Chords for Jade Bird - American Pie (Official Video)

_ A [C] long, [Bbm] long time ago
I can still [Gb] remember how [Bbm] that music [Ab] used to make me smile
[Fm] And I knew if I had [Bbm] my _ chance
That I could [Gb] make those people [Ab] dance
[Bbm] And maybe they'd be happy [Ab] for a while
[Bbm] But February _ made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
[Gb] Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take [Bb] one more step
[Db] _ I can't [Bbm] remember if I cried
When [Gb] I read [Eb] about his widowed [Db] bride
Something [Ab] touched [Bbm] me deep inside
[Gb] The day the [Eb] _ _ music _ _ [Db] died
_ So _ _ _ bye [Gb]-bye, [Eb] Miss American Pie
I drove [Db] my Chevy to the levee but the levee [Eb] was dry
[Gb] And them good old boys [Db] drinking whiskey and rye
[Bbm] Singing, this'll be the day [Eb] that I die
_ _ [Bbm] _ This'll be the day that [Ab] I _ _ _ die _ _
[Db] Oh, do you [Ebm] write the book of [Gb] love?
And do you have [Ebm] faith in God [Bbm] above?
If the Bible tells [Ab] you _ so
_ _ [F] _ [Bbm] Now, do you believe in rock and roll?
[Eb] Can music save [Gb] your mortal [Bbm] soul?
And can you teach me [Eb] how to dance [Ab] real slow?
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] I know you're [Ab] in love with him
Cause [Bbm] I saw you [Ab] dancing in the gym
[Gb] You both [Db] kicked [Ebm] off the shoes
My [Gb] only _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Bbm] teenage broken back
[Ebm] With a pink carnation [Gb] and a pickup truck
[Db] But I [Ab] knew I [Bbm] was out of luck
[Gb] The day _ [Ab] the _ music [Db] _ [Gb] died
[Db] I [Ab] started singing, [Db] bye [Gb]-bye, [Db] Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy [Gb] to the levee [Db] but the levee [Ab] was dry
[Db] And them good [Gb] old boys [Db] drinking whiskey [Ab] and rye
[Bbm] Singing, this'll be the day that [Eb] I die
_ _ [Bbm] This'll be the day [Ab] that I die _ _ _ _
[Db] Oh, I met a girl who [Ebm] sang the blues
[Gb] And I asked her for [Ebm] some happy [Bbm] news
But she just smiled [Ab] and turned _ away
I _ [Db] went [Bbm] down to the sacred store
[Eb] Where I'd heard the [Gb] music years [Bbm] before
But the man then said, [Eb] the music _ [Ab] wouldn't play _
_ _ _ [Bbm] And in the streets the [Ab] children screamed
[Bbm] The lovers cried [Ab] and the poets dreamed
[Gb] But not [Db] a word [Ebm] was spoken
[Gb] The church bells [Ab] rang by _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] the [Ebm] sun [Gb] and the Holy Ghost
[Db] They called [F] the last train [Bbm] for the coast
The [Gb] day the [Ab] _ _ [Db] music _ [Gb] died _
[Db] And they were singing, bye [Gb]-bye, [Db] Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And them good [Gb] old boys [Db] drinking whiskey and rye
[Bbm] Singing, this'll be the day [Eb] that I die
_ _ _ [Bbm] This'll be the day that [Eb] I die
_ _ [Gb] The day _
The [Ab] music _ _ _ _
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