Chords for Don McLean- American Pie (with Lyrics)
Tempo:
136.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D] Long, long [Em] time ago, [Am] I can still [C] remember how [Em] that music used to make me [D] smile.
[G] And I [Bm] knew if I [Em] had my chance, [Am] that I could make [C] those people dance, [Em] and maybe they'd be [C] happy for [D] a while.
[Em] But February [Am]
made me shiver [Em] with every paper [Am] I'd deliver.
[C] [G] Bad news [Am] on the doorstep, [C] I couldn't take one more [D] step.
[G] I [D] can't remember [Em] if I cried when [C]
I read about [D] his widowed bride.
[G] [D] Something touched [Em] me deep inside [C] the day [D] the music [G]
died.
So bye [C] -bye Miss [G] [D] American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the 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 I [Am] 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 [G] if you believe [Em] in rock and roll, [A] can music [C] save your mortal [Em] soul?
And can you teach [A] 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 [Em] dig those [D] rhythm and blues.
[G]
Lonely [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, [Am] with a pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] But I [Bm] knew [Em] I was out of luck the [C]
day [D] the [G] music died.
[C] [G] I started singing bye [C]-bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was [D] dry.
[G] And them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [Bm] rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day [A] that I die.
[Em]
This'll be the day that [D] I die.
Now [G] for ten years [Am] we've been on our [C] own, and Moss grows [G] [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 [A] in a coat he [Em] borrowed [C] from James [Em] Dean, in a voice that [A] came from you and [D]
me.
[Bm] [Em] Oh and while the king [D] was looking [Em] down, the jester stole [D] his thorny [G] crown.
[C]
The [Em] court's bloom [A] was adjourned, [C]
no big [D] words [G] returned.
And while Lennon read [Em] a book [G] on Marx, [Am] a quartet [Em] [C] practiced in the park, [G] and we [Bm] sang [Em] encourages in the dark.
[C] 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] And them good [C] old [G] boys were drinking whiskey 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 a summer swell, through the birds flew off [Am] with a fallout [Em] shell, eight miles [D] high and falling fast.
[G]
It landed [Em] foul on the grass, [Am] the [Em] players tried [C] for a forward pass, [Em] with the jester on [A] 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.
We all got [Am] up to dance, [C] but we never got [D] a chance, [G] as the players tried [Em] to take the field, [Am]
the marching [Em] [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-bye Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking 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] And there we [Am] were all in one [G] place, [C] a generation [Am]
lost in [Em] space, with no time [D] left to start again.
[G] So come on Jack, be [D] [Em] nimble, Jack, be quick, [Am]
Jack Flash [G] [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 [G] rage.
[C]
No [G] angel born [Am] in hell [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
And [G] as the flames [D] climbed [Em] high into the night, [Am] to light the [C] sacrificial rite, I [G] saw Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day [D] the [G] music died, [C] [G] [D] he was [G] singing bye-bye 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 [Bm] 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] but she just [D] smiled 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 [C] said the music wouldn't [D] play.
[Em] In the streets [A] the children [Am] screamed, [Em] the lovers [A] cried and the [Am] poets dreamed, [C] but [G] not a word [Am] was spoken.
[Bm] [C] The church bells all [D] were broken, [G] and the three [D] men I [Em] admire [G] most, [C] the Father, Son, and [D] the Holy Ghost,
[C] [G] they [D] caught the last [Em] train for the [D] [G] coast.
[C] The day
[D] the music [G]
died, and they were [E]
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 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 were [Am] singing [G] bye-bye Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [C] singing, [D] this'll be the day that I [G] die.
[C] [G]
[G] And I [Bm] knew if I [Em] had my chance, [Am] that I could make [C] those people dance, [Em] and maybe they'd be [C] happy for [D] a while.
[Em] But February [Am]
made me shiver [Em] with every paper [Am] I'd deliver.
[C] [G] Bad news [Am] on the doorstep, [C] I couldn't take one more [D] step.
[G] I [D] can't remember [Em] if I cried when [C]
I read about [D] his widowed bride.
[G] [D] Something touched [Em] me deep inside [C] the day [D] the music [G]
died.
So bye [C] -bye Miss [G] [D] American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the 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 I [Am] 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 [G] if you believe [Em] in rock and roll, [A] can music [C] save your mortal [Em] soul?
And can you teach [A] 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 [Em] dig those [D] rhythm and blues.
[G]
Lonely [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, [Am] with a pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] But I [Bm] knew [Em] I was out of luck the [C]
day [D] the [G] music died.
[C] [G] I started singing bye [C]-bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was [D] dry.
[G] And them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [Bm] rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day [A] that I die.
[Em]
This'll be the day that [D] I die.
Now [G] for ten years [Am] we've been on our [C] own, and Moss grows [G] [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 [A] in a coat he [Em] borrowed [C] from James [Em] Dean, in a voice that [A] came from you and [D]
me.
