Chords for American Pie
Tempo:
130.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Em
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am]
[C] [G]
A [D] long, [Em] long time ago, [Am] I can [C] still remember how [Em] the music [D] used to make me smile.
[G] [D] And I knew [Em] if I had my chance, [Am] that I could make [C] those people dance [Em] and maybe they'd [C] be
happy [D] for a while.
[Em] But February [Am] made me [Em] shiver with every paper [Am] I delivered.
[C] Bad news [Am] on the doorstep, I [C] couldn't take [D] one more step.
[G] I [D] can't remember [Em] if I cried [Am] when I read [D] about his little pride.
Something touched me [Em] deep inside [C] the day [D] the [G] music [C] died.
[G] [D] [G] So bye bye Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys [G] were drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day [A] that I die.
[Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die.
[G] Did you [Am] write the book of love [C] and do you have [Am] faith in God above?
[Em] If the [D] Bible tells you so.
[G] Now do you [D]
believe [Em] in rock and roll?
[Am] Can music [C] save your mortal soul?
[Em] Can you teach [A] me how to [D] dance real slow?
Well [Em] I know that you're [Am] in love with him [Em] cause I saw you dancing [Am] in the gym.
[C] You both kicked off [Am] your shoes.
[C] Man I dig those [D] rhythmic blues.
I [G] was a [D] lonely [Em] teenage rockin' bub [Am] with a big carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] I [E] knew I was [Em] out of luck [C] the day [D] the [G] music [C] died.
[G] [D] Started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
Now for ten years [Am] we've been on our own [C] and Moss grows [Am] fat on a rolling stone.
[Em] That's not [D] how it used to be.
[G] When the [D] jester sang [Em] for the king and queen [Am] in a coat he borrowed [C] from James Dean
[Em] and a voice that [A] came from you [D] and me.
[Em] And while the king [Am] was looking down [Em] the jester stole [A] his thorny crown.
[C] The courtroom [Am] was adjourned.
No [C] verdict was [D] returned.
And while Lennon [Em] read a book on Marx [Am] the quartet [C] practiced in the park.
[G] We sang [E] courtesies [Em] in the dark [C] the day [D] the [A] [G] music [C] died.
[G] I [D] started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
[G] Helter [Am] skelter in summer [C] swelter the birds flew off [Am] their fallout shelter
[Em] eight miles high [D] and falling fast.
[G] It [D] landed [Em] foul on the grass.
[Am] Players tried [C] for a forward pass [Em] with the jester on [A] the sidelines [D] in a cat.
[Em] The halftime air [Am] was sweet perfume [Em] while the sergeants played [Am] a marching tune.
[C] We all got up [Am] to dance [C] but we never [D] got a chance.
[G] Conqueror [D] players [Em] tried to take the field [Am] but the marching band [C] refused to use.
[G] Do you [D]
recall [Em] what was revealed [C] the day [D] the [G] music [C] died?
[G] I [D] started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
There
[G] we [Am] were all in one place, [C] generation [Am] lost in [Em] space,
with no time [D] left to start again.
So Jack be [Em] nimble, Jack be quick, [Am] Jack Flash sat [C] on a kindle stick
[Em] cause fire is [A] the devil's [D] only friend.
[Em] And as I watched [Am] him on the stage, [Em] my hands were clenched [Am] in fists of [C] rage.
No [G] angel born [Am] in hell [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
As the flames climbed [Em] high into the [Am] night to light the [C] sacrificial rite,
I [G] saw Satan [D]
[Em] laughing with delight [C] the day [D] the music [C] died.
[G] [D] We were singing [G] bye [C]
bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
I met a girl [Em] who sang the blues, [Am] so I asked her for [C] some happy [Em] news,
but she just [D] smiled and turned away.
So I went down to [Em] the sacred store [A] where I'd heard the [C] music years before,
[Em] but the man there said [C] the music [D] wouldn't play.
[Em] And in the streets [Am] the children [Em] screamed, the lovers cried [Am] and poets dreamed,
[C] but not a word [Am] was spoken, [C] church bells all [D] were broken,
and the dreamin' I [Em] admire most, [Am] the Father, Son, [D] and the Holy Ghost,
they caught the last [Em] train for the post [C] the day [D] the [G] music [C] died.
[G] [D] They were singing [G] bye [C]
bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
[G] So bye [C] bye Miss [D] American Pie,
drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [C] singing,
This'll [D] be the day that [G] I die.
[N]
[C] [G]
A [D] long, [Em] long time ago, [Am] I can [C] still remember how [Em] the music [D] used to make me smile.
[G] [D] And I knew [Em] if I had my chance, [Am] that I could make [C] those people dance [Em] and maybe they'd [C] be
happy [D] for a while.
