G] Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [Em]
singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that I [D] die.
[G] Did you write [Am] the book of love, and do [C] you have faith [Em] in God above, if the Bible [D] tells you so?
And do [G] you believe in [Em] rock and roll, can [A] music [Bm]
save your [C] mortal soul, [Em] and can you [A] teach me how to dance [D] real slow?
[Em] Well I know that you're [D] in love with him, [Em] cause I saw you [D] dancing in the gym, [G] you both kicked [A] off your shoes.
[C] Man I dig those [D] rhythmic blues, [G] I was a [F#m] lonely [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, with [Am] a pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] But I [D] knew I [Em] was out of luck the [C] day [D] the [G] music died.
[C] [G]
I [D] started singing, [G] bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was [D] dry.
And them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [D] rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that I die.
[Bm] Now [G] for ten years [Am] we've been on our own, [C] and Moss grows fat on a rolling stone, [Em] but that's not [D] how it used to be.
[E]
When [G] the jester [D] sang [Em] for the king and queen [A] in a coat he borrowed [C] from James Dean, and a voice that [A]
came from you [D] and me.
[D] Oh [Em] and while the king [D] was looking down, [Em] the jester [D] stole his thorny crown, [C] the [G] courtroom [A] was adjourned, [C] [D] and the judge returned.
[G] And while [Em]
the gun marks [Am] of a quartet [C] practiced in the park, [G] and we [Bm] sang [Em] dirges in the dark, [C] the day [D] the music died.
[C] [G]
He was singing, bye [C]-bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie, drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry.
And them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
This'll be the day [D] that I die.
[G]
Helped the [Am] skelter in the summer swell, [C] where the birds flew off with a fallout shell, [Em]
eight miles [D] high and a falling fast.
[G] Landed [Em] foul on the grass, [Am] and the players tried [C] for a forward pass, [Em] with the jester on [A] the sidelines in [D] a cast.
Now [Em] the halftime air [D] was sweet perfume, [Em] while the sergeants [D] played a marching tune, [C] we [Bm] all got up [Am] to dance, [C] but we never got [D] the chance.
[G] As the [F#m] players tried [Em] to take the field, [Am] the marching [C] band refused to yield, [G] do you [Bm] recall [Em] what was revealed [C] the day?
[D] The music [G] died.
[C] [G]
We started singing, bye [C]-bye Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die.
Oh, [G]
and there we [Am] were all in place, [C]
a generation [Am] lost in [Em] space, with no time left [D] to start again.
So [G] come on [F#m] Jack, be nimble, [Em]
Jack, be quick, [Am] Jack Flash sat [C] on a candlestick, [Em] cause fire [A] is the devil's [D] only friend.
[Em] Oh, and as I watched [D] him on the stage, [Em] my hands were clenched [D] and fists of rage, [C] no [G] angel born [Am] in hell [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
And as [G] the planes [D] climbed high [Em]
into the night, [Am] to light the [C]
sacrificial rite, I [G] saw [F#m] Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day.
[D] The [G] music died.
[C] [G]
We [D] were singing, [G] bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove [G] my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die.
I met a girl who [Em] sang the blues, and [Am] I asked her for [C] some happy news, [Em] but she just smiled [D] and turned away.
[G] I [Bm] went down to [Em] the sacred [G] store, [Am] where I'd heard the music [C] years before, [Em] but the man there said the music wouldn't [D] play.
[Em]
And in the streets the [A] children screamed, [Em] the lovers [Am] cried and the poets dreamed, [C] but not [G] a word was [Am] spoken, [C] the church bells all were [A]
broken.
[D] [G] And the three [D] men I [Em] admire most, [C] the Father, Son, and the [D] Holy Ghost, [G] they caught [D] the last train [Em] for the coast.
[C]
The day.
[D] The music [G] died.
And they were singing, bye -bye Miss American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the [C]
levee, but [G] the [D] levee was dry.
[G]
Them good old [C] boys were drinking [D] whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that I [A] die.
