| Artist: | Don Mclean (English) |
| User: | msyahnaz |
| Duration: | 130 seconds |
| Delay: | 12 seconds |
| Chord names: | Not defined |
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| Comment: | - |
Don McLean – American Pie
138 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming [American Pie 1971]
Prelude (Free Timing / Strum Once As You Sing)
G D/F# Em
A long… long time ago…
Am C Em D
I can still remember how that music-ccc used to make me smile…
G D/F# Em
and I knew if I had my chance…
Am C
that I could make those people dance
Em C D
and maybe they'd be happy for a while…
Em Am
but February made me shiver…
Em Am
with every paper I'd deliver…
C G/B Am
Bad news on the doorstep…
C D
I couldn't take one more step…
G D/F# Em
I can't remember if I cried
C D
when I read about his widowed bride…
G D/F# Em
Something touched me deep inside
C D G (....)
the day… the music… died-ddd…
Chorus (Slower Tempo)
G. C. G. D.
So… bye-bye Miss American Pie…
G. C. G. D.
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry…
G. C. G. D.
and them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye…
* Em * A7
Singing this will be the day that I die…
* Em D7 D7
This will be the day that I die…
Verse 1
G Am
Did you write the book of love
C Am
and do you-uuu have faith in God above…
Em D D
if the bible tells-sss you so…
G Em
Do you-uuu believe in rock and roll
Am C
can music save your-rrr mortal soul and…
Em A7 D D
can you teach me-eee how to dance real slow-www…
Pre Chorus 1
* Em * D
Well I know that you're in love with him
* Em * D
'cause I saw you dancing in the gym…
C. G/B. Am
You both kicked off your shoes…
C D
Man I dig those rhythm and blues-sss…
G. D/F#. Em
I was a lonely teenage bronking buck…
Am C
with a pink carnation and a pickup truck…
G. D/F#. Em
but I knew I was out-ttt of luck… the day…
C D
the mu-uuu-sic died…
G. C. G. D.
I started singing…
Chorus
G. C. G. D.
So… bye-bye Miss American Pie…
G. C. G. D.
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry…
G. C. G. D.
and them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye…
* Em * A7
Singing this will be the day that I die…
* Em D7 D7
This will be the day that I die…
Verse 2
G Am
Now for ten years… we've been on our own
C Am
and moss grows fat on a rolling stone but…
Em D D
that's not how it used to be…
G Em
when the Jester sang for the King and Queen in a
Am C
coat… he borrowed from-mmm James Dean in a
Em A7 D D
voice… that came from you and me-eee…
Pre Chorus 2
* Em * D
Oh-hhh… and while the King was looking down…
* Em * D
the Jester stole his… thorny crown…
C. G/B. Am
The courtroom-mmm was adjourned…
C D
No-ooo verdict… was returned…
G. D/F#. Em
and while-eee Lenin read a book-kkk on Marx…
Am C
the quartet practiced… in the park…
G. D/F#. Em
and we sang dirges-sss in the dark… the day…
C D
the mu-uuu-sic died…
G. C. G. D.
We were singing…
Chorus
G. C. G. D.
So… bye-bye Miss American Pie…
G. C. G. D.
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry…
G. C. G. D.
and them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye…
* Em * A7
Singing this will be the day that I die…
* Em D7 D7
This will be the day that I die…
Verse 3
G Am
Helter skelter in-nnn a summer swelter…
C Am
the bird-sss flew off with a fallout shelter…
Em D D
eight miles high and-ddd falling fast-ttt-tt---
G Em
---ttt… It landed foul on-nnn the grass…
Am C
The players tried… for a forward pass
Em A7 D D
with the Jester on the sidelines… in a cast-ttt-ttt…
Pre Chorus 3
* Em * D
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume while…
* Em * D
Sergeants played a marching tune…
C. G/B. Am
We all got up to dance-eee… Oh-hhh…
C D
but we never got the chance…
G. D/F#. Em
'cause the players tried to take the field…
Am C
The marching band refused to yield…
G. D/F#. Em
Do you recall what was revealed… the day…
C D
the mu-uuu-sic died…
G. C. G. D.
We started singing…
Chorus
G. C. G. D.
So… bye-bye Miss American Pie…
G. C. G. D.
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry…
G. C. G. D.
and them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye…
* Em * A7
Singing this will be the day that I die…
* Em D7 D7
This will be the day that I die…
Verse 4
G Am
Oh-hhh… and there we were all-lll in one place… A…
C Am
generation lost in space…
Em D D
with no time left to start-ddd again…
G Em
So come on-nnn Jack be nimble… Jack be quick…
Am C
Jack Flash sat on a candle stick ‘cause…
Em A7 D D
fire is the devil's only friend-ddd-ddd…
Pre Chorus 4
* Em * D
Ohh-hhh… and as I watched him on the stage…
* Em * D
My hands were clenched in fists of rage…
C. G/B. Am
No angel born in Hell…
C D
could break that Satan's spell…
G. D/F#. Em
and as the flames climbed high in-nnn-to the night…
Am C
to-ooo light the sacrificial rite…
G. D/F#. Em
I saw-www Satan laughing with delight… the day…
C D
the mu-uuu-sic died…
G. C. G. D.
He was singing…
Chorus
G. C. G. D.
So… bye-bye Miss American Pie…
G. C. G. D.
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry…
G. C. G. D.
and them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye…
* Em * A7
Singing this will be the day that I die…
* Em D7 D7
This will be the day that I die…
Bridge (Free Timing / Strum Once As You Sing)
G D/F# Em
I met a girl who sang the blues…
Am C
and I asked her for some happy news…
Em D
but she just smiled-ddd and turned away…
G D/F# Em
I went down to the sacred store…
Am C
Where I'd heard the music years before…
Em C D
but the man there said the music… wouldn't play…
Em Am
but in the streets the children screamed…
Em Am
the lovers cried and the poets dreamed…
C G/B Am
but not a word-ddd was spoken…
C D
The church bells all were broken…
G D/F# Em
and the three men I admire most…
C D
The Father… Son… and the Holy Ghost…
G D/F# Em
They caught the last train for the coast… the day…
C D (....)
the mu-uuu-sic… died… and they were singing…
Refrain / Chorus (Slower Tempo)
G. C. G. D.
So… bye-bye Miss American Pie…
G. C. G. D.
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry…
G. C. G. D.
and them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye…
* Em * A7
Singing this will be the day that I die…
* Em D7 D7
This will be the day that I die… and they were singing…
Outro (Slower Tempo)
G. C. G. D.
So… bye-bye Miss American Pie…
G. C. G. D.
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry…
G. C. G. D.
and them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye…
* Em * A7
Singing this will be the day that I die…
C. D. * G. * G. * G.
Singing this will be the day that I die…
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