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