Chords for Don McLean - American Pie (Good quality)

_ [G] _ [D] Long, [Em] long time ago, _ [Am] _ I can [C] still remember [Em] how that 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] [G] Bad news on the [Am] doorstep, _ [C] I couldn't take one more [D] step.
_ _ _ _ [G]
I [D] can't remember if [Em] 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 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 [Am] write the book of [C] love, and do you have faith [Am] in God above?
[Em] If the Bible [D] tells you so, _ _ then [G] have you [D] believed [Em] in rock and roll?
[A] Can music [G] [C] save your mortal soul?
[Em] And can you [A] teach me how to dance [D] real slow?
_ _ Well, [Em] I know that you're [D] in love with him, cause [Em] I saw you [D] dancing in the gym.
[G]
You both kicked off [A] your shoes.
[C] Then I dig [Em] those rhythm and [D] blues.
_ [G] _
Lonely [D] [Em] teenage bronkin' buck with [Am] a pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] But I [D] knew I [Em] was out of luck [C] the 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 [D] levee 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] Now for ten years [Am] we've been on our [C] own, and Moss [G] grows [Am] fat on a rolling [Em] stone,
but that's not [D] how it used to be.
_ _ _ [G] When the jester [D] sang [Em] for the king and queen [Am] in a coat,
he [E] borrowed [C] from James Dean [Em] a voice that [A] came from you [D] and me.
_ _ _ _ [Em] Oh, and while the king [D] was looking down, [Em] the jester [D] stole his thorny [G] crown.
[C]
The [G] courtroom [A] was adjourned, _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] returned.
And while Lennon read [Em] a book on Marx, [Am] a quartet [Em] _ [C] practiced in the park,
[G] and we sang [Em] dirges in the dark.
But I knew I was out of luck the [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 to the levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [Em] singing,
This'll be the [A] day that I die.
_ _ [Em]
This'll be the day [D] that I die. _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ Helter [C] skelter in the summer swelter, the birds flew off [Am] with a fallout [Em] shelter,
_ eight miles [D] high and falling _ fast.
_ _ [G] _
_ And a [Em] frowl on the grass, [Am] the players [Em] tried [C] for a forward pass,
[Em] with the jester on [A] the sidelines in [D] a _ _ [G] cast.
[D] _ Now [Em] the halftime air [D] was sweet perfume, [Em]
while the sergeants [D] played a marching [G] tune.
[C] We [G] all got up to [A] dance, [C] but we never [D] got the chance.
[G] As the [D] players tried [Em] to take the [Am] field, the marching [Em] [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] _
[C] bye-bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] 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.
_ _ So [G] come on, [D] Jack, be nimble, [Em] Jack, be quick.
[Am]
Jack Flash [G] sat [C] 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 clenched [D] in fits of [G] rage.
[C]
But an [G] angel born in [Am] hell _ [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
And as [G] the flames [D] climbed [Em] higher into the night,
[Am] to light the [Bm] _ [C] sacrificial rite, I [G] saw [Bm] Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day _ [D] the _ [G] music died, [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] he was singing, [G] _
[C] bye-bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie,
drove [G] 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 [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] 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 said the [C] music _ _ wouldn't [D] _ play. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ In the streets [A] the children [Am] screamed, _ [Em] the lovers [Am] cried and the poets dreamed,
[C] but [G] not a word was [Am] spoken, _ [Bm] [C] the church bells all [D] were 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 the [G] coast.
[C] The day _ [D] the _ _ music _ [G] _
died, _ _ _ and they were [C] 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 [G] were drinking [D] whiskey 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 _ -bye Miss American [D] Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [C] singing,
This'll [D] be the day that [G] I die.
[C] _ _ [G] _