[Em]
This'll be the day that [D] I die.
They [Am] were singing, [G] bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove my Chevy to the levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [D] rye, [C] singing, this'll [D] be the day that I [G]
die.
[C] [G]
[G] And I [D] knew if I [Em] had my chance, that I [C] could make those people dance, [Em] and maybe they'd be [C] happy for [D] a while.
[Em]
But February [Am] made me shiver [Em]
with every [Am] paper I'd deliver.
[C] Bad [G] news on the [Am] doorstep, I [C] couldn't take one [D] more step.
[G] I can't [D] remember [Em] if I cried when I read about [D] his widowed bride.
[G] [D] Something touched me [Em] deep inside [C]
the day the [D] music [G] died.
So bye -bye Miss [G] American [D]
Pie, drove my [G] Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [Em]
singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that I [D] die.
[G] Did you write [Am] the book of love, and do [C] you have faith [Em] in God above, if the Bible [D] tells you so?
And do [G] you believe in [Em] rock and roll, can [A] music [Bm]
save your [C] mortal soul, [Em] and can you [A] teach me how to dance [D] real slow?
[Em] Well I know that you're [D] in love with him, [Em] cause I saw you [D] dancing in the gym, [G] you both kicked [A] off your shoes.
[C] Man I dig those [D] rhythmic blues, [G] I was a [F#m] lonely [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, with [Am] a pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] But I [D] knew I [Em] was out of luck the [C] day [D] the [G] music died.
[C] [G]
I [D] started singing, [G] bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was [D] dry.
And them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [D] rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that I die.
[Bm] Now [G] for ten years [Am] we've been on our own, [C] and Moss grows fat on a rolling stone, [Em] but that's not [D] how it used to be.
[E]
When [G] the jester [D] sang [Em] for the king and queen [A] in a coat he borrowed [C] from James Dean, and a voice that [A]
came from you [D] and me.
[D] Oh [Em] and while the king [D] was looking down, [Em] the jester [D] stole his thorny crown, [C] the [G] courtroom [A] was adjourned, [C] [D] and the judge returned.
[G] And while [Em]
the gun marks [Am] of a quartet [C] practiced in the park, [G] and we [Bm] sang [Em] dirges in the dark, [C] the day [D] the music died.
[C] [G]
He was singing, bye [C]-bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie, drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry.
And them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
This'll be the day [D] that I die.
[G]
Helped the [Am] skelter in the summer swell, [C] where the birds flew off with a fallout shell, [Em]
eight miles [D] high and a falling fast.
[G] Landed [Em] foul on the grass, [Am] and the players tried [C] for a forward pass, [Em] with the jester on [A] the sidelines in [D] a cast.
Now [Em] the halftime air [D] was sweet perfume, [Em] while the sergeants [D] played a marching tune, [C] we [Bm] all got up [Am] to dance, [C] but we never got [D] the chance.
[G] As the [F#m] players tried [Em] to take the field, [Am] the marching [C] band refused to yield, [G] do you [Bm] recall [Em] what was revealed [C] the day?
[D] The music [G] died.
[C] [G]
We started singing, bye [C]-bye Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die.
Oh, [G]
and there we [Am] were all in place, [C]
a generation [Am] lost in [Em] space, with no time left [D] to start again.
So [G] come on [F#m] Jack, be nimble, [Em]
Jack, be quick, [Am] Jack Flash sat [C] on a candlestick, [Em] cause fire [A] is the devil's [D] only friend.
[Em] Oh, and as I watched [D] him on the stage, [Em] my hands were clenched [D] and fists of rage, [C] no [G] angel born [Am] in hell [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
And as [G] the planes [D] climbed high [Em]
into the night, [Am] to light the [C]
sacrificial rite, I [G] saw [F#m] Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day.
[D] The [G] music died.
[C] [G]
We [D] were singing, [G] bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove [G] my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die.
I met a girl who [Em] sang the blues, and [Am] I asked her for [C] some happy news, [Em] but she just smiled [D] and turned away.
