American Pie chords by Tyrone Wells

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Verse 1
Em 
And we were singing bye -bye,
C 
G 
Miss American Pie
B 
Em 
C 
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G 
B 
but the levee was dry
Em 
Them good old boys
C 
G 
were drinking whiskey and rye
B 
C 
B 
Em 
Singing this will be the day that I die
C 
Did you write the book of love?
G 
B 
Do you have faith in God above?
Em 
B 
If the Bible tells  you so
Em 
C 
Now do you believe in rock and roll?
G 
B 
Can music save your mortal soul?
Em 
C 
B 
Can you teach me how to dance real slow?
C 
G 
I know that you're in love with him
D 
Em 
Cause I saw you dancing in the gym
C 
You both kicked off your shoes
G 
D 
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
Em 
C 
I was a lonely teenage broken buck
G 
B 
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
Em 
C 
But I knew I was out of luck
G 
B 
Em 
the day the music died
C 
Em 
We were singing bye -bye,
C 
Miss American Pie
B 
Em 
C 
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G 
but the levee was dry
B 
Em 
Them good old boys
C 
G 
are drinking whiskey and  rye
B 
C 
B 
Em 
Singing this'll be the day that I die
C 
I met a girl who sang blues
G 
Em 
And I asked her for some happy news
B 
But she just smiled and turned away
Em 
C 
So  I went down to the sacred store
G 
Em 
Where I'd heard the music years before
B 
Em 
But the man there said
C 
B 
the music wouldn't play
Em 
C 
G 
And in the streets the children screamed
D 
Em 
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
C 
G 
But not a word was spoken,
D 
the church bells all were broken
Em 
C 
And the three men I admire most,
G 
B 
the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
Em 
C 
They caught the last train for the coast
G 
B 
Em 
the day the music died
C 
And they were singing bye, bye,
G 
Miss American Pie
B 
Em 
C 
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
G 
but the levee was dry
B 
Em 
And them good old boys
C 
G 
were drinking whiskey and rye
B 
C 
B 
Singing this will be the day
Em 
that I die
C 
B 
Em 
Singing this will be the day that I   die