[Bm] [Em] Oh and while the king [D] was looking [Em] down, the jester stole [D] his thorny [G] crown.
[C]
The [Em] court's bloom [A] was adjourned, [C]
no big [D] words [G] returned.
And while Lennon read [Em] a book [G] on Marx, [Am] a quartet [Em] [C] practiced in the park, [G] and we [Bm] sang [Em] encourages in the dark.
[C] 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] And them good [C] old [G] boys were drinking whiskey 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 a summer swell, through the birds flew off [Am] with a fallout [Em] shell, eight miles [D] high and falling fast.
[G]
It landed [Em] foul on the grass, [Am] the [Em] players tried [C] for a forward pass, [Em] with the jester on [A] 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.
We all got [Am] up to dance, [C] but we never got [D] a chance, [G] as the players tried [Em] to take the field, [Am]
the marching [Em] [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-bye Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking 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] And there we [Am] were all in one [G] place, [C] a generation [Am]
lost in [Em] space, with no time [D] left to start again.
[G] So come on Jack, be [D] [Em] nimble, Jack, be quick, [Am]
Jack Flash [G] [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 [G] rage.
[C]
No [G] angel born [Am] in hell [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
And [G] as the flames [D] climbed [Em] high into the night, [Am] to light the [C] sacrificial rite, I [G] saw Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day [D] the [G] music died, [C] [G] [D] he was [G] singing bye-bye 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 [Bm] 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] but she just [D] smiled 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 [C] said the music wouldn't [D] play.
[Em] In the streets [A] the children [Am] screamed, [Em] the lovers [A] cried and the [Am] poets dreamed, [C] but [G] not a word [Am] was spoken.
[Bm] [C] The church bells all [D] were broken, [G] and the three [D] men I [Em] admire [G] most, [C] the Father, Son, and [D] the Holy Ghost,
[C] [G] they [D] caught the last [Em] train for the [D] [G] coast.
[C] The day
[D] the music [G]
died, and they were [E]
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 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 were [Am] singing [G] bye-bye Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [C] singing, [D] this'll be the day that I [G] die.
[C] [G]
Key:
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D
Em
C
Am
G
D
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] Long, long [Em] time ago, _ [Am] I can still [C] remember how [Em] that music used to make me [D] smile.
_ _ _ _ [G] And I [Bm] knew if I [Em] had my chance, [Am] that I could make [C] those people dance, [Em] and maybe they'd be [C] happy for [D] a while. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] But February [Am]
made me shiver [Em] with every paper [Am] I'd deliver.
_ [C] _ [G] Bad news [Am] on the doorstep, _ [C] I couldn't take one more [D] step.
_ _ _ [G] I [D] can't remember [Em] if I cried when [C]
I read about [D] his widowed bride. _
_ [G] _ [D] Something touched [Em] me deep _ _ inside [C] the day _ [D] the _ music _ _ [G] _
died. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So bye [C] _ -bye Miss [G] [D] American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the 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 I [Am] 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 [G] if you believe [Em] in rock and roll, [A] can music _ [C] save your mortal [Em] soul?
And can you teach [A] 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 [Em] dig those [D] rhythm and blues.
_ [G] _
Lonely [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, [Am] with a pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] But I [Bm] knew [Em] I was out of luck the [C]
day _ [D] the _ [G] music died.
[C] _ [G] _ I started singing bye [C]-bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was [D] dry.
[G] And them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [Bm] rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day [A] that I die.
_ [Em] _
This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _
_ Now [G] for ten years [Am] we've been on our [C] own, and Moss grows [G] [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 [A] in a coat he [Em] borrowed [C] from James [Em] Dean, in a voice that [A] came from you and [D] _
_ me.
_ [Bm] _ [Em] Oh and while the king [D] was looking _ [Em] down, the jester stole [D] his thorny [G] crown.
[C]
The [Em] court's bloom [A] was adjourned, [C] _
no big [D] words [G] returned.
And while Lennon read [Em] a book [G] on Marx, [Am] a quartet [Em] _ [C] practiced in the park, [G] and we [Bm] sang [Em] encourages in the dark.
[C] 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] And them good [C] old [G] boys were drinking whiskey 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 a summer swell, through the birds flew off [Am] with a fallout [Em] shell, eight _ miles [D] high and falling _ _ _ fast.
[G] _
It landed [Em] foul on the grass, [Am] the [Em] players tried [C] for a forward pass, [Em] with the jester on [A] 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.
We all got [Am] up to dance, [C] but we never got [D] a chance, [G] as the players tried [Em] to take the field, [Am]
the marching [Em] [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-bye Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking 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] And there we [Am] were all in one [G] place, [C] a generation [Am]
lost in [Em] space, with no time [D] left to start again.
_ _ [G] So come on Jack, be [D] [Em] nimble, Jack, be quick, [Am]
Jack Flash [G] [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 [G] rage.
