American Pie Chords by Don Mclean

[G] A [D] long, long [Em] time ago, [Am] I can [C] still remember [Em] how that music used to make [D] me smile.
[G] And I [D] knew if I [Em] had my chance, [Am] that I could make [C] those people [Em] dance, and maybe they'd [C] be happy for a [D] while.
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But [Em] 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.
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[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.
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So bye [C].
-bye Miss [G] [D] American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy to [C] the levee, [G] 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.
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[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
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Did you write [A] the book [C] of love, and do you have faith [Am] in God above, [Em] if the Bible [D] tells you so?
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And [G] do you believe [Em] in rock and roll, [Am] can music [G] [C] save your mortal soul, [Em] and can [A] you teach me how to dance [D] real slow?
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[Em] Well I know that [D] you're in love with him, [Em] cause I saw you [D] dancing in the gym, [C] you both [G] kicked off your [A] shoes.
[C].
Man I dig [Em] those rhythmic [D] blues, [G] I was a lonely [D] [Em] teenage bronkin' buck, with [Am] a pink [C] carnation and a pickup truck.
[G] But I knew I [Em] was out of luck the [C] 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 levee [D] was dry.
[G] And them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and [Em] rye, singing,.
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
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[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
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[G] Now for ten years [Am] we've been on our [C] own, and Moss [G] grows [Am] fat on a rolling stone, [Em] 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 [E] borrowed [C] from James Dean, [Em] and a voice that [A] came from you [D] and me.
[G] [Em].
Oh and while the king [D] was looking [Em] down, the jester [D] stole his thorny [G] crown, [C] the [G] courtroom [A] was adjourned, .
[C] [D] [G] and while Lennon read a book on Marx, [Am] a quartet [Em] [C] practiced in the park, [G] and we sang [Em] dirges in the dark.
The [C] day [D] the [G] music died.
[C] [G] We [D] were singing, [G] bye [C]-bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] And them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [Em] singing,.
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
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[Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die.
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[G] Helter [C] skelter in the summer swelter, the birds flew [Am] off with a fall out of [Em] shelter, eight miles [D] high and falling .
[G] fast,.
and landed [Em] foul on the grass.
[Am] The players [Em] tried [C] for a forward pass [Em] with the jester [A] on the sidelines [D] in a cast.
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[Em] Now the halftime air [D] was sweet perfume [Em] while the sergeant [D] played a marching [Gm] tune, [C] we [G] all got up to [Am] dance.
[C].
Oh but we never got [D] the chance, [G] cause the players tried [Em] to take the [Am] field, 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 [C]-bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the levee [D] 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.
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[Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die.
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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.
[G] So come on [D] Jack, be [Em] nimble, Jack be quick, [Am] Jack [G] Flash [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 and fists of [G] rage, [C] no [G] angel [Am] born in hell [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
And [G] as the planes [D] climbed [Em] high into the night, [Am] to light the [Bm] [C] sacrificial rite, I [G] saw [Bm] Satan [Em] laughing with me like [C] the day [D] the [G] music died.
[C] [G] [D] He was singing, [G] bye [C]-bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie, [G] drove my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] And good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [Em] singing,.
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
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[Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die.
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[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 smiled [D] and turned away.
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[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] And in the streets [A] the children [Am] screamed, [Em] the lovers [A] cried and the [Am] poets dreamed, [C] but not [G] a word [Am] was spoken, [Bm] [C] the church bells all were [D] broken.
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[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 [G] the coast, [C] the day [D] the music [G] .
died.
And they were singing, bye [C]-bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie, drove [G] my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] And good old [C] boys [G] 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.
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[Am] They were singing, [G] bye [C] -bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie, [Em] drove my Chevy [C] to the levee, [G] but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] And good old [C] boys [G] were drinking whiskey [D] and rye, [C] singing, This'll [D] be the day that [G] I [C] die.
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