[G] I [Bm] went down to [Em] the sacred [G] store, [Am] where I'd heard the music [C] years before, [Em] but the man there said the music wouldn't [D] play.
[Em]
And in the streets the [A] children screamed, [Em] the lovers [Am] cried and the poets dreamed, [C] but not [G] a word was [Am] spoken, [C] the church bells all were [A]
broken.
[D] [G] And the three [D] men I [Em] admire most, [C] the Father, Son, and the [D] Holy Ghost, [G] they caught [D] the last train [Em] for the coast.
[C]
The day.
[D] The music [G] died.
And they were singing, bye -bye Miss American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the [C]
levee, but [G] the [D] levee was dry.
[G]
Them good old [C] boys were drinking [D] whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that I [A] die.
[Em]
This'll be the day that [D] I die.
They [Am] were singing, [G] bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove my Chevy to the levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [D] rye, [C] singing, this'll [D] be the day that I [G]
die.
[C] [G]
Key:
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G
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C
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D
G
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ A [D] long, long [Em] time ago, _ [Am] I can still [C] remember how [Em] that music used to make me [D] smile. _ _ _ _
[G] And I [D] knew if I [Em] had my chance, _ that I [C] could make those people dance, [Em] and maybe they'd be [C] happy for [D] a while.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
But February [Am] made me shiver [Em]
with every [Am] paper I'd deliver. _
[C] Bad [G] news on the [Am] doorstep, _ I [C] couldn't take one [D] more step. _
_ _ [G] I can't [D] remember [Em] if I cried when I read about [D] his widowed bride.
_ _ [G] _ [D] Something touched me [Em] _ deep inside [C]
the day _ the [D] _ music _ _ _ [G] died. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So bye _ -bye Miss [G] American [D]
Pie, drove my [G] Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [Em]
singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die. _
_ _ _ [Em] This'll be the day that I [D] _ die. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Did you write [Am] the book of love, and do [C] you have faith [Em] in God above, if the Bible [D] tells you so?
_ _ And do [G] you believe in [Em] rock and roll, can [A] music _ [Bm]
save your [C] mortal soul, [Em] and can you [A] teach me how to dance [D] real slow?
_ _ [Em] Well I know that you're [D] in love with him, [Em] cause I saw you [D] dancing in the gym, [G] you both kicked [A] off your shoes.
[C] Man I dig those [D] rhythmic blues, [G] I was a [F#m] lonely [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, with [Am] a pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] But I [D] knew I [Em] was out of luck the [C] day _ _ [D] the _ [G] music died.
_ [C] _ _ [G]
I [D] started singing, [G] bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was [D] dry.
And them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [D] rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that I die.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Now [G] for ten years [Am] we've been on our own, [C] and Moss grows fat on a rolling stone, [Em] but that's not [D] how it used to be.
[E] _
_ When [G] the jester [D] sang [Em] for the king and queen [A] in a coat he borrowed [C] from James Dean, and a voice that [A]
came from you [D] and _ me. _
_ [D] Oh [Em] and while the king [D] was looking down, [Em] the jester [D] stole his thorny crown, [C] the [G] courtroom [A] was adjourned, _ [C] _ _ _ [D] and the judge returned.
[G] And while _ _ _ [Em]
the gun marks [Am] of a quartet [C] practiced in the park, [G] and we [Bm] sang [Em] dirges in the dark, [C] the day _ [D] the _ music died.
[C] _ _ [G]
He was singing, bye [C]-bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie, drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry.
And them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ This'll be the day [D] that I die.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Helped the [Am] skelter in the summer swell, [C] where the birds flew off with a fallout shell, [Em] _
eight miles [D] high and a falling _ fast.
_ _ [G] _ _ Landed [Em] foul on the grass, [Am] and the players tried [C] for a forward pass, [Em] with the jester on [A] the sidelines in [D] a cast. _ _
_ Now [Em] the halftime air [D] was sweet perfume, [Em] while the sergeants [D] played a marching tune, [C] we [Bm] all got up [Am] to dance, [C] but we never got [D] the chance.
