{t:American Pie}
{st:Don McLean (1971)}

{sot}
Varies but mostly  | d - D u - u d u |
{eot}

A [C↓] long [G↓] long [Am↓] time ago…
[Dm↓] I can still re-[F↓]member
How that [Am↓] music used to make me [G↓] smile
And [C↓] I knew [G↓] if I had [Am↓] my chance
That [Dm↓] I could make those [F↓] people dance
And [Am↓] maybe they'd be [F↓] happy for a [G↓] while


[/] [Am] But February [/] [Dm] made me shiver [/]  
[/] [Am] With every paper [Dm] I'd deliver [/] 
[/] [F] Bad news [C] on the [/] [Dm] doorstep
I [/] [F] couldn't take one [/] [G] more step


I [/] [C] can't re- [G] member if I [/] [Am] cried
When I [/] [Dm] read about his [/] [G] widowed bride,
But [/] [C] something [G] touched me [/] [Am] deep inside
The [/] [F] day... the [/] [G7] Music [/] [C] Died [F] [/] [C] ... 


{soc}
So [/] [C] Bye [F] bye Miss A- [/] [C] merican [G] Pie 
Drove my [/] [C] Chevy to the [F] levy but the [/] [C] levy was [G] dry  
And them [/] [C] good old [F] boys were drinking [/] [C] whiskey and [G] rye  
Singin' [/] [Am] this'll be the day that I [/] [D7] die... [/] 
[/] [Am] This'll be the day that I [/] [G7] die [/] [G7] [/] 
{eoc}


{c:Strumming Picks Up}
[/] [C] Did you write the [/] [Dm] book of love
And do [/] [F] you have faith in [/] [Dm] God above? [/] 
[/] [Am] . If the Bible [/] [G] tells you so [/] [G] 
Do [/] [C] you be- [G] lieve in [/] [Am] Rock 'n Roll?   
Can [/] [Dm] music save your [/] [F] mortal soul? 
And [/] [Am] can you teach me [/] [D7] how to dance [/] [G] real slow? [/] [G] 

 
Well, I [/] [Am] know that you're in [/] [G] love with him 
'cause I [/] [Am] saw you dancin' [/] [G] in the gym 
You [/] [F] both kicked [C] off your [/] [G] shoes
Man I [/] [F] dig those [C] rhythm and [/] [G7] blues  


I was a [/] [C] lonely [G] teenage [/] [Am] broncin' buck
With a [/] [Dm] pink carnation and a [/] [F] pickup truck
But [/] [C] I knew [G] I was [/] [Am] out of luck 
The [/] [F] day the [/] [G7] Music [/] [C] Died [F] .. [/]
[/] [C] . I started [G7] singin' [/] 


{soc}
[/] [C] Bye [F] bye Miss A- [/] [C] merican [G] Pie 
Drove my [/] [C] Chevy to the [F] levy but the [/] [C] levy was [G] dry  
And them [/] [C] good old [F] boys were drinking [/] [C] whiskey and [G] rye  
Singin' [/] [Am] this'll be the day that I [/] [D7] die... [/] 
[/] [Am] This'll be the day that I [/] [G7] die [/] [G7] 
{eoc}


Now for [/] [C] ten years we've been [/] [Dm] on our own
And [/] [F] moss grows fat on a [/] [Dm] rollin' stone [/] 
[/] [Am] . But that's not how it [/] [G] used to be [/] [G] 
When the [/] [C] jester [G] sang for the [/] [Am] King and Queen
In a [/] [Dm] coat he borrowed [/] [F] from James Dean
And a [/] [Am] voice... that [/] [D7] came from you and [/] [G] me [/] [G]

   
Oh, and [/] [Am] while the King was [/] [G] looking down
The [/] [Am] jester stole his [/] [G] thorny crown 
The [/] [F] courtroom [C] was ad- [/] [G] journed;
No [/] [F] verdict was re- [/] [G7] turned,
And while [/] [C] Lennon [G] read a [/] [Am] book of Marx
The [/] [Dm] court kept practice [/] [F] in the park,  
And [/] [C] we sang [G] dirges [/] [Am] in the dark 
The [/] [F] day... the [/] [G7] Music [/] [C] Died [F] [/] [C] . We were [G7] singin' [/]  


{soc}
[/] [C] Bye [F] bye Miss A- [/] [C] merican [G] Pie 
Drove my [/] [C] Chevy to the [F] levy but the [/] [C] levy was [G] dry  
And them [/] [C] good old [F] boys were drinking [/] [C] whiskey and [G] rye  
Singin' [/] [Am] this'll be the day that I [/] [D7] die... [/] 
[/] [Am] This'll be the day that I [/] [G7] die [/] [G7] 
{eoc}


