Chords for American Pie (Extended Version)

_ [F#m] Long, long [Em] time ago, _
[Am] I can still [C] remember how [Em] that music used to make [D] me smile.
_ _ [G] _
And I knew [Em] if I had my [Am] chance, I could make [C] those people dance. _
[Em] Maybe they'd be happy for [D] a while.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ February [Am] made me shiver.
_ [Em] _ With every paper [Am] I'd deliver, bad [G] news on the [Am] doorstep.
_ _ [C] I couldn't take one [D] more step.
_ [G] I can't remember if I cried [C] when I read about [D] his widowed bride.
_ _ [G] But something touched [Em] me deep _ inside.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ The [D] _ music _ _ _ [G] died.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So bye [C]-bye, [G] Miss American [D] Pie.
[G] Drove my Chevy to [C] the levee, [G] but the levee [D] 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 I [D] die. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ If you [Am] write the book of love, do [C] you have faith in [Am] God above?
[Em] _ If the [D] Bible tells you so.
_ _ _ [B] Now do [G] you [E] believe in [Em] rock and roll, in [A] [Am] music, to [C] save your 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.
And you know [C] you both kicked [Bm] off your [Am] shoes.
_ [C] _
Because of it, I'm [D] a loser.
I [G]
was [D] a [Em] teenage [Bm] frontman, with a [A] pink [B] carnation and a [C] pickup truck.
But I [D] knew I was [Em] out of luck the [C] day _ the [D] _ [G] music died.
_ [C] _ I [D] started singing, [G] bye [C]-bye, Miss [G] American [D] Pie.
Drove [G] my Chevy to [C] the levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [D] rye.
[Em] Singing, this'll be the day that I [A] die. _ _
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _
_ _ _ [G] Now for ten years we've been [Am] on our own.
[C] Moss grows fat on a rolling stone.
[Em] _ That's not how it [D] used to be.
_ _ _ [E]
Why, when the [G] jester [D] sang for [Em] the king and queen [Am] in a coast,
he [C] borrowed from James [Em] Dean in a voice _ that [A] came from you and [D] _ _ me. _
Oh, [Em] and while the king [D] was looking down, the [Em] jester stole [D] his thorny crown.
[C] The courtroom _ [Am] was adjourned.
_ [C] No verdict was [D] returned.
And [G] while Lenin read [Em] a book on Marx, a [Am] quartet _ [C] practiced in the park.
[G] And we sang [Em] dirges in the dark the [C] day _ the [D] _
music [G] _ died.
[C] _ _ [G] We [D] were singing, [G] bye [C]-bye, Miss [G] American [D] Pie.
Drove [G] my Chevy to [C] the levee, but the levee was [D] dry.
[G] Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye.
And [Em] singing, this'll be the day that I [A] die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
_ _ _ _ [G] Yeah, after a skelter [Am] in the summer swelter,
[C] the birds flew off [Am] of the fallout shelter.
[Em] _
Eight miles [D] high and far apart, _
_ _ [G] _ [F#m] they landed [Em] foul on the grass.
[Am] They tried [C] for a forward pass,
[Em] but the jester _ [A] on the sidelines [D] in a _ _ _ cast.
_ [Em] Now the half-time air [D] was sweet perfume
[Em] while the sergeants [D] played their marching tune.
[C] We all got [Am] up to dance,
_ [C] but we never [D] got the chance.
[G] So the [D] players tried [Em] to take the field,
[Am] the marching band [C] refused to [G] yield.
[D] You recall [Em] what was the feel [C] the day _ [D] the _ [G] music _ died.
_ We started singing, bye [C]-bye, [G] Miss American Pie.
Drove my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the levee was dry.
Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey and rye.
[Em] And singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
_ _ _ _ [G] A _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
generation _ [Am] lost in space,
[Em] with no time [D] left to start again. _ _
So [G] come on, [D] Jack, be [Em] nimble, Jack, be quick.
[Am] Jack Black sat [C] on his candlestick,
_ [Em] cause fire [A] is the devil's [D] only friend. _ _ _
_ [Em] Oh, and I watched [D] him on the stage,
[Em] my hands were [D] clenched in fists of rake.
[C] No [Bm] angel barred [Am] in hell,
_ _ break that [D] Satan's spell.
_ [G] As the flame [D] climbed [Em] high into the night,
[Am] to light the [C] sacrificial rite,
I [G] saw [D] Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day _ [D] the _ music [G] died.
[C] _ _ [G] He [D] was singing, [G] bye [C]-bye, Miss [G] American [D] Pie.
Drove [G] my Chevy to [C] the levee, but [G] the levee was [D] dry.
[G] Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [D] rye.
And [Em] singing, this'll be the day that I [A] die. _
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] Met a girl [Em] who sang the blues,
[E] _ [A]
and I asked [Bm] her for some happy news. _
[Em] _ She just smiled [D] and turned away.
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] And I went down [Em] to the Sacred Store,
where [C] I'd heard the music _ _ years before,
[Em] but the man there _ [C] said the music _ wouldn't [D] play. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ In the streets the [Am] children screamed,
_ [Em] lovers cried [A] and the poets [Am] dreamed,
[A] but [C] not a word was [Am] spoken.
[A] _
Church bells all were [D] broken,
and _ the [G] three [D] men I [Em] admire most,
_ [C] the Father, Son, and the [D] Holy Ghost,
_ _ [G] why they [D] caught the [Em] last train for the coast
_ [C] the day _ the [D] _ _ music _ _ _ [G] died. _ _ _ _ _ _
They were singing, _ _ _ bye [G] _ -bye, Miss _ American [D] Pie.
Drove my Chevy to [C] the levee, but [G] the levee [D] was dry.
_ Them [G] good [C] old boys were [G] drinking [D] whiskey and rye. _
[Em] Singing, this'll be the day that I die. _ _ _ _ _ _
This'll be the day that I [Am] _ _
[D] die. _ _ _ _ _ _
They were [Am] singing, [G] bye _ _
_ [C]-bye, Miss [G] _ American [D] Pie.
_ Drove my Chevy to [C] the levee, [G] but the levee was [D] dry. _
_ [G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye.
Singing, [C] this'll be the day that [G] I die.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _