American Pie Chords by Madonna

[Ab] A long, [Fm] long time ago, [Bbm]
I can [Db] still remember how [Fm] that music used [Eb] to make me smile
_ And [Ab] I [Cm] knew that if I [Fm] had my chance, [Bbm]
I could make [Db] those people dance
[Fm] And maybe they'd [Db] be happy [Ab] for a while
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_ _ [Ab] _ Did you [Bbm] write the book of love?
And [Db] do you have faith [Bbm] in God _ [Fm] above?
If the Bible [Eb] tells you so
_ _ Now [Ab] do you [Cm] believe [Fm] in rock and roll?
[Bbm] And can music [Db] save your mortal soul?
[Fm] And can it teach [Bb] me how to dance [Eb] _
real [Ab] slow?
[Cm] Well [Fm] I know that [Eb] you're in love with him, [Fm] cause I saw you [Eb] dancing in the gym
[Db] You both [Ab] kicked off [Bbm] his shoes
_ And it [Db] kicked off [Eb] rhythmic blues
I [Ab] was the [Cm] only [Fm] teenage rocking bug
[Bbm] With a pink carnation [Db] and a pick of chalk
But [Ab] I [Eb] knew that I [Fm] was out of luck [Db] the day [Eb] the _ music [Ab] _
[Db] died
_ [Ab] I started [Eb] [Ab] singing, bye [Db] bye [Ab] Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy [Db] to the levee, [Ab] but the levee was dry
And good [Db] old boys were [Ab] drinking whiskey [Eb] and pie
[Fm] Singing, this will be the day [Bb] that I die
_ [Fm] This will be the day [Eb] that I die
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I [Eb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ met a girl [Ebm] who sang [Bbm] the [Db] blues and I asked her for [Bbm] some happy _ [Ab] news
But she just [Eb] smiled and turned _ [Ab] away
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] Well I've been [Cm] down to [Fm] the sacred store
[Bbm] Where I heard the music years [Db] before
[Fm] But the man there [Bb] said the music [Eb] wouldn't play
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] Well [Fm] now in the streets [Eb] the children scream
[Fm] The lovers cry [Eb] and the poets dream
[Db] But [Ab] not a word [Bbm] was spoken
The [Db] church bells all [Eb] were broken
[Ab] And the three men [Fm] I admire the most
[Bbm] The Father, Son, [Db] and the Holy Ghost
[Ab] They [Eb] caught the last [Fm] train for the coast
[Db] The day [Eb] the _ music [Ab] _
[Db] died
_ [Ab] We started [Eb] [Ab] singing, bye [Db] bye [Ab] Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the [Db] levee, [Ab] but the levee was [Eb] dry
[Ab] And good [Db] old boys were [Ab] drinking whiskey [Eb] and pie
[Fm] Singing, this will be the day [Bb] that I die
_ [Fm] This will be the day [Eb] that I _ die _ _
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_ _ [Ab] Bye [Db] bye [Ab] Miss American [Eb] Pie
[Ab] Drove my Chevy [Db] to the levee, [Ab] but the levee was [Eb] dry
[Ab] And good old [Db] boys were [Ab] drinking whiskey and [Eb] pie
[Fm] Singing, this will be the day [Bb] that I die
_ [F] [Fm] This will be the day [Eb] that I _
[Db] _ [C] die
We started [Eb] singing _
[G] We [Cm] _ started [Eb] singing _
_ [Cm] We started [Eb] singing _
_ [Cm] We started [Eb] singing _ _
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