American Pie

AMERICAN PIE Website - jerryssongbook.com Don McLEAN G D Em7 Am C A | long long time=a^go oo | I^can still^re mem^ber how^that | Em D G D Em7 | mu^sic ~ used=to make^me smile | / / / ~^And | I^knew=if I^had ^my chance ^that | Am C Em C | I^could make^those peo^ple^dance^and | May^be they'd^be ^hap py for=a | D Em Am Em Am | whi ile ee / | ~ ^but February made^me shi=ver ~ | With^every pa^per Id^de li=ver ~ | C G Am C D | Bad^news on^the door^step ~ ^I | could^nt take^one more^step I | G D Em Am7 D | Cant^re mem=ber=if=I cried^when I | read^a bout^his wid^owed ^bride ~ | G D Em C D7 G C | Some^thing^touched^me deep^in si=id=de=the | day y ^the mu sic | died dd dd dd | G | dd dd dd ~ ^so | G C G D ||: Bye ee bye Miss^A | me^ri^can^Pie e drove ^my | G C G D | Chev^y^to^the le^vee^but^the | lev^ee was^dry yy ~ ^them | G C G D | ^good old ^boys s ^were^drink^in | whis^key^and^rye e ~ Sin^ging | Em A7 Em D7 | this^ll be^the=day y^that I | die /// | This^ll be^the=day y^that I | d=i^e ee ee | //// || G Am C 1. | / Did^you u write ^the | ^book of ^love e^and^do^you | uu have faith in | 2. | / Now^for ten years | we^ve been on^our^own^And | moss grows fat on^a | 3. | / Hel^ter r skel ^ter | in^a sum^mer swell^ter The | birds flew off with | 4. | (See next page for last verse) Am Em D G D | God a^bo ve / | / If^the Bi ble^tells | ss you^so oo / | /// Now^do | ^yo ou ^be li^eve in | | roll ing stone / | / But thats not^how | it used^to be /| /// when^the | jes^ter sang for the | | A fall out / | / shel ter eight miles | ss high and / | /// fall^ing | fast land ed fo^ul | Em Am7 C | ^rock and ^ro ll Can | mu^sic / ~ save ^your | ^mor tal ^so ul And | | king and queen In | a coat / ~ he ^bor | rowed from James Dean | | on the grass The | play^ers / ~ tried^for | a for ward pass | Em A7 D | ~ can ^you teach me | ^how to ^dance ee | real ll slo o=w | ww / ~ ^Well I | | / And a^voice that | came from you uu | and me ee ee | ee / ~ ^Oh and | | / With the Jest^er | on the side ee | lines in a cast | tt / ~ ^Now the | Em D Em D | know that^you re in | love with^him m^cause I | ~ saw ^u dan cing | in the^gym mm ~^u | | while the king was | look ing down The | ~ Jes ^ter stole his | thor ny crown ~ ^the | | half time air was | sweet per^fume while ser | ~ geants s played a| marching tune ~ ^we | C G A7 C D7 | both kicked off your^shoe | es ss ~ ^Man I | dig those ry^thm n | blu es s^I^was^a | | court room was adjourned | dd dd ~ ^No | ver dict was re | turn ed dd And | | all got up to^dance | ee ee ~ ^Oh but | we nev^er got the | chance ee ee Cause | G D Em Am | lo^ne^ly^teen n^ag ee | bron cin buck with^a | pink car^na a^tion^and^a | | while Len^in read a | book on Ma rx | The quar tet prac | | the play^ers tried dd | to take the field | The march ing band | C G D Em C | ^pick up ^tr uck ~^but | I knew I^i^was^ou | ut^tt^of^luck kk the^day | yy // the^mu | | ticed in the park | And we sang dir^ges | in the^dark kk the^day | yy // the^mu | | ^re fused to yield ~ | Do you re^call what | tt was re^vealed the^day | yy // the^mu | D7 G C G D7 | uu uu u sic ^died | dd / // | ~ ^I star^ted sin^ging gg :|| | uu uu u sic ^died | dd / // | ~ ^We were sin^ging gg :|| | uu uu u sic ^died | dd / // | ~ ^We star^ted sin^ging gg :|| G D Em 4. | #I=met=a girl^who sa=ng=the=blu e=s^and | Am C Em D | I^asked=her for^some hap=py=ne=ws s^But | she=just smiled ^and turned^a way | G D Em G | yy y^y y yy y | I^went down^to=the sa=cred=sto=r e^where=Id | Am G C Em C | heard^the^mus^ic years=be fore But=the | ^man there said=the ^mu sic would=nt | D Em Am | p^l=a yy yy ~ ^And | in^the^streets^the chil^dren screa^med=the | Em Am C G Am | lov^ers=cried d^and=the poets^dreamed d^But | not^a word^was spo^ken ~ ^The | C D G D Em G | church^bells^all^were ^bro ken And=the | three^men^I^ad mire most^the | C D7 G D Em | Fa^ther Son^and=the Ho^ly Ghost^They | caught^the^last^train for^the coast^The | C Am7 D7 G D7 | day y the mu sic | died dd dd dd | ~ ^And they^were sing^ing gg | G C G D G C | bye ee bye Miss^A | me^ri^can^Pie e drove ^my | Chev^y^to^the le^vee^but^the | G D G C | lev^ee was^dry yy ~ ^them | ^good old ^boys s ^were^drink^in | G D C D7 G C G | whis^key^and^rye e ~ Sin^ging | this^ll be^the=day y^that I^die | ee ee ee ee | (Note: Apologies for leaving out the 4th verse as my limit is 2 pages per song)