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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-B]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 deep inside The [C]day the [D7]Music [G]Died [C-G] [G]

[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. 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-B]off your [A7]shoes Man, I [C]dig those rythmny [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'

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[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 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-B]was ad[A7]journed No [C]verdict was re[D7]turned

And while [G]Lennon [D]read a [Em]book of 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]

He was singing

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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 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 singing

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They were singing

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style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 11px;">{t:American Pie}
{st: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-B]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 deep inside The [C]day the [D7]Music [G]Died [C-G]      [G]

So
{soc}
[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.
{eoc}

[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.  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-B]off your [A7]shoes Man, I [C]dig those rythmny [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'
{c: chorus}

[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 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-B]was ad[A7]journed No [C]verdict was re[D7]turned
And while [G]Lennon [D]read a [Em]book of 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]

He was singing
{c:chorus}

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 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 singing
{c:chorus}

They were singing
{c:chorus}

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Highno (report)

First verse last line Em on "deep inside" and chords at the and should be G C G D

bruckner (report)

To Twohawks- It's "Lenin" read a book on Marx. Read your Russian history!

geekmomba (report)

No transpose.
Video w/Lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U

Otties (report)

Strumming I like:
Intro: just 1 downstroke on the first beat
Chorus: D DuD Du
Verses: D Du uDu

resag (report)

To follow on from Dave's comment:

(Am) This will be the (D) day that I (G) die. (C) (G)

Makes a nice, but cheesy, finish.

owen54 (report)

rhythmny blues!! it's rhythm 'n' blues That's what was called R'n'B before all those morons with spelling mistakes for names started misusing the term.

rustica (report)

Strum pattern = DDU
D D U D D U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

twohawks964 (report)

"While Lennon read from a book of Marx, the QUARTET practiced in the park..." Just a little oops...

davebave (report)

On the very last chord of the last chorus, I like to play it like this:
(Am) This will be the (D) day that I (G) die.

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