Chords for Don McLean - American Pie (Part1)

[G] A [D] long, long [Em] time ago, _
[Am] I can still [C] remember how that [Em] music used to [D] make me smile. _
_ _ _ [G] And I [Bm] knew if I [Em] had my chance, [Am] that I could [C] make those people dance, [Em] and maybe they'd
be [C] happy for a [D] while.
But _ _
_ [Em] _ _ February _ [Am] made me [Em] shiver with every [Am] paper I'd deliver.
_ [C] Bad [G] news on [Am] the doorstep, _ [C] I couldn't take one [D] more step.
_ _ _ [G] I can't [D] remember [Em] if I cried when I [C]
read about his [D] widowed bride.
_ [G] _
Something [D] touched [Em] me _ deep inside [C] the day the [D] _
_ music _ _ [G] _ died.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So bye [C] _ -bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to [C] the levee, [G] 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 [A] I 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 [Am] faith in God above?
[Em] _ If the [D] Bible tells you so.
_ _ And how [G] do you believe [Em] in rock and roll?
[A] Can music _ [Em] [C] save your mortal [Em] soul?
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.
[Em] [C] Man, I dig [Em] those [D] rhythm and blues.
_ _ [G] _
[D] Lonely [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, [Am] with a pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] But I knew I [Em] was out of luck the [C] day the [D] _ _ [G] music died.
[C] _ [G] _ I [D] started singing, [G] bye [C]-bye Miss [G] [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to [C] the levee, but [G] the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good old [C] boys [G] were drinking whiskey and [D] rye, [Em] singing,
This'll be the day [A] that I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _ _
[Bm] [G] Now for ten years [Am] we've been on our [C] own, and Moss grows [G] [Am] fat on a rolling stone, [Em] but that's not how [D] it used to be.
_ _ [G] When the jester [D] sang [Em] for the king and queen [A] in a coat he [Em] borrowed [C] from James [Em] Dean,
in a voice that [A] came from you [D] and me.
_ _ _ [Em] Oh, and while the king [D] was looking down, [Em] the jester stole [D] his thorny [G] crown, [C] the [G] courtroom [A] was adjourned.
[C] _ Now, _ _ [D] _ _ [G] and while _ _ the gun marks [Am] the quartet [Em] _ [C] practiced in the park, [G] and we sang [Em] dirges in the dark.
But I knew I was out [C] of luck the 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 levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [Cm] 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. _ _ _ _
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