Chords for Don McLean - American Pie (Glastonbury 2011)

_ _ Long, [Em] long_ _ _
_ [Am] I can [C] still remember [Em] how that music [A] used to make me [D] smile _ _
And [Bm] I knew if [Em] I had my chance
[C] That I could make those people dance
[Em]
Maybe [A] they'd be happy for [D] a while
_ _ [Bm] But February [Am] made me shiver
[G] With every paper [Am] I delivered
_ [C] Bad [G] news on [Am] the doorstep
_ _ [C] I couldn't take [D] one more step
_ _ [G] I can't remember [Em] if I cried
When I [B] read about [C] his widowed bride
_ [G] But [D] something touched me deep inside [C] the day
_ [D] The _ music _ _ [G] died
_ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ Sing it with me!
So by _ [C] my [G] Miss _ [D] American Pie
[G] Rode my Chevy [C] to the levee
But the [D] levee was dry
_ _ [G] Them good-hearted _ [C] _
_ _ [G] drank whiskey and [D]
rye
_ [Em] Singing this'll be the day that I [A] die _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ This'll be the day that I [D] die _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] If you [Am] write the book of love
[C] Do you have faith [Am] in God [Em] above?
If the Bible [D] tells you so
_ _ Now [G] do you [D] believe [Em] in rock and roll,
[Am] In music to save [C] your mortal soul?
[Em] And can you teach [A] me how to dance?
[D] We don't talk _
_ Well [Em] I know that you're [D] in love
And cause [Em] I saw you [D] dancing in the gym
[C] You both kicked [Am] off your _ [C] shoes
Well _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] that [Em] teen aged frog and buck
[A] With a [Am] pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck
[G] But I [F#m] knew [Em] I was out of luck [C] today
_ [D] The _ music [G] _ _ [C] died
[G] _
[D] Started [G] singing bye [C]-bye Miss [D]
American Pie
[G] Rode my Chevy [C] to the [G] levee
But the [D] levee was dry
Them good [C]-hearted drank [D] whiskey and rye
[E] Singing this'll be the day that [A] I die
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day [D] that I _ _ die
_ _ _ [G] For ten years [Am] we've been on our own
[C] _ Moss grows [Am] fat on a rolling stone
[Em] But that's not [D] how it used to be _ _ _
Why [G] would a jester [D] sang [Bm] for the king and queen
[A] In a coat [C] he borrowed from King's [Em] Dean
And a boy _ [A] that [Em]
came from [D] U.B. _ _ _ _
Oh [E] and while the king [D] was looking down
[E] The jester _ [D] stole his thorny crown
[C] Before [G] the room [Am] was adjourned
_ [C] _ No verdict [D] was returned
And [G] while in [D] his remarks
[Em] _ _
_ [Am] A quartet [C] _ practiced in the park
[G] We [Bm] sang [Em] dirges in the dark [C] of day
_ [D] The _ music [G] died
[C] Oh [G] sing it now
She was singing bye _ [C]-bye Miss [D] American Pie
[G] Rode my Chevy [C] to the levee
[D] But the levee was [G] dry
Them [C] good-hearted drank [D] whiskey and rye
[Em] Singing this'll be the day that [A] I die
_ [Em] This'll be the day that [Bm] I _ [D] die
_ _ _ _ [G] Hector scattered [Am] in the summer [C] swelter
He first flew off [Am] with a fallout shelter
[Em] _
Eight [D] miles high and pulling back
_ _ [G] He [Bm] landed foul [Em] on the grass
_ [Am] Players [C] tried for a forward pass
[Em] The jester on [A] the sideline [D] in a cap _ _ _
Now [Em] the halftime air [D] was sweet perfume
[Em] While the sergeants [D] played their [D] marching [C] tune
We [Bm] all got [Am] up for dance
[C] _ _ We never got [D] a chance
_ [G] _ [D] Players cried [Em] take the field
_ [Am] _ Marching [C] band refused to yield
[G] Do [Bm] you recall what was revealed [C] that day?
_ [D] The _ music [G] died
[C] _ [G] We were singing bye [C]-bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie
[G] Rode my Chevy [C] to the levee
But the [D] levee was dry
[G] Them good [C]-hearted drank [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
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _