King's Singers - American Pie Chords

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A [F#m] long, [Em] long _ _ time ago
[Am] I can still [C] remember
how that [Em] music used to make [D] me _ smile _
[G] _ And [Bm] I knew if [Em] I had my chance
[Am] that I could make [C] those people dance
_ [Em] and maybe [C] they'd be happy for a [D] while _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] But February _ [Am] made me shiver
[Em] With every paper [Am] _
I'd deliver
[C] _ Bad [G] news on [Am] the _ [C] doorstep
I couldn't [Bm] take one more _ step
[G] I [D] can't remember [Em] if I cried
when [C] I read about [D] his widowed bride
_ [G] But something touched [Em] me deep _ inside
[C] The _ day [D] the _ _ _ [G] music _ _ _ died _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So bye, _ [C] _
bye [G] Miss American [D] _ Pie
[Em] Drove my Chevy [C] to the levee
But [G] the [D] levee was [C] dry
Then good old boys were drinking whiskey [F] and rye
[Em] Singing, this'll be the day that I [A] die
This'll be the day that [Em] I die
This'll be the day that I [D] die
_ _ _ _ _ Now for ten [A] years we've been on our [C] own
And Musk grows [Am] fat on a rolling stone
But [E] that's not [B] how it [D] used to be
_ [Gm] _ When the jester sang for [Em] the king and [Dm] queen [Am] in a coat
[D] He borrowed from James [E] Dean
And a voice [F#] that came from [Gm] you and _ _ _ me
_ [Em] Oh, and while the king [D] was leaned [Em] down
The jester [D] stole his thorny crown
[C] The courtroom was [Am] adjourned
_ [C] _ Nobody [Dm] was returned
[Gm] And while [Em] Lenin read a book on [Am] Marx
A [Dm] quartet practiced [A] in the park
[Gm] And we sang [Em] churches in the dark
[C] The day the [D] _ music [G] _ _ _ died
And we were singing
[C] Bye, bye [Em] Miss [Bm] American Pie
[G] Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
Then [A] good old boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye
[Em] Singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die
This'll be the day [Em] that I die
This'll be the day that I [E] die
_ _ _ Oh, and there we were all [Am] in one place
[D] _
_ [C#m] A generation [C] lost in space
With no time left [D#] to start again _
_ So come [G#] on, Jack, be nimble
[Em]
Jack, be quick
_ [E] Jack Flash sat [C] on a _ candlestick
Cause _ fire is the [A] devil's only _ [D] _ friend _
_ _ [Em] Oh, and as I watched [D] him on the stage
[Em] My hands were clenched [D] in fists of rage
[C] No angel born in hell
_ Could break that [D#] Satan's spell
And as the [G] flames climbed high into the night
[A#] To light the [C] sacrificial rite
[G] I saw Satan laughing with delight
[C] The _ day [G] the music _ _ died _
And he was singing
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
Then good old boys were [D] drinking whiskey and rye
[Em] Singing, this'll be the day that [A] I die
This'll be the day that I [Em] die
This'll be the day that I [D] _
die
_ I _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] met a girl [Em] who sang the blues
[Am] And I asked her for some [C] happy _ news
[Em] But she just [D] smiled and turned away
_ [Em] _ I [B] went down [Em] to the sacred store
[Am] Where I'd heard the [C] music years before
But [Em] the man there [C] said the music wouldn't [Bm] play
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
And in the [Am] streets the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
[C] But [G] not a word [Am] was spoken
[C] _ The church bells [Bm] all were broken
_ _ [G] And the three [F#m] men I [Em] admire _ most
[C] The Father, Son, [D] and the Holy Ghost
[G] They caught the last [Em] train for the coast
_ [C] The _ day the _ _ [Bm] _ [G] music _ _ died _ _ _ _ _ _
And they were _ _ singing _
_ Bye, _ [C] _ bye Miss _ [G] American Pie
Drove my Chevy to [C] the levee
But [G] the levee [D] was [C] dry
Then good old boys were drinking [Bm] whiskey [F] and rye
[Em] Singing, this'll be the day that I [A] die
This'll be the day that [Em] I die
This'll be the day that [Dm] I _ _ [Am] die _
[G] Miss _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
American [D] Pie
[G] Drove my Chevy to [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] the levee
But the levee was dry
[G] Then good [C] old _ _ _
[G] boys were drinking whiskey [D] and rye
_ [Em] Singing, this'll be the day that _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ I die _ _
[G] Singing, _ this'll be [D] the day that [G] I die _ _
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