[Em] But February [Am] made me [Em] shiver with every paper [Am] I delivered.
[C] Bad news [Am] on the doorstep, I [C] couldn't take [D] one more step.
[G] I [D] can't remember [Em] if I cried [Am] when I read [D] about his little pride.
Something touched me [Em] deep inside [C] the day [D] the [G] music [C] died.
[G] [D] [G] So bye bye Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys [G] were drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day [A] that I die.
[Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die.
[G] Did you [Am] write the book of love [C] and do you have [Am] faith in God above?
[Em] If the [D] Bible tells you so.
[G] Now do you [D]
believe [Em] in rock and roll?
[Am] Can music [C] save your mortal soul?
[Em] Can you teach [A] me how to [D] dance real slow?
Well [Em] I know that you're [Am] in love with him [Em] cause I saw you dancing [Am] in the gym.
[C] You both kicked off [Am] your shoes.
[C] Man I dig those [D] rhythmic blues.
I [G] was a [D] lonely [Em] teenage rockin' bub [Am] with a big carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] I [E] knew I was [Em] out of luck [C] the day [D] the [G] music [C] died.
[G] [D] Started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
Now for ten years [Am] we've been on our own [C] and Moss grows [Am] fat on a rolling stone.
[Em] That's not [D] how it used to be.
[G] When the [D] jester sang [Em] for the king and queen [Am] in a coat he borrowed [C] from James Dean
[Em] and a voice that [A] came from you [D] and me.
[Em] And while the king [Am] was looking down [Em] the jester stole [A] his thorny crown.
[C] The courtroom [Am] was adjourned.
No [C] verdict was [D] returned.
And while Lennon [Em] read a book on Marx [Am] the quartet [C] practiced in the park.
[G] We sang [E] courtesies [Em] in the dark [C] the day [D] the [A] [G] music [C] died.
[G] I [D] started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
[G] Helter [Am] skelter in summer [C] swelter the birds flew off [Am] their fallout shelter
[Em] eight miles high [D] and falling fast.
[G] It [D] landed [Em] foul on the grass.
[Am] Players tried [C] for a forward pass [Em] with the jester on [A] the sidelines [D] in a cat.
[Em] The halftime air [Am] was sweet perfume [Em] while the sergeants played [Am] a marching tune.
[C] We all got up [Am] to dance [C] but we never [D] got a chance.
[G] Conqueror [D] players [Em] tried to take the field [Am] but the marching band [C] refused to use.
[G] Do you [D]
recall [Em] what was revealed [C] the day [D] the [G] music [C] died?
[G] I [D] started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
There
[G] we [Am] were all in one place, [C] generation [Am] lost in [Em] space,
with no time [D] left to start again.
So Jack be [Em] nimble, Jack be quick, [Am] Jack Flash sat [C] on a kindle stick
[Em] cause fire is [A] the devil's [D] only friend.
[Em] And as I watched [Am] him on the stage, [Em] my hands were clenched [Am] in fists of [C] rage.
No [G] angel born [Am] in hell [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
As the flames climbed [Em] high into the [Am] night to light the [C] sacrificial rite,
I [G] saw Satan [D]
[Em] laughing with delight [C] the day [D] the music [C] died.
[G] [D] We were singing [G] bye [C]
bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
I met a girl [Em] who sang the blues, [Am] so I asked her for [C] some happy [Em] news,
but she just [D] smiled and turned away.
So I went down to [Em] the sacred store [A] where I'd heard the [C] music years before,
[Em] but the man there said [C] the music [D] wouldn't play.
[Em] And in the streets [Am] the children [Em] screamed, the lovers cried [Am] and poets dreamed,
[C] but not a word [Am] was spoken, [C] church bells all [D] were broken,
and the dreamin' I [Em] admire most, [Am] the Father, Son, [D] and the Holy Ghost,
they caught the last [Em] train for the post [C] the day [D] the [G] music [C] died.
[G] [D] They were singing [G] bye [C]
bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
[Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die.
[G] So bye [C] bye Miss [D] American Pie,
drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [C] singing,
This'll [D] be the day that [G] I die.
[N]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
A _ [D] long, [Em] long time ago, [Am] I can [C] still remember how [Em] the music [D] used to make me smile.
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] And I knew [Em] if I had my chance, [Am] that I could make [C] those people dance [Em] and maybe they'd [C] be
happy _ [D] for a while.
_ _ _ _ [Em] But February _ [Am] _ made me [Em] shiver with every paper [Am] _ I delivered.
[C] _ Bad news [Am] on the doorstep, I [C] couldn't take [D] one more step.
[G] I [D] can't remember [Em] if I cried [Am] when I read [D] about his little pride.
