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American Pie Don McLean
A [G]long [D]long [Em7]time ago [Am]I can still re[C]member how that [Em]music used to make me [D]smile And [G]I knew [D]if I had [Em7]my chance
that [Am]I could make those [C]people dance and [Em]maybe they'd be [C]happy for a [D]while.[Em]
But February [Am]made me shiver [Em]With every paper [Am]I'd deliver [C]Bad news [G]on the [Am]doorstep I c[C]ouldn't take one [D]more step
I [G]can't re[D]member if I [Em]cried When I [Am7]read about his [D]widowed bride But [G]something [D]touched me d[Em]eep inside The [C]day the [D7]Music [G]Died [C] [G] [D]So
[G]bye [C]bye Miss A[G]merican [D]Pie Drove my [G]chevy to the [C]levy But the [G]levy was [D]dry
And them [G]good old [C]boys were drinking [G]whiskey and [D]rye
Singin' [Em]this'll be the day that I [A7]die [Em]this'll be the day that I [D7]die.
[G]Did you write the [Am]book of love And do [C]you have faith in [Am]God above? [Em] If the Bible [D]tells you so.[D7]
Do [G]you be[D]lieve in [Em]Rock 'n Roll? Can [Am7]music save your [C]mortal soul? And [Em]can you teach me [A7]how to dance [D]real slow?
Well, I [Em]know that you're in [D]love with him 'cause I [Em]saw you dancin' [D]in the gym You [C]both kicked [G]off your [A7]shoes Man, I [C]dig those rhythm and [D7]blues
I was a [G]lonely [D]teenage [Em]broncin' buck With a [Am]pink carnation and a [C]pickup truck.
But [G]I knew [D]I was [Em]out of luck The [C]day the [D7]music [G]died[C] I started singin' ...
[G]Now for ten years we've been [Am]on our own And [C]moss grows fat on a [Am]rollin' stone [Em] But that's not how it [D]used to be [D7] When the [G]jester [D]sang for the [Em]King and Queen
In a [Am7]coat he borrowed [C]from James Dean And a [Em]voice that [A7]came from [D]you and me Oh, and [Em]while the King was [D]looking down The [Em]jester stole his [D]thorny crown
The [C]courtroom [G]was ad[A7]journed No [C]verdict was re[D7]turned And while [G]Lennon [D]read a [Em]book on Marx The [Am]court kept practice [C]in the park
And [G]we sang [D]dirges [Em]in the dark The [C]day the [D7]Music [G]Died.[C] [G] We were [D]singing...
[G]Helter-Skelter in a [Am]summer swelter The [C]Byrds flew off with a [Am]fallout shelter [Em]Eight Miles High and [D]falling fast[D7] It [G]landed [D]foul out [Em]on the grass
The [Am7]players tried [C]for a forward pass But the [Em]jester's [A7]on the sidelines [D]in a cast[D7] Now the [Em]half-time air was [D]sweet perfume While the [Em]sargeants played a [D]marching tune
[C]We all [G]got up to [A7]dance But we [C]never got [D7]the chance 'cause the [G]players [D]tried to [Em]take the field The [Am]marching band re[C]fused to yield
[G]Do you [D]recall [Em]what was reveiled the [C]day the [D7]Music [G]Died?[C] [G] We started [D]singing...
[G]Oh, and there we were all [Am]in one place A [C]generation [Am]Lost in Space [Em]With no time left to [D]start again[D7] So come on, [G]Jack be nimble
[Em]Jack be quick Jack [Am7]Flash sat on a [C]candlestick 'cause [Em]fire is the [A7]Devil's only [D]friend Oh, and [Em]as I watched him [D]on the stage My [Em]hands were clenched in [D]fists of rage
[C]No angel [G]born in [A7]hell Could [C]break that Satan's [D7]spell And as the [G]flames climbed [D]high in[Em]to the night To [Am]light the sacri[C]fical rite
I saw [G]Satan [D]laughing [Em]with delight The [C]day the [D7]Music [G]Died [C] [G] He was [D]singing...
I [G]met a girl who sang the [Am]blues And I [C]asked her for some [Am]happy news But [Em]she just smiled and turned [D]away [D7] I [G]went down to the sacred [D]store
Where I'd [Em]heard the music [Am7]years before But the [Em]man there said the [A7]music woudn't [D]play And in the [Em]streets the children [D]screamed The [Em]lovers cried, and the poets [D]dreamed
[C]But not a [G]word was [A7]spoken The [C]Church bells all were [D7]broken And [G]three men I [D]admire most The [Em]Father, [Am]Son and the [C]Holy Ghost
They [G]caught the [D]last train [Em]for the coast The [C]Day the [D7]Music [G]Died.[C] [G] And they were [D]singing...
They were singing...
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HBiz72 (report)
You may want to consider writing the chorus each time, since this is basically useless when using autoscroll. You have to stop and go back up to the chorus each time. A quick copy/paste should do the trick. Nice work though, I like to play this one.