{title: American Pie} {artist: Don McLean} {key: G} {time: 4/4} {capo: 0} {start_of_intro} [G] [C] [D] [G] {end_of_intro} {start_of_verse} [G]A long, long [D]time ago, [C]I can still [G]remember How that [Em]music used to [C]make me [D]smile And I [G]knew if I had [D]my chance That I [C]could make those [G]people dance And maybe [Em]they'd be [C]happy for a [D]while {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse} But [G]February made [D]me shiver With every [C]paper I'd [G]deliver Bad [Em]news