American Pie chords by Rick Devin
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Verse 1
A (D major) long, (G major) (D major) long time (E minor) ago
I (A minor) can still remember
(C major) How that mu (E minor) sic used to make me (D major) smile
An (G major) d I (D major) knew if I (E minor) had my chance
I (A minor) could make those (C major) people dance
An (E minor) d maybe they'd be
happy (C major) for (D major) a while
But (E minor) February made (A minor) me shiver
With (E minor) every paper I (A minor) delivered
(C major) Bad news (G major) on a door (A minor) step
I could (C major) not take one more (D major) step
I (G major) can't remember (D major) if I (E minor) cried
(A minor) When I read about (E minor) his
(C major) widow bride
(D major) Something (G major) touched me (E minor) deep inside
The (C major) day the (D major) music died (E minor) (G major)
So bye bye (C major) Miss Amer (G major) ican Pie
(D major) Drove my (G major) Chevy to the (C major) levee
The levee (G major) was dry
(D major) Them (G major) good old boys (C major) were
drinking whis (G major) key and
Singing (D major) this (E minor) will be the day that I die (A major)
This (E minor) will be the day that I die (D major)
Did (G major) you (D major) write (G major) the (A minor) book of love?
And do you (C major) have faith in God (A minor) above?
(E minor) If the Bible tell (D major) s you so
Now you (G major) believe in rock (E minor) and roll
Can mu (A minor) sic save your mortal (C major) soul?
(E minor) And can you teach me how
(A major) to dance real (D major) slow?
Well I know (E minor) that you're in (D major) love with him
Cause I saw (E minor) you dancing in (D major) the gym
You (C major) both kicked (E minor) off your shoes (A minor)
Melodic (C major) and rhythm and blues (D major)
I was a (G major) lonely teen (D major) age broken (E minor) bug
With a pink (A minor) carnation and a pick -up truck
And (G major) I knew I (D major) was out (E minor) of luck the day (C major)
The music (D major) died (G major) (C major)
I (G major) started singin' (D major) bye (G major) -bye,
(C major) Miss Amer (G major) ican (D major) Pie
Drove my (G major) Chevy to the (C major) levee
but the (G major) levee (D major) was dry
Them (G major) good old boys (C major) were
drinkin' (G major) whiskey (D major) and rye
Singin' (E minor) this'll be the day that I (A major) die
This (E minor) will be the day that I die (D major)
Now for (G major) ten years we've (D major)
been on (A minor) our own
A mousetrap (C major) spat on a rolling (A minor) stone
But (E minor) that's not how it used (D major) to be
When the (G major) jester sang for the king (E minor) and queen
In a (A minor) coat he'd borrowed
from (C major) James Dean
An (E minor) d in a voice that
(A major) came from you and me (D major)
Oh, and while (E minor) the king was looking (D major) down
The jester (E minor) stole his (D major) thorny crown
The (C major) courtroom was (E minor) adjourned (A minor)
No (C major) ruling was returned (D major)
And while Lennon (G major) read (D major) a book (E minor) on Marx
The (A minor) quartet practiced in the park
We (G major) sang dirges (D major) in (E minor) the dark,
the day (C major) the mu (D major) sic died (G major) (C major)
(G major) We were sick (D major) on Miami, (G major)
(C major) Miss Amer (G major) ican (D major) Pie
Drove my (G major) Chevy to the (C major) levee,
but the (G major) levee (D major) was dry
Then (G major) good old boys
(C major) were drinking whis (G major) key an (D major) d rye
Singing, (E minor) this'll be the day that I (A major) die
(E minor) This'll be the day that I (D major) die
Hel (G major) ter -Skel (D major) ter (G major) in (A minor)
a summer swelter
Bird (C major) s flew off with a fal (A minor) lout shelter
Eight (E minor) miles high and fall (D major) ing fast
Well they (G major) landed far on (E minor) the grass
And the (A minor) players traveled forward (C major) fast
With a (E minor) jester on the side (A major) line
Gave a cacahast (D major)
Now that half (E minor) -time barrel
was sweet (D major) perfume
And the sergeants (E minor) played a (D major) marching tune
We (C major) all got (E minor) up to dance (A minor)
But we nev (C major) er got the chance (D major)
Cause the (G major) bears tried (D major) to take (E minor) the field
And the (A minor) marching bands
they refused to yield
Do (G major) you recall (D major) what was (E minor) revealed
the day (C major) the mu (D major) sic died? (G major) (C major)
(G major) We started singin' (D major) bye (G major) -bye,
(C major) Miss Amer (G major) ican (D major) Pie
Drove my (G major) Chevy to the (C major) levee,
but the (G major) levee (D major) was dry
Them (G major) good old boys (C major) were
drinkin' (G major) whiskey (D major) and pie
Singin' (E minor) this'll be the day that I die (A major)
This'll (E minor) be the day that I (D major) die
Oh, and (G major) there we all (D major) were (G major) in (A minor) one place
A (C major) generation lost (A minor) in space
With (E minor) no time left to start (D major) again
So come (G major) on, Jack, be nimble,
Jack (E minor) , be quick
And (A minor) Jack, put yourself on
a can (C major) dlestick
Cause (E minor) fire is the dev (A major) il's only friend (D major)
Oh, and while (E minor) I watched
him (D major) on the stage
where my hands (E minor) were
clenched in fists (D major) of rage
No (C major) angel born (E minor) in hell (A minor)
could break (C major) that sacred spell (D major)
And (G major) as the flames (D major) climbed (E minor) into the night
to (A minor) light the sacrificial rack
I (G major) saw Satan (D major) dancing with (E minor) the light
The day (C major) the music (D major) died (G major) (C major)
He (G major) was singing, (D major) my, (G major)
(C major) my Miss Amer (G major) ica, (D major) my
Drove my (G major) Chevy to the (C major) levee,
but the (G major) levee (D major) was dry
Them (G major) good old boys
(C major) were drinking whis (G major) key an (D major) d rye
Singing, (E minor) this'll be the day that I (A major) die
(E minor) This'll be the day that I die (D major)
I (G major) met a girl who (E minor) sang the blues
and (A minor) asked her for some happy (C major) news
But (E minor) she just smiled (D major) an d turned away (A minor)
(D major) I (G major) went down (D major) to the sac (E minor) red store
I'd (A minor) heard the music years (C major) before
But (E minor) the man there said
the mu (C major) sic would not play (D major) (A minor)
(D major) In (E minor) the (A minor) streets the children screamed,
(E minor) the lovers cried
and the (A minor) poets dreamed.
(C major) Not a word (G major) was spoken, (A minor)
the church (C major) bells all were broken. (D major)
The three men I'd ad (E minor) mired the most,
(A minor) the Father, Son an (C major) d the Holy (D major) Ghost,
Took (G major) the last (D major) train for (E minor) the coast
The (C major) day the mu (D major) sic died (G major)
They were singing
Bye bye
(C major) Miss Amer (G major) ican (D major) Pie
Drove my (G major) Chevy to the (C major) levee
But the (G major) levee (D major) was dry
Them (G major) good old boys
(C major) were drinking whis (G major) key an (D major) d
Singing, (E minor) this will be the day that I die, (A major)
This (E minor) will be the day that I die. (D major)
They were singing, (G major) bye, (C major) bye,
Miss Amer (G major) ican (D major) Pie,
Drove my (G major) Chevy to the (C major) levee,
but the (G major) levee (D major) was dry.
Them (G major) good old boys
(C major) were drinking whiskey (G major) (D major) in my
Singing this'll (A minor) be the (D major) day that I (G major) die (C major)
American Pie
Rick Devin
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