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that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance
and maybe they'd be happy for a while.
But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver,
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step.
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside, the day, the music, died.
So Bye - bye, Miss American Pie,
drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
And them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
This'll be the day that I die, This'll be the day that I die.
Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God
above,
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll,
can music save your mortal soul and
Can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well, I know that you're in love with him,
cause I saw you dancing in the gym.
You both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues.
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
with a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
but I knew I was out of luck the day,the music died.
I started singing...
Bye - bye, Miss American Pie,
drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
This'll be the day that I die, This'll be the day that I die.
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 practised in the park,
and we sang dirges in the dark the day, the music, died.
We were singin'...
Bye - bye, Miss American Pie,
drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
This'll be the day that I die, This'll be the day that I die.
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.
Now that halftime air was sweet perfume,
while the sergeants played a marching tune,
we all got up to dance, oh but we never got the chance,
`cause the players tried to take the field,
the marching band refused to yield,
do you recall what was revealed, the day, the music, died.
We started singin'...
Bye - bye, Miss American Pie,
drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
This'll be the day that I die, This'll be the day that I die.
Oh, and there we were all in one place
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick,
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick ‘cause fire is the devil’s only friend.
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell could break 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 singing
Bye - bye, Miss American Pie,
drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
This'll be the day that I die, This'll be the day that I die.
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news,
but she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the sacred store where I’d heard the music years before,
but the man there said the music wouldn't play.
And in the streets the children screamed,
the lovers cried and the poets dreamed,
but not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken.
And the three men I admire most, the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
they caught the last train for the coast the day, the music, died.
And they were singin'....
Bye - bye, Miss American Pie,
drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
This'll be the day that I die.
This'll be the day that I die.
They were singin'....
Bye - bye, Miss American Pie,
drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
This'll be the day that I die.
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may use A chord rather than A7 if you feel uncomfortable with the sound A7 after an Em chord
05 Dec 2017
About this song: American Pie
"American Pie" is a folk rock song by singer-songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one U.S. hit for four weeks in 1972. A re-release in 1991 did not chart in the U.S., but reached number 12 in the UK. The song is an abstract story surrounding "The Day the Music Died" -- the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (Giles Perry Richardson, Jr.).
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