American Pie chords

by Don McLean
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Don McLean - American Pie chords with lyrics

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