Madonna – American Pie
Capo 1st 124 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming
[The Next Best Thing 2000]
Prelude (Free Timing / Strum Once As You Sing)
*g *d/f# * Em.
A long… long time ago…
* Am. * C.
I can still remember how
* Em. * C. * D
that music 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…
Intro
D D D D D D D D
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. D/F#. Em
Now do you-uuu believe in rock and roll…
Am C
and can music save your-rrr mortal soul
Em A7 D D
and can you teach me… how to dance… real slow-www…
Pre Chorus 1
Em D
but I know that you're in love with him 'cause I…
Em D
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 that I was out-ttt of luck… the day…
C D G. C. G. D.
the mu-uuu-sic died… I started singing…
Chorus
G. C. G. D.
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 good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye…
Em A7
Singing this will be the day that I die…
Em D D D D
This will be the day that I die…
Verse 2
G Am
I met a girl who sang the blues and I…
C Am
asked her for some happy news…
Em D D
but she just smiled and turned away…
G. D/F#. Em
I went down to the sa-aaa-cred store…
Am C
where I'd heard the music… years before…
Em A7
but the man there… said the music…
D D
wouldn't play-yyy…
Pre Chorus 2
Em D
Well now in the streets… the children screamed…
Em D
the lovers cried… and the poets dreamed…
C. G/B. Am
but not a word was spo-ooo-ken…
C D
The church bells all were bro-ooo-ken…
G. D/F#. Em
and the three men I admire most…
Am C
The Father… Son… and the Holy Ghost…
G. D/F#. Em
They caught the last train for the coast the day…
C D G. C. G. D.
the mu-uuu-sic died… We started singing…
Chorus
G. C. G. D.
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 good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye…
Em A7
Singing this will be the day that I die…
Em D D D D
This will be the day that I die…
Interlude
D D D D
Outro
G. C. G. D.
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 good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye…
Em A7
Singing this will be the day that I die…
Em D D
This will be the day that I die…
D D D D
We started singing… We started singing…
D D * D
We started singing… We started singing…
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