Chords for American Pie

_ A [D] long, long [Em] time ago, _ [Am] I can still [C] remember how that [Em] music used to make [D] me smile.
_ _ _ _ [G] And I knew [F#] 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 [Am] paper I'd deliver.
_ _ [C] Bad [G] news on [Am] the doorstep, I [C] couldn't take one more [D] step.
_ _ _ [G]
I [D] can't remember if [Em] I cried when I [C] read about [D] his widowed bride.
_ [G] _ Something [D] touched [Em] me deep _ [C] inside the day the [D] _ _ music _ _ [G] _
died. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So bye [C]-bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy [C] to the [G] levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] And them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking [D] whiskey and rye, [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that I [A] die.
_ _ _ [Em] _
This'll be the day that [Am] I die.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Did you write [Am] the book of love, [C] and do you have [Em] faith in God above?
_ If the [D] Bible tells you so. _ _ _
[G] Do you [D] believe [Em] in rock and roll, [A] can music _ [Bm] [C] save your mortal soul?
[Em] And can you [A] teach me how to [D] dance real slow? _ _
[Em] Well, I know that you're [D] in love with him, [Em] cause I saw you [D] dancing in the gym.
[C] You both [G] kicked [A] off your shoes.
[C]
Man, I dig [G] those [D] rhythmic blues. _
[G] I was a [E] lonely [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, [Am] with a pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] But I [D] knew I [Em] was out of luck the [C] day _ the [D] _ _ [G] music died.
_ _ [D] I started singing, [G] bye [C]-bye Miss [G] [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and rye, [Em]
singing,
This'll be the day [A] that I die. _ _
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _
_ _ [Bm] Now [G] 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 jester [D] sang [Em] for the king and queen [A] in a coat he borrowed [C] from James [Em] Dean,
and a voice that [A] came from you [D] and me.
_ _ _ Oh, [Em] and while the king [D] was looking down, [Em] the jester stole [D] his thorny crown,
[C] the [G] courtroom [A] was _ [C] adjourned, no verdict [D] was [G] returned.
And while Lennon read [Em] a book on Marx, [Am] a quartet [C] practiced in the park,
[G] and we sang [Em] dirges in the dark of [C] day.
_ [D] The _ [G] music died.
[C] _ _ [G] We [D] were 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 [C] old boys were [G] drinking [D] whiskey 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 [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] _ it landed [Em] foul [G] 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 marching [G] tune.
[C] We all got [Am] up to dance, [C]
oh, 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 [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 to the levee, 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. _
_ _ _ Oh, [G] and there we [E] were all in one place, [C] a generation [Am] _ lost in [Em] space,
with no time left to [D] start again.
_ _ So [G] come on, [F#m] Jack, be [Em] nimble, Jack, be quick.
[Am] Jack 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 in fists of [C] rage.
No angel [G] born in [Am] hell _ could [C] break that [D] Satan's spell.
And [G] as the planes [D] climbed [Em] high into the night, to [Am] delight the [C] sacrificial rite,
[G] I saw [F#m] Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day _ [D] the _ [G] music died, [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] he was [G] singing, bye [C]-bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove 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 that [D] 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 [D] smiled and turned away. _
I _ [Bm] went down [Em] to the sacred store, [Am] where I'd heard the music [C] _
years before,
[Em] but the man there said the [C] music _ wouldn't [D] _ play.
_ _ _ _ [Em] And in the streets [A] the children [Em] screamed, _ the lovers [A] cried and the [Am] poets dreamed,
[C] but [G] not a word was [Am] spoken, _ _ [C]
the church bells all [A] were broken,
_ [D] _
_ [G] and the three [D] men I [Em] admire [G] most, [C] the Father, Son, and [D] the Holy Ghost,
_ [G] they [D] caught the last [Em] train for the [D] 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 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 that [D] I die. _ _
_ They [Am] were 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] Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking [D] whiskey and rye,
[C] singing, This'll [D] be the day that [G] I die. _ _
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