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Don McLean--AMERICAN PIE
From: Vincent Vega <[email protected]>
                                               
                                                 
INTRO:
  G     D/F#  Em7      Am            C
A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that
Em                    D
music used to make me smile.
G          D/F#  Em7           Am                 C
I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance and
Em              C           D
maybe they'd be happy for a while.
Em            Am             Em               Am
But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver.
C        G/B    Am          C                  D
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step.
  G        D/F#       Em           Am7              D
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride,
G         D/F#       Em               C        D7     G     C   G
Something touched me deep inside, the day, the music, died.
   G     C          G       D
So bye - bye, Miss American Pie,
         G            C             G         D
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
     G         C                  G           D
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em                        A7   Em                        D7
This'll be the day that I die, This'll be the day that I die.

VERSE:
G                 Am                    C               Am
Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above?
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If the Bible tells you so.
G            D/F#     Em
Now do you believe in rock and roll
    Am7             C
Can music save your mortal soul and
Em                      A7    D
Can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Em                          D
Well, I know that you're in love with him,
        Em              D
Cause I saw you dancing in the gym,
    C           G               A7
You both kicked off your shoes,
      C                    D7
Man I dig those rhythm and blues.
        G      D/F#    Em       
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a
Am                    C
Pink carnation and a pick up truck,
    G     D/F#     Em              C       D7       G     C
But I knew I was out of luck the day, the music, died.
G              D7                         D7
    I started singing, Bye - bye..........die

VERSE:2
Now for ten years we've been on our own,
And moss grows fat on a rollin' 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
And a voice that came from you and me.
Oh 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'   Bye - bye.....die.

VERSE:3
Helter-skelter in the 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.