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American pie Don McLean
My version, heavily modified
intro - slowly, no set rhythm
A [G]long,[D/F#] long ti[Em]me ago,
I [Am]can still re[C]member how that[D/F]
music used to [Em]make me [D]smile. [Dsus] [D] [D9] [D]
[G]I knew if [D/F#]I had my [Em]chance,
I [Am]could make those [C]people dance,
and [Em]maybe they'd be [A7]happy for a [D]while. [Dsus] [D] [D9] [D]
[Em]But February [Am]made me shiver,
[Em]with every paper [Am]I'd deliver.
[C]Bad news [C/B]on the [Am]doorstep,
I [C]couldn't take one [D]more step.
I [G]can't rem[D/F#]ember [Em]if I cried
when I [C]read about his [D]widowed bride (buddy holly)
[G]But something [D/F#] touched me [Em]deep inside,
the [C]day, the [D]music [G]died. So...
[G]Bye - [C]bye, Miss A[G]merican [D]Pie,
Drove my [G]chevy to the [C]levee but the [G]levee was [D]dry,
Them [G]good ole' [C]boys were drinkin' [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 [Am7]book of love
and do [C]you have [C/B]faith in [Am7]God above?
[Em]If the Bible [D]tells you so. [Dsus] [D] [D9] [D]
Now [G]do you be[D/F#]lieve in [Em]rock and roll?
Can [Am7]music save your im[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 dancing [D]in the gym,
You [C]both kicked [C/B]off your [Am7]shoes,
Man I [C]dig those rhythm and [D]blues.
I was a [G]lonely [D/F#]teenage [Em]bronkin' buck
with a [C]Pink carnation and a [D]pick up truck,
But [G]I knew [D/F#]I was [Em]out of luck,
The [C]day, the [D]music, [G]died [C] [G] We were singing..[D]
Chorus
Now for ten years we've been on our own,
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone (Rolling stones...)
But that's not how it used to be.
When the jester sang for the King and Queen (Dylan, Elvis?)
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean (Rebel w/o a cause)
In a voice that came from you and me.
Oh and while the King was looking down,
The jester stole his thorny crown.
The courtroom was adjourned,
No verdict was returned.
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day, the music, died. We were singin'
Chorus
Helter-skelter in the summer swelter,
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter.
Eight miles high and fallin' fast,
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.
Now that halftime air was sweet perfume,
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance, but we
Never got the chance
Cause the players tried to take the field,
The marching band refused to yield,
Do you recall what was revealed,
The day, the music, died. We started singin'...........die.
Chorus
And there we were all in one place,
A g-g-ggeneration lost in space.
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick,
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick.
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend.
And as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell,
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day, the music, died. He was singin'
Chorus
[G]I met a [D/F#]girl who [Em]sang the blues
and I [Am7]Asked her for some [C]happy news,
But [Em]she just smiled and [D]turned away. [Dsus] [D] [D9] [D]
[G]I went [D/F#]down to the [Em]sacred store
Where I [Am7]heard the music [C]years before, but the
[Em]man there said the [A7]music wouldn't [D]play. [Dsus] [D] [D9] [D]
And [Em]in the streets the [Am]children screamed,
The [Em]lovers cried and the [Am]poets dreamed.
But [C]not a [C/B]word was [Am7]spoken,
The [C]church bells all were [D]broken.
And the [G]three men[D/F#] I admi[Em]re most,
The [C]Father, Son and the [D]Holy Ghost,
They [G]caught the [D/F#]last train [Em]for the coast
The [C]day, the [D]music, [G]died. And they were singin'...
Chorus - Repeat 2x
[C]This'll be the [D]day that I [G]die________.[C] [G]
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