[G] As the [F#m] players tried [Em] to take the field, [Am] the marching [C] band refused to yield, [G] do you [Bm] recall [Em] what was revealed [C] the day?
_ [D] The _ music [G] died.
[C] _ _ [G]
We started singing, bye [C]-bye Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die.
_ _ _ Oh, [G]
and there we [Am] were all in place, [C]
a generation [Am] lost in [Em] space, with no time left [D] to start again. _
_ So [G] come on [F#m] Jack, be nimble, [Em]
Jack, be quick, [Am] Jack Flash sat [C] on a _ candlestick, [Em] cause _ fire [A] is the devil's [D] only friend. _ _
_ _ [Em] Oh, and as I watched [D] him on the stage, [Em] my hands were clenched [D] and fists of rage, [C] no [G] angel born [Am] in hell _ [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
And as [G] the planes [D] climbed high [Em]
into the night, [Am] to light the _ [C]
sacrificial rite, I [G] saw [F#m] Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day.
_ [D] The _ [G] music died.
_ [C] _ _ [G]
We [D] were singing, [G] bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove [G] my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I met a girl who [Em] sang the blues, and [Am] I asked her for [C] some happy news, _ [Em] but she just smiled [D] and turned away.
_ _ _ [G] I [Bm] went down to [Em] the sacred [G] store, [Am] where I'd heard the music [C] years before, [Em] but the man there said the music _ _ wouldn't [D] _ play.
_ _ _ _ [Em]
And in the streets the [A] children screamed, _ [Em] the lovers [Am] cried and the poets dreamed, [C] but not [G] a word was [Am] spoken, _ [C] the church bells all were [A]
broken.
_ [D] _ _ [G] And the three [D] men I [Em] admire most, _ [C] the Father, Son, and the [D] Holy Ghost, _ _ [G] they caught [D] the last train [Em] for the coast.
[C]
The day.
_ [D] The _ music _ _ _ [G] died. _ _
And they were singing, _ _ bye _ -bye Miss _ American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the [C]
levee, but [G] the [D] levee was dry.
_ [G]
Them good old [C] boys were drinking [D] whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that I [A] die.
_ _ [Em] _ _
This'll be the day that [D] I die. _
_ They _ _ [Am] were singing, _ [G] _ bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove my Chevy to the levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
_ [G] Them good old boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [D] rye, [C] singing, this'll [D] be the day that I [G]
die.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ A [D] long, long [Em] time ago, _ [Am] I can still [C] remember how [Em] that music used to make me [D] smile. _ _ _ _
[G] And I [D] knew if I [Em] had my chance, _ that I [C] could make those people dance, [Em] and maybe they'd be [C] happy for [D] a while.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
But February [Am] made me shiver [Em]
with every [Am] paper I'd deliver. _
[C] Bad [G] news on the [Am] doorstep, _ I [C] couldn't take one [D] more step. _
_ _ [G] I can't [D] remember [Em] if I cried when I read about [D] his widowed bride.
_ _ [G] _ [D] Something touched me [Em] _ deep inside [C]
the day _ the [D] _ music _ _ _ [G] died. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So bye _ -bye Miss [G] American [D]
Pie, drove my [G] Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [Em]
singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die. _
_ _ _ [Em] This'll be the day that I [D] _ die. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Did you write [Am] the book of love, and do [C] you have faith [Em] in God above, if the Bible [D] tells you so?
_ _ And do [G] you believe in [Em] rock and roll, can [A] music _ [Bm]
save your [C] mortal soul, [Em] and can you [A] teach me how to dance [D] real slow?
_ _ [Em] Well I know that you're [D] in love with him, [Em] cause I saw you [D] dancing in the gym, [G] you both kicked [A] off your shoes.
[C] Man I dig those [D] rhythmic blues, [G] I was a [F#m] lonely [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, with [Am] a pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] But I [D] knew I [Em] was out of luck the [C] day _ _ [D] the _ [G] music died.
