Chords for Don McLean - American Pie - Don breaks a string

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_ _ _ _ _ I found this [E] American pride,
Rolled in my Chevy Cougar Levy
[G] Before they [D] blew us dry.
[G] Them good [Em] old boys
[G] Drinking [D] whiskey and rye
[Em] Saying this'll be the day [A] that I die. _ _
_ [Em] _ This'll be the day that [D] I die.
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Did you [Em] write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above?
If the [E] Bible tells you so. _ _
[G] Now do you [F#m] believe [Em] in rock and roll [Am] and music?
[C] Save your mortal [Em] soul then
Can you [A] teach me how to dance [D] real slow? _ _ _
_ [Em] _ That you're [D] in love with him
Cause [Em] I saw you dancing [D] in the gym
While [C] you both [Bm] kicked off [Em] your shoes. _
Man, I dig those [D] women's shoes. _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] I was a teenage bronc and bob
[Am] With a _ [Em] carnation [C] and a pickup [G] truck
But I [D] knew [Em] I was out of [C] today.
_ The [D] _ _
[G] music died.
Sing [C] the [G] chorus with me.
[D] I started [G] singing
About _ this [D] American home.
[G] I found this American pride,
Rolled in my Chevy [C] Cougar [G] Levy
Before they [D] blew us dry.
[G] Them [C] good old boys
[G] Drinking [D] whiskey and [Em] rye
Saying this'll be [A] the day that I die. _
[Em] _ This'll be the day [D] that I die. _
_ _ _ [G] Hey! _ _
[Em] Skelter in the summer swelter
The birds flew out of the fallout shelter
Eight [D] miles high
And fell in _ _ _ _ [G] a nest
And [Em] landed foul on the grass
[Am] The players tried [C] for a forward pass
[Em] With a jester [A] on the sideline
[D] In a _ cast
_ _ Now [Em] the halftime air [D] was sweet perfume
[Em] While the stars stayed [D] there
Marching [C] tunes we [Bm] all [Em] got to dance Oh!
But we never [D] got the chance _
[G] To _ _ _ [Em] thank the real
[Am] _ _ Marching [C] band for refusing
[G] _ [D] To recall [Em] what was [C] revealed today
You gotta sing the chorus.
[D] The _ music [G] died.
[C] You _ [G] _ [D] gotta sing [G] it.
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] I rolled [G] in my Chevy [C] Cougar Levy
Before they blew [D] us [G] dry.
Them good [C] old boys
[G] Drinking whiskey [D] and rye
[Em] Saying this'll be the day that [A] I die. _ _
[Em] _ This'll be the day that [D] I die.
Come on!
_ [A] _ [G] Oh! _ _ _
[Am] Now I'm [C] glazed A chance _
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] With no time [D] left to start again Now,
So [G] come on!
Jack, get your [Em] coat on!
Jack, be quick!
[Am] Jack Black [C] sat on his candlestick [Em] top
Fire [E] is the [A] devil's [D] only _ _ _ friend
Watching [Em] _ _ _ [D] him on the [Em] stage
My hands were [D] clenched in fists of [C] rage
No angel [B] [Em] born in hell _
[C] The great [D] Satan's spell
And [G] as the flames [F#m] climbed [Em] high into the [Am] night
To light the [C] sacrificial rite
[G] I saw [F#m] Satan [Em] laughing with delight
[C] The day the [D] _ _
[G] music _ [C] died
Sing it now!
[D] You gotta sing [G] it.
I [C] _ _ _ _ [D]
rolled [G] _ _ [C] in [G] my Chevy Cougar Levy
[D] Before they blew us dry
[G] Them good [C] old boys
Drinking [D] whiskey and rye
[Em] Saying this'll be the day that [A] I die. _
_ [Em] _ This'll be the day that [D] I die.
_ _ Well, [G] I met [D] a girl who [G] sang the blues
[A] And I asked her [C] for some happy news
_ [Em] _ _ She just [A] smiled and [D] turned away _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] And I [D] went down to [G] the sacred store
[A] Where I'd heard the music [C] _
years before
But [Em] the man [A] there said the music _ [D] wouldn't _ play _
_ _ _ _ And [Em] in the [Am] streets the children screamed
[Em]
Lovers [Am] cried and the poets dreamed
[C] _
[G] Not a word [C] was spoken
_ _ The [G] church bells all [D] were broken _ _ _
And [Em] the three men I admire [D] most
[Am] The [G] Father, Son, [C] and Holy Ghost _
[G] Why, they [D] caught the last [Em] train
For the [G] coast _ [C] _ today _
The [A] _ _ [D] music _ [G] died
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ They were singing, singing now
_ Bye, _
[C] bye [G] Miss _ [D] American Pie
Rolled [G] my Chevy to [C] the levee
[G] But the [D] levee was dry _
[G] Them good old [C] boys
[G] Drinking [D] whiskey and rye
[Em] Saying this'll be the day that I [A] die. _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [Em] This'll be the day that I _ die. _ _ _
_ _ _ They were singing, what?
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] Them good old _
[C] _ boys
Drinking [G] whiskey [D] and _ rye
[C] Singing this'll be [D] the day that I [G] die.
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