Chords for American Pie

[D] A long, [Em] long time ago, _ [Am] _
I can [C] still remember how that [Em] music used to make [D] me smile. _ _
_ _ _ [G] And I [D] knew if [Em] I had my chance, [Am] that I could [C] make those people dance, [Em] and maybe they'd [C] be happy for a [D] while. _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ But February [Am] _ made me shiver [Em] _ with every paper [Am] I'd deliver.
_ [C] _ Bad [G] news on [Am] the doorstep, _ [C] I couldn't take one more [D] step.
_ _ _ _ [G] I [D] can't remember [Em] if I cried when [C] I read about [D] his widowed bride.
_ _ [G] _
[D] Something [Em] touched me deep _ [C] inside the day.
_ [D] The _ music _ _ _ [G] _ died.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So bye [C]-bye Miss [G] _
[D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy [C] to the [G] levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] And them good [C] old boys [G] were 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 you [Am] write the book of [C] love, and do you have faith [Em] in God above, _ if the Bible [D]
tells you so?
_ _ [G] And how do you believe [Em] in rock and [A] roll?
Can music [Bm] [C] save your mortal soul?
[Em] And can you [A] teach me how to dance [D] real slow?
_ _ [Em] Well I know that [D] you're in love with him, cause I saw you [D] dancing in the [C] gym.
You both kicked [A] off your shoes.
[C] Man I [G] dig those [D] rhythmic blues.
[G] I was a [E] lonely _ [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, with [Am] a pink [C] carnation and a pickup truck.
[G] But I [D] knew [Em] I was out of luck [C] the day _
[D] the _ [G] music died. _
_ I [D] started [G] singing, bye-bye Miss [D] American Pie, drove my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [Em] rye, and singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
_ _ _ [Bm] _
[G] Now for ten years [Am] we've been on our [C] own, and Moss grows [Am] fat on a rolling [Em] stone, but that's not [D] how it used to be.
[E] _ _ _ [G] When the [D] jester sang [Em] for the king and queen [A] in a coat he borrowed [C] from James Dean,
[Em] and a voice that [A] came from you [D] and _ me.
_ _ _ [Em] And while the king [D] was looking _ [Em] down, the jester [D] stole his [Gm] thorny crown, [C] the [G] courtroom [A] was adjourned.
[C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] And while Lennon read [Em] a book on Marx, [Am] a quartet _ [C] practiced in the park, [G] and we [Bm] sang [Em] dirges in the [C] dark.
But I knew I was out of luck the day _ [D] the _ [G] music died.
[C] _
_ [G] We [D] were singing, [G] bye [C]
-bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, and [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Helped as a [Am] skelter in a summer [C] swelter, the birds flew [Am] off with a fallout [Em] shelter, _ eight miles [D] high and falling _ _ _ fast.
[G] _ And landed [Em] foul on the grass, [Am] the players tried [C] for a forward pass, [Em] with the jester [A] on the sidelines in [D] a _ _ cast.
_ _ [Em] Now the halftime air [D] was sweet perfume, [Em] while the sergeants [D] played a [G] marching tune.
[C] We [Bm] all got [Am] up to dance, [C] but we never [D] got 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 _ [G] music died?
[C] _
_ [G] We [D] started singing, [G] bye-bye Miss [D] American Pie, drove my Chevy to the levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye, and [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 [E] one 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 [D] watched him on the stage, [Em] my hands were clenched [D] in fists of rage.
[C] No [G] angel born [Am] in hell _ [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
[G] And as flames [D] climbed high [Em] into the night [Am] to light [Bm] the _ [C] sacrificial [G] rite, I saw Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day the [D] _ _ [G] music died, _ _ he [D] was singing, [G] bye _ [C]
-bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were drinking [D] whiskey and rye, and [Em] singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] I met a girl who [Em]
sang the blues, _ [Am] and I asked her for [C]
some happy news, _ [Em] but she just smiled [D] and turned away.
_ _ _ [G]
I went [Bm] down [Em] to the sacred [G] store, [Am] where I'd heard [G] the music [C] years before, [Em] but the man there said [C] the music _ _ [D] wouldn't _ play. _ _ _
_ [Em] And in the streets [A] the [E] children [Am] screamed, _ [Em] the lovers [Am] cried and the poets dreamed, [C] _ but not [G] a word [Am] was spoken, _ _ [C] the church bells [A] all were broken.
[A] _ _ _ [G] And the [D] three men [Em] I admire [G] most, _ [C]
the Father, Son, and [D] the Holy Ghost, _ [G]
they [D] caught the last [Em] train for [D] the coast [C] the day _ [D] the _ music _ [G] _ died. _ _
_ And they were [B] singing, _ [G] _
bye _ [C]-bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to [C] the [G] levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, _ [Em] and singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ [Em] _
_ _ This'll be the day that [D] I die.
_ _ _ _ [Am] They were singing, [G] bye _ [C]-bye [G]
Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking [D] whiskey and rye, [C] and singing, [D] this'll be the day that I [C] die.
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