Something touched me [Em] deep inside [C] the day _ [D] the _ _ [G] music [C] died.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] So bye bye Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys [G] were drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day [A] that I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Did you [Am] write the book of love [C] and do you have [Am] faith in God above?
[Em] _ If the [D] Bible tells you so.
_ _ [G] Now do you [D]
believe [Em] in rock and roll?
[Am] Can music [C] save your mortal soul?
[Em] _ Can you teach [A] me how to [D] dance real slow?
_ _ _ Well [Em] I know that you're [Am] in love with him [Em] cause I saw you dancing [Am] _ in the gym.
[C] You both kicked off [Am] your shoes.
_ [C] Man I dig those [D] rhythmic blues.
I [G] was a [D] lonely [Em] teenage rockin' bub [Am] with a big carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] I [E] knew I was [Em] out of luck [C] the day _ [D] the _ _ [G] music [C] died.
_ [G] _ [D] Started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _ _
Now for ten years [Am] we've been on our own [C] and Moss grows [Am] fat on a rolling stone.
[Em] _ That's not [D] how it used to be.
_ _ [G] When the [D] jester sang [Em] for the king and queen [Am] in a coat he borrowed [C] from James Dean
[Em] and a voice that [A] came from you [D] and me.
_ _ _ _ [Em] And while the king [Am] was looking down [Em] the jester stole [A] his thorny crown.
[C] The courtroom [Am] was _ adjourned.
No [C] verdict was [D] _ returned.
And while Lennon [Em] read a book on Marx [Am] the quartet [C] practiced in the park.
[G] We sang [E] courtesies [Em] in the dark [C] the day _ [D] the _ [A] _ [G] music [C] died.
_ [G] I [D] started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Helter [Am] skelter in summer [C] swelter the birds flew off [Am] their fallout shelter
[Em] eight miles high [D] and falling fast.
_ _ [G] It [D] landed [Em] foul on the grass.
[Am] _ Players tried [C] for a forward pass [Em] with the jester on [A] the sidelines [D] in a cat. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] The _ halftime air [Am] was sweet perfume [Em] while the sergeants played [Am] a marching tune.
[C] We all got up [Am] to dance _ [C] but we never _ [D] got a chance.
_ _ [G] Conqueror [D] players [Em] tried to take the field [Am] but the marching band [C] refused to use.
[G] Do you [D]
recall [Em] what was revealed [C] the day _ [D] the _ _ [G] music [C] died?
_ [G] I [D] started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ [Em] _ This'll be the day that [D] I die.
_ There _
_ [G] _ we [Am] were all in one place, [C] _ generation _ [Am] lost in [Em] space,
with no time [D] left to start again.
_ _ _ So Jack be [Em] nimble, Jack be quick, [Am] Jack Flash sat [C] on a kindle stick
[Em] cause fire is [A] the devil's [D] only friend. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] And as I watched [Am] him on the stage, [Em] my hands were clenched [Am] in fists of [C] rage.
No [G] angel born [Am] in hell _ [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
_ As the flames climbed [Em] high into the [Am] night to light the _ [C] sacrificial rite,
I [G] saw Satan [D] _
[Em] laughing with delight [C] the day _ [D] the _ _ music [C] died.
_ [G] _ [D] We were singing [G] bye [C]
bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ [Em] _ This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _ _
_ I met a girl [Em] who sang the blues, [Am] so I asked her for [C] some happy [Em] news,
but she just [D] smiled and turned away.
_ _ _ So I went down to [Em] the sacred store [A] where I'd heard the [C] music years before,
[Em] but the man there said [C] the music _ [D] wouldn't play.
_ _ _ _ [Em] And in the streets [Am] the children [Em] screamed, the lovers cried [Am] and poets dreamed,
[C] but not a word [Am] was spoken, _ _ [C] church bells all [D] were broken,
_ and the dreamin' I [Em] admire most, [Am] the Father, Son, [D] and the Holy Ghost,
they caught the last [Em] train for the post [C] the day _ [D] the _ _ [G] music [C] died.
_ [G] _ [D] They were singing [G] bye [C]
bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _ _
[G] So bye [C] bye Miss [D] American Pie,
drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [C] singing,
This'll [D] be the day that [G] I die.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
A _ [D] long, [Em] long time ago, [Am] I can [C] still remember how [Em] the music [D] used to make me smile.
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] And I knew [Em] if I had my chance, [Am] that I could make [C] those people dance [Em] and maybe they'd [C] be
happy _ [D] for a while.
_ _ _ _ [Em] But February _ [Am] _ made me [Em] shiver with every paper [Am] _ I delivered.
[C] _ Bad news [Am] on the doorstep, I [C] couldn't take [D] one more step.
[G] I [D] can't remember [Em] if I cried [Am] when I read [D] about his little pride.
