American Pie Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
A [G]long, long [Em]time ago
[Am]I can still reme[C]mber
How that [Em]music used to make [D]me smile
And I [G]knew that if I [Em]had my chance
[Am]I could make those peo[C]ple dance
And [Em]maybe they'd be [C]happy for a [D]while

[Interlude 1]
[D][D][D][D]
[D][D][D][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]Did you write the boo[Am]k of love?
And do [C]you have faith in [Am]God above?
[Em]If the Bible tells[D] you so
Now do [G]you believe in [Em]rock and roll?
And can [Am]music save [C]your mortal soul?
And [Em]can it teach me [A]how to dance r[D]eal slow?
Well, I [Em]know that you're in [D]love with him
'Cause [Em]I saw you dancin' in [D]the gym
You [C]both kicked [G]off your [Am]shoes
Man, I [C]dig those rhythm and [D]blues
I was a [G]lonely teenage [Em]bronkin' buck
With a [Am]pink carnation and a [C]pick-up truck
But [G]I knew that I was o[Em]ut of luck
The [Am]day the [D]music [G]died[C]
[G]I started sin[D]ging

[Chorus 1]
[G]Bye [C]bye, Miss A[G]merican [D]Pie
Drove my [G]Chevy to the [C]levy
But the [G]levy was [D]dry
And [G]good old [C]boys
were drinking [G]whiskey and [D]rye
Singing [Em]this will be the day that I [A]die
[Em]This will be the day that I [D]die
[D][D][D]

[Verse 2]
[G]I met a girl who san[Am]g the blues
And [C]I asked her for some h[Am]appy news
[Em]But she just smiled and turn[D]ed away
Well, I [G]went down to the [Em]sacred store
Where I [Am]heard the music [C]years before
But the [Em]man there said
the [A]music wouldn't [D]play
Well now, [Em]in the streets
the [D]children screamed
But the [Em]lovers cried and the [D]poets dreamed
[C]But not a wor[G]d was spo[Am]ken
The [C]church bells all were [D]broken
And the [G]three men I ad[Em]mire the most
The [Am]Father, Son, and the [C]Holy Ghost
[G]They caught the last train for[Em] the coast
The [Am]day the [D]music [G]died[C]
[G]We started sin[D]ging

[Chorus 2]
[G]Bye [C]bye, Miss A[G]merican [D]Pie
Drove my [G]Chevy to the [C]levy
But the [G]levy was [D]dry
And [G]good old [C]boys
were drinking [G]whiskey and [D]rye
Singing [Em]this will be the day that I [A]die
[Em]This will be the day that I

[Interlude 2]
[D](die)[D][D][D]
[D][D][D][D]

[Chorus 3]
[G]Bye [C]bye, Miss A[G]merican [D]Pie
Drove my [G]Chevy to the [C]levy
But the [G]levy was [D]dry
And [G]good old [C]boys
were drinking [G]whiskey and [D]rye
Singing [Em]this will be the day that I [A]die
[Em]This will be the day that I

[Outro 1]
[D](die)
We started singing
We started singing
[D]We started singing
We started singing