[/] [C] Helter-Skelter [/] [Dm] in the summer swelter
the [/] [F] Byrds flew off with a [/] [Dm] fallout shelter [/] 
[/] [Am] Eight Miles High and [/] [G] falling fast [/] [G] 
It [/] [C] landed [G] foul out [/] [Am] on the grass
The [/] [Dm] players tried for a [/] [F] forward pass,
With the [/] [Am] jester on the [/] [D7] sidelines in a [/] [G] cast [/] [G]

 
Now the [/] [Am] half-time air was [/] [G] sweet perfume 
While the [/] [Am] sergeants played a [/] [G] marching tune [/] 
[/] [F] We all got [C] up to [/] [G] dance,
But we [/] [F] never got the [/] [G7] chance!
'Cause the [/] [C] players [G] tried to [/] [Am] take the field;
The [/] [Dm] marching band re- [/] [F] fused to yield,
Do [/] [C] you re- [G] call what [/] [Am] was revealed
The [/] [F] day... the [/] [G7] Music [/] [C] Died? [F] [/] 
[/] [C] We started [G7] singin'... [/] 


{soc}
[/] [C] Bye [F] bye Miss A- [/] [C] merican [G] Pie 
Drove my [/] [C] Chevy to the [F] levy but the [/] [C] levy was [G] dry  
And them [/] [C] good old [F] boys were drinking [/] [C] whiskey and [G] rye  
Singin' [/] [Am] this'll be the day that I [/] [D7] die... [/] 
[/] [Am] This'll be the day that I [/] [G7] die [/] [G7] 
{eoc}


Oh, and [/] [C] there we were all [/] [Dm] in one place,
[/] [F] a generation [/] [Dm] Lost in Space 
With [/] [Am] no time left to [/] [G] start again [/] [G]...
So come on [/] [C] Jack be nimble [/] [Am] Jack be quick! [/] 
[/] [Dm] Jack Flash sat on a [/] [F] candlestick
'Cause [/] [Am] fire... is the [/] [D7] Devil's... only [/] [G] friend [/] [G] 


Oh, and [/] [Am] as I watched him [/] [G] on the stage
My [/] [Am] hands were clenched in [/] [G] fists of rage [/] 
[/] [F] No angel [C] born in [/] [G] hell
Could [/] [F] break that Satan's [/] [G7] spell
And as the [/] [C] flames climbed [G] high in- [/] [Am] to the night [/] 
[/] [Dm] To light the sacri- [/] [F] ficial rite
I saw [/] [C] Satan [G] laughing [/] [Am] with delight 
The [/] [F] day... the [/] [G7] Music [/] [C] Died [F] [/] [C] . He was [G7] singin' [/] 


{soc}
[/] [C] Bye [F] bye Miss A- [/] [C] merican [G] Pie 
Drove my [/] [C] Chevy to the [F] levy but the [/] [C] levy was [G] dry  
And them [/] [C] good old [F] boys were drinking [/] [C] whiskey and [G] rye  
Singin' [/] [Am] this'll be the day that I [/] [D7] die... [/] 
[/] [Am] This'll be the day that I [/] [G7] die [/] [G7] 
{eoc}


I [C↓] met a [G↓] girl who sang the [Am↓] blues
And I [Dm↓] asked her for some [F↓] happy news, 
But [Am↓] she just smiled and turned [G↓] away,
I [C↓] went down [G↓] to the sacred [Am↓] store
Where I'd [Dm↓] heard the music [F↓] years before,
But the [Am↓] man there said the [D7↓] music wouldn't [G↓] play
 

[/] [Am] And in the streets [/] [Dm] children screamed,
The [/] [Am] lovers cried, and the [/] [Dm] poets dreamed  
But [/] [F] not a [C] word was [/] [Dm] spoken;
The [/] [F] church bells all were [/] [G7] broken,
And the [/] [C] three men [G] I ad- [/] [Am] mire most 
The [/] [Dm] Father, Son and the [/] [F] Holy Ghost,
Why, they [/] [C] caught the [G] last train [/] [Am] for the coast
The [/] [F] day... the [/] [G7] Music [/] [C] Died... [/] And they were singing [/]  


{soc}
[/] [C] Bye [F] bye Miss A- [/] [C] merican [G] Pie 
Drove my [/] [C] Chevy to the [F] levy but the [/] [C] levy was [G] dry  
And them [/] [C] good old [F] boys were drinking [/] [C] whiskey and [G] rye  
Singin' [/] [Am] this'll be the day that I [/] [D7] die... [/] 
[/] [Am] This'll be the day that I [/] [G7] die [/] [G7] They were singing


[/] [C] Bye [F] bye Miss A- [/] [C] merican [G] Pie 
Drove my [/] [C] Chevy to the [F] levy, but the [/] [C] levy was [G] dry, 
And [/] [C] good old [F] boys were drinking [/] [C] whiskey and [G] rye
Singin' [/] [F] this'll be the [G] day that I [/] [C↓] die [F↓] [/] [C↓]
{eoc}


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