Something touched me [Em] deep inside [C] the day _ [D] the _ _ [G] music [C] died.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] So bye bye Miss [D] American Pie, [G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the [D] levee was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys [G] were drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day [A] that I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day [D] that I die. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Did you [Am] write the book of love [C] and do you have [Am] faith in God above?
[Em] _ If the [D] Bible tells you so.
_ _ [G] Now do you [D]
believe [Em] in rock and roll?
[Am] Can music [C] save your mortal soul?
[Em] _ Can you teach [A] me how to [D] dance real slow?
_ _ _ Well [Em] I know that you're [Am] in love with him [Em] cause I saw you dancing [Am] _ in the gym.
[C] You both kicked off [Am] your shoes.
_ [C] Man I dig those [D] rhythmic blues.
I [G] was a [D] lonely [Em] teenage rockin' bub [Am] with a big carnation [C] and a pickup truck.
[G] I [E] knew I was [Em] out of luck [C] the day _ [D] the _ _ [G] music [C] died.
_ [G] _ [D] Started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _ _
Now for ten years [Am] we've been on our own [C] and Moss grows [Am] fat on a rolling stone.
[Em] _ That's not [D] how it used to be.
_ _ [G] When the [D] jester sang [Em] for the king and queen [Am] in a coat he borrowed [C] from James Dean
[Em] and a voice that [A] came from you [D] and me.
_ _ _ _ [Em] And while the king [Am] was looking down [Em] the jester stole [A] his thorny crown.
[C] The courtroom [Am] was _ adjourned.
No [C] verdict was [D] _ returned.
And while Lennon [Em] read a book on Marx [Am] the quartet [C] practiced in the park.
[G] We sang [E] courtesies [Em] in the dark [C] the day _ [D] the _ [A] _ [G] music [C] died.
_ [G] I [D] started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye [Em] and singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Helter [Am] skelter in summer [C] swelter the birds flew off [Am] their fallout shelter
[Em] eight miles high [D] and falling fast.
_ _ [G] It [D] landed [Em] foul on the grass.
[Am] _ Players tried [C] for a forward pass [Em] with the jester on [A] the sidelines [D] in a cat. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] The _ halftime air [Am] was sweet perfume [Em] while the sergeants played [Am] a marching tune.
[C] We all got up [Am] to dance _ [C] but we never _ [D] got a chance.
_ _ [G] Conqueror [D] players [Em] tried to take the field [Am] but the marching band [C] refused to use.
[G] Do you [D]
recall [Em] what was revealed [C] the day _ [D] the _ _ [G] music [C] died?
_ [G] I [D] started [G] singing bye bye Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ [Em] _ This'll be the day that [D] I die.
_ There _
_ [G] _ we [Am] were all in one place, [C] _ generation _ [Am] lost in [Em] space,
with no time [D] left to start again.
_ _ _ So Jack be [Em] nimble, Jack be quick, [Am] Jack Flash sat [C] on a kindle stick
[Em] cause fire is [A] the devil's [D] only friend. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] And as I watched [Am] him on the stage, [Em] my hands were clenched [Am] in fists of [C] rage.
No [G] angel born [Am] in hell _ [C] could break that [D] Satan's spell.
_ As the flames climbed [Em] high into the [Am] night to light the _ [C] sacrificial rite,
I [G] saw Satan [D] _
[Em] laughing with delight [C] the day _ [D] the _ _ music [C] died.
_ [G] _ [D] We were singing [G] bye [C]
bye [G] Miss [D] American Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ [Em] _ This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _ _
_ I met a girl [Em] who sang the blues, [Am] so I asked her for [C] some happy [Em] news,
but she just [D] smiled and turned away.
_ _ _ So I went down to [Em] the sacred store [A] where I'd heard the [C] music years before,
[Em] but the man there said [C] the music _ [D] wouldn't play.
_ _ _ _ [Em] And in the streets [Am] the children [Em] screamed, the lovers cried [Am] and poets dreamed,
[C] but not a word [Am] was spoken, _ _ [C] church bells all [D] were broken,
_ and the dreamin' I [Em] admire most, [Am] the Father, Son, [D] and the Holy Ghost,
they caught the last [Em] train for the post [C] the day _ [D] the _ _ [G] music [C] died.
_ [G] _ [D] They were singing [G] bye [C]
bye [G] Miss American [D] Pie,
[G] drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [Em] singing,
This'll be the day that [A] I die.
_ _ [Em] This'll be the day that [D] I die. _ _ _ _
[G] So bye [C] bye Miss [D] American Pie,
drove my Chevy [C] to the levee [G] but the levee [D] was dry.
[G] Them good [C] old boys were [G] drinking whiskey [D] and rye and [C] singing,
This'll [D] be the day that [G] I die.
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