Madonna

American Pie(Chords)

Madonna

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	        G      D/F#  Em7
A long_, long_ time ago, 
Am            C                Em           D
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile_
    G      D/F# Em7
And I knew if I had my chance,
Am                 C                Em              C           D
I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
D (&Riff1)  4x

G                   Am                  C                 Am
Did_ you_ write the book of love and do you have faith in God above?
Em           D              Dsus4 D  Dsus2 D
If the Bible tells you so___
G            D/F#     Em7
Now do you believe in rock and roll
        Am7               C
and can music  save your  mortal soul and
Em                Am7           D           Dsus4   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           Am7
You both kicked off your shoes, 
      C                    D7
Man I dig those rhythm and blues__.
        G      D/F#    Em7
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a
Am                    C
Pink carnation and a pick up truck,
       G         D/F#    Em7                C          D7        G     C    G
But I  knew that I__ was out__ of luck  the day__, the mu___sic, died__.
            D7
I started singing,
G 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 Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin' Em A7 Em D This'll be the day that I die___, This'll be the day that I die___.
D D/C D/B G Am C Am I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news__, Em D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D But she just smiled and turned away____. G D/F# Em Well I went down to the sacred store Am7 C Em Am7 Where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music D Dsus4 D wouldn't play_____ Em D Well now in the streets the children screamed, Em D the lovers cried and the poets dreamed C G Am C D But not a word was spoken__, the church bells all were broken____ G D/F# Em Am7 C And the three men I__ admire the most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost G D/F# Em7 C D7 G C G They caught the last_ train for the coast_ the day__, the mu___sic, died__. D7 They started singing, REFRÃO D D/C D/B REFRÃO D D/C D/B We started singing___ D D/C D/B We started singing___ D D/C D/B We started singing___ D D/C D/B We started singing___

Written by Don Mclean

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