[C]
No [G] angel born [Am] in hell _ [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
And [G] as the flames [D] climbed [Em] high into the night, [Am] to light the _ [C] sacrificial rite, I [G] saw Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day _ [D] the _ [G] music died, [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] he was [G] singing bye-bye 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 [Bm] 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] but she just _ [D] smiled 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 [C] said the music _ wouldn't [D] play. _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ In the streets [A] the children [Am] screamed, _ [Em] the lovers [A] cried and the [Am] poets dreamed, [C] but [G] not a word [Am] was spoken.
_ [Bm] _ [C] The church bells all [D] were broken, _ _ _ [G] and the three [D] men I [Em] admire _ [G] most, [C] the Father, Son, and [D] the Holy Ghost,
[C] _ [G] they [D] caught the last [Em] train for the [D] [G] coast.
[C] The day _
[D] the _ music _ _ [G] _
died, _ _ and they were [E]
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 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 were [Am] singing [G] _ bye-bye Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [C] singing, [D] this'll be the day that I [G] die.
[C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] Long, long [Em] time ago, _ [Am] I can still [C] remember how [Em] that music used to make me [D] smile.
_ _ _ _ [G] And I [Bm] knew if I [Em] had my chance, [Am] that I could make [C] those people dance, [Em] and maybe they'd be [C] happy for [D] a while. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] But February [Am]
made me shiver [Em] with every paper [Am] I'd deliver.
_ [C] _ [G] Bad news [Am] on the doorstep, _ [C] I couldn't take one more [D] step.
_ _ _ [G] I [D] can't remember [Em] if I cried when [C]
I read about [D] his widowed bride. _
_ [G] _ [D] Something touched [Em] me deep _ _ inside [C] the day _ [D] the _ music _ _ [G] _
died. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So bye [C] _ -bye Miss [G] [D] American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to the 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 I [Am] 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 [G] if you believe [Em] in rock and roll, [A] can music _ [C] save your mortal [Em] soul?
And can you teach [A] 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 [Em] dig those [D] rhythm and blues.
_ [G] _
Lonely [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, [Am] with a pink carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] But I [Bm] knew [Em] I was out of luck the [C]
day _ [D] the _ [G] music died.
[C] _ [G] _ I started singing bye [C]-bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was [D] dry.
[G] And them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey and [Bm] rye, [Em] singing, this'll be the day [A] that I die.
_ [Em] _
This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _
_ Now [G] for ten years [Am] we've been on our [C] own, and Moss grows [G] [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 [A] in a coat he [Em] borrowed [C] from James [Em] Dean, in a voice that [A] came from you and [D] _
_ me.
_ [Bm] _ [Em] Oh and while the king [D] was looking _ [Em] down, the jester stole [D] his thorny [G] crown.
[C]
The [Em] court's bloom [A] was adjourned, [C] _
no big [D] words [G] returned.
And while Lennon read [Em] a book [G] on Marx, [Am] a quartet [Em] _ [C] practiced in the park, [G] and we [Bm] sang [Em] encourages in the dark.
[C] 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] And them good [C] old [G] boys were drinking whiskey 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 a summer swell, through the birds flew off [Am] with a fallout [Em] shell, eight _ miles [D] high and falling _ _ _ fast.
[G] _
It landed [Em] foul on the grass, [Am] the [Em] players tried [C] for a forward pass, [Em] with the jester on [A] 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.
We all got [Am] up to dance, [C] but we never got [D] a chance, [G] as the players tried [Em] to take the field, [Am]
the marching [Em] [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-bye Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking 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] And there we [Am] were all in one [G] place, [C] a generation [Am]
lost in [Em] space, with no time [D] left to start again.
_ _ [G] So come on Jack, be [D] [Em] nimble, Jack, be quick, [Am]
Jack Flash [G] [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 [G] rage.
[C]
No [G] angel born [Am] in hell _ [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
And [G] as the flames [D] climbed [Em] high into the night, [Am] to light the _ [C] sacrificial rite, I [G] saw Satan [Em] laughing with delight.
[C] The day _ [D] the _ [G] music died, [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] he was [G] singing bye-bye 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 [Bm] 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] but she just _ [D] smiled 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 [C] said the music _ wouldn't [D] play. _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ In the streets [A] the children [Am] screamed, _ [Em] the lovers [A] cried and the [Am] poets dreamed, [C] but [G] not a word [Am] was spoken.
_ [Bm] _ [C] The church bells all [D] were broken, _ _ _ [G] and the three [D] men I [Em] admire _ [G] most, [C] the Father, Son, and [D] the Holy Ghost,
[C] _ [G] they [D] caught the last [Em] train for the [D] [G] coast.
[C] The day _
[D] the _ music _ _ [G] _
died, _ _ and they were [E]
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 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 were [Am] singing [G] _ bye-bye Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old [C] boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [C] singing, [D] this'll be the day that I [G] die.
[C] _ _ [G] _
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