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American Pie (Original Version chords by 
Don Mclean 
N/A•
Key: G major•BPM: 136
Verse 1
G
D
Em
A long, long time ago
Am
C
Em
I can still remember how that music
D
used to make me smile
Em
And I knew if I had my chance
Am
C
That I could make those people dance
Em
C
D
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Verse 2
Em
Am
But February made me shiver
Em
D
Am
With every paper I'd deliver
C
G
Am
Bad news on the doorstep
C
D
I couldn't take one more step
Verse 3
D
Em
I can't remember if I cried
C
D
When I read about his wid
owed bride
G
D
Em
But something touched me deep inside
C
D
G
The day the music died
Verse 4
G
C
G
D
So bye- bye, Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
G
And them good old boys were drinkin'
D
whiskey and rye
Em
A
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
Em
This'll be the day that I die"
D
Verse 5
G
Am
Did you write the book of love?
C
Am
Em
And do you have faith in God above?
D
If the Bible tells you so
G
D
G
Em
Now, do you believe in rock and roll?
Am
C
Can music save your mortal soul?
Em
A
And can you teach me
D
how to dance real slow?
Verse 6
Em
Well, I know that you're
D
in love with him
Em
D
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
C
Am
You both kicked off your shoes
C
D
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
Verse 7
G
D
Em
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
Am
C
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
G
D
Em
But I knew I was out of luck
C
D
G
C
The day the music died
Verse 8
G
D
G
C
I started singin' bye- bye,
G
D
Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
Them good old boys were
G
drinkin' whiskey and rye
D
Em
Singin' "This'll be
A
the day that I die
Em
This'll be the day that I die"
D
Verse 9
G
Now for ten years we've
Am
been on our own
C
Am
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
Em
D
But that's not how it used to be
G
D
When the jester sang
Em
for the king and queen
Am
C
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
Em
A
And a voice that came
from you and me
D
Verse 10
Em
Oh, and while the king was
D
looking down
Em
D
The jester stole his thorny
crown
C
G
Am
The courtroom was ad journed
A
C
D
No verdict was returned
Verse 11
G
D
And while Lenin read
Em
a book on Marx
Am
C
A quartet practiced in the park
G
D
Em
And we sang dirges in the dark
C
D
G
C
The day the mu sic died
Verse 12
G
D
G
C
We were singin' bye- bye,
G
D
Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
Them good old boys were drinkin'
G
D
whiskey and rye
Em
A
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
Em
This'll be the day that I die"
D
Verse 13
G
Am
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
C
Am
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Em
D
Eight miles high and falling fast
G
D
Em
It landed foul on the grass
Am
C
The players tried for a forward pass
Em
With the jester on the side
A
lines in a cast
D
Verse 14
Em
Now the halftime air was
D
sweet perfume
Em
While the sergeants played
D
a marching tune
C
Am
We all got up to dance
C
D
Oh, but we never got the chance
Verse 15
G
D
'Cause the players tried to take
Em
the field
Am
C
The marching band refused to yield
G
D
Em
Do you recall what was revealed
C
D
G
C
The day the music died?
Verse 16
G
D
G
C
We started singin' bye- bye,
G
D
Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
Them good old boys were drinkin'
G
D
whiskey and rye
Em
And singin' "This'll be
A
the day that I die
Em
This'll be the day that I die"
D
Verse 17
G
Am
Oh, and there we were all in one place
C
Am
A generation lost in space
Em
D
With no time left to start again
G
D
So come on, Jack be nimble,
Em
Jack be quick
Am
C
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
Em
A
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
D
Verse 18
Em
D
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
Em
D
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
C
Em
Am
No angel born in Hell
C
D
Could break that Satan's spell
Verse 19
G
And as the flames climbed
D
Em
high into the night
Am
C
To light the sacrificial rite
G
D
Em
I saw Satan laughing with delight
C
D
G
C
The day the music died
Verse 20
G
D
G
C
He was singin' bye- bye,
G
D
Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
Them good old boys were drinkin'
G
D
whiskey and rye
Em
And singin' "This'll be
A
the day that I die
Em
D
This'll be the day that I die"
Verse 21
D
Em
I met a girl who sang the blues
Am
C
And I asked her for some happy news
Em
D
But she just smiled and turned away
G
D
Em
I went down to the sacred store
Am
Where I'd heard the music
C
years before
Em
But the man there said the
C
D
music wouldn't play
Verse 22
D
Em
And in the streets,
Am
the children screamed
Em
Am
The lovers cried an d the
poets dreamed
C
G
Am
But not a word was spoken
C
D
The church bells all were broken
Verse 23
Em
And the three men I admire most
C
The Father,
D
Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train
Em
D
for the coast
C
D
G
The day the music died
D
And they were singin'
Verse 24
G
C
bye- bye,
G
D
Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
And them good old boys were drinkin'
G
D
whiskey and rye
Em
Singin' "This'll be the day
A
Em
that I die
D
This'll be the day that I die"
Verse 25
G
C
They were singin' bye- bye,
G
D
Miss American Pie
G
C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G
D
but the levee was dry
G
C
Them good old boys were drinkin'
G
D
whiskey and rye
C
And singin' "This'll
D
G
C
be the day that I die"
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