9 Chords used in the song: G, D/F#, Em, Am, C, D, G/B, A7, D7

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G
D/F#
Em
Am
C
A long long time ago i can still remember
Em
D
how that music used to make me smile
G
D/F#
Em
And i knew if i had my chance
Am
C
That i could make those people dance
Em
C
D
And maybe they'd be happy for a whileEm
Am
Em
Am
but february made me shiver with every paper i'd deliverC
G/B
Am
C
D
bad news on the doorstep, i couldnt take one more stepG
D/F#
Em
C
D
i cant remember if i cried when i read about his widowed bride
G
D/F#
Em
C
D
G
and somehting touched me deep inside the day the music diedG
C
G
D
Bye bye miss american pie
G
C
G
D
drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
G
C
G
D
and good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Em
A7
singing this'll be the day that i dieEm
D7
this'll be the day that i die
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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.).