American Pie Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 A Glong, Dlong Em7time ago,

AmI can still reCmember how that mEmusic used to make me Dsmile

 And GI know Dif I Em7had my chance,

 That AmI could make those Cpeople dance and Emmaybe they'd be Chappy for a Dwhile

 But EmFebruary Ammade me shiver, with Emevery paper AmI'd deliver

CBad news Gon the Amdoorstep, I Ccouldn't take one more Dstep

 I Gcan't rememDber if I Emcried when I Am7read about his Dwidowed bride

GSomething Dtouched me Emdeep inside

 The Cday the D7music GdiedC G

 So Gbye, Cbye Miss GAmerican DPie

 Drove my GChevy to the Clevy but the Glevy was Ddry

 And them Ggood old Cboys were drinkin' Gwhiskey and Drye

 Singin' Emthis will be the day that I A7die, Emthis will be the day that I D7die

*Verse*

GDid you write the Ambook of love

 And do Cyou have faith in Amgod above, Emif the bible Dtells you so?

GDo you Dbelieve in Emrock and roll

 Can Am7music save your Cmortal soul and Emcan you teach me A7how to dance real Dslow?

 Well I Emknow that you're in Dlove with him 'cuz I Emsaw you dancin' Din the gym

 You Cboth kicked Goff your A7shoes, man I Cdig those rhythm and D7blues

 I was a Glonely Dteenage Embroncin' buck with a Ampink carnation and a Cpickup truck

 But GI knew DI was Emout of luck the Cday the D7music GdieCd, GI started singin'

*Chorus*

Now for ten years we've been on our own,

and moss grows fat on a rolling stone but that's not how it used to be

When the jester sang for the king and queen

in a coat he borrowed from James Dean in a voice that came from you and me

And while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown

The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned

And while Lenin read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park

And we sang dirges in the dark the day the music died, we were singin'

Helter skelter in a summer swelter

the birds flew off with a fallout shelter, eight miles high and fallin' fast

It landed foul on the grass

the players tried for a forward pass, with the jester on the sidelines in

A cast

Now at halftime there was sweet perfume, while sergeants played a marching

tune

We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance

'Cuz the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield

Do you recall what was the feel the day the music died, we started singin'

And there we were all in one place,

a generation lost in space, with no time left to start again

So come on Jack be nimble,

Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candle stick, 'cuz fire is the devil's

only friend

And as I watched him on the stage, my hands were clenched in fists of rage

No angel born in Hell could bread that Satan's spell

And as the flames climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial rite

I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died, he was singin'

 I Gmet a Dgirl who Emsang the blues

 And I Amasked her for some Chappy news, but Emshe just smiled and turned aDway

 I Gwent down Dto the Emsacred store

G Am G C Em

 Where I'd Amheard the music Cyears before, but the Emman there said the Cmusic

 wouldn't Dplay

 But Emin the streets the Amchildren screamed, the Emlovers cried and the Ampoets

dreamed

 But Cnot a Gword was Amspoken, the Cchurch bells all were Dbroken

G

 And the Gthree men DI adEmmire most, the Am7Father, CSon, and the D7Holy Ghost

GThey caught the Dlast train Emfor the coast the Am7day the D7music Gdied,

D7And they were singin'

*Final Chorus*

 So Gbye, Cbye Miss GAmerican DPie

 Drove my GChevy to the Clevy but the Glevy was Ddry

 And them Ggood old Cboys were drinkin' Gwhiskey and Drye

 Singin' Cthis will be the D7day that I Gdie.C G

"I think the world is run by C students."

- Al Mire