American pie

A long long time ago G D Em⁷
I can still remember Am C

How that music used Em

to make me smile D (D4)
And I knew if I had G D

my chance Em⁷
That I could make Am

those people dance C
And maybe they’d be Em

happy for a while C D (D4)

 

But February Em

made me shiver Am
With every paper Em

I’d deliver Am
Bad news on C G

the doorstep Am
I couldn’t take one more step CD
I can’t remember if I criedG DEm
When I read about Am⁷

his widowed bride D
But something touched G D

me deep inside Em
The day C

the music died D⁷ G C G

 

Refr: So: Bye, bye G C

Miss American Pie G D
Drove my Chevy G

to the levee but C

the levee was dry G D
Them good old boys G C

were drinking

whiskey and Rye G D
Singin’ this’ll be Em

the day that I die A⁷
This’ll be the day Em

that I die D⁷

 

Did you write G

the book of love Am
And do you have C

faith in God above Am
If the Bible tells you so Em D

Now do you believe G D/F^#

in rock and roll? Em
Can music save Am⁷

your mortal soul? C
And can you teach me Em

how to dance real slow A⁷ D
Well, I know that Em

you’re in love with him D
‘Cause I saw you Em

dancin’ in the gym D
You both kicked C

off your shoes G A⁷
Man, I dig those C

rhythm and blues D⁷

 

I was a lonely teenage G

broncin’ buck D/F^# Em
With a pink carnation Am

and a pickup truck C
But I knew I was G

out of luck D/F^# Em
The day C

the music died D⁷ G
I started singin’ C

 

Refr: So: Bye…

…singing: this will be C

the day that I die D G