_ [C] _ _ [G]
I [D] started singing, [G] bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was [D] dry.
And them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [D] rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that I die.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Now [G] for ten years [Am] we've been on our own, [C] and Moss grows fat on a rolling stone, [Em] but that's not [D] how it used to be.
[E] _
_ When [G] the jester [D] sang [Em] for the king and queen [A] in a coat he borrowed [C] from James Dean, and a voice that [A]
came from you [D] and _ me. _
_ [D] Oh [Em] and while the king [D] was looking down, [Em] the jester [D] stole his thorny crown, [C] the [G] courtroom [A] was adjourned, _ [C] _ _ _ [D] and the judge returned.
[G] And while _ _ _ [Em]
the gun marks [Am] of a quartet [C] practiced in the park, [G] and we [Bm] sang [Em] dirges in the dark, [C] the day _ [D] the _ music died.
[C] _ _ [G]
He was singing, bye [C]-bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie, drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry.
And them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ This'll be the day [D] that I die.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Helped the [Am] skelter in the summer swell, [C] where the birds flew off with a fallout shell, [Em] _
eight miles [D] high and a falling _ fast.
_ _ [G] _ _ Landed [Em] foul on the grass, [Am] and the players tried [C] for a forward pass, [Em] with the jester on [A] the sidelines in [D] a cast. _ _
_ Now [Em] the halftime air [D] was sweet perfume, [Em] while the sergeants [D] played a marching tune, [C] we [Bm] all got up [Am] to dance, [C] but we never got [D] the chance.
[G] As the [F#m] players tried [Em] to take the field, [Am] the marching [C] band refused to yield, [G] do you [Bm] recall [Em] what was revealed [C] the day?
_ [D] The _ music [G] died.
[C] _ _ [G]
We started singing, bye [C]-bye Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die.
_ _ _ Oh, [G]
and there we [Am] were all in place, [C]
a generation [Am] lost in [Em] space, with no time left [D] to start again. _
_ So [G] come on [F#m] Jack, be nimble, [Em]
Jack, be quick, [Am] Jack Flash sat [C] on a _ candlestick, [Em] cause _ fire [A] is the devil's [D] only friend. _ _
_ _ [Em] Oh, and as I watched [D] him on the stage, [Em] my hands were clenched [D] and fists of rage, [C] no [G] angel born [Am] in hell _ [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
And as [G] the planes [D] climbed high [Em]
into the night, [Am] to light the _ [C]
sacrificial rite, I [G] saw [F#m] Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day.
_ [D] The _ [G] music died.
_ [C] _ _ [G]
We [D] were singing, [G] bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove [G] my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I met a girl who [Em] sang the blues, and [Am] I asked her for [C] some happy news, _ [Em] but she just smiled [D] and turned away.
_ _ _ [G] I [Bm] went down to [Em] the sacred [G] store, [Am] where I'd heard the music [C] years before, [Em] but the man there said the music _ _ wouldn't [D] _ play.
_ _ _ _ [Em]
And in the streets the [A] children screamed, _ [Em] the lovers [Am] cried and the poets dreamed, [C] but not [G] a word was [Am] spoken, _ [C] the church bells all were [A]
broken.
_ [D] _ _ [G] And the three [D] men I [Em] admire most, _ [C] the Father, Son, and the [D] Holy Ghost, _ _ [G] they caught [D] the last train [Em] for the coast.
[C]
The day.
_ [D] The _ music _ _ _ [G] died. _ _
And they were singing, _ _ bye _ -bye Miss _ American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the [C]
levee, but [G] the [D] levee was dry.
_ [G]
Them good old [C] boys were drinking [D] whiskey and rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day that I [A] die.
_ _ [Em] _ _
This'll be the day that [D] I die. _
_ They _ _ [Am] were singing, _ [G] _ bye-bye Miss American [D] Pie, drove my Chevy to the levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
_ [G] Them good old boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [D] rye, [C] singing, this'll [D] be the day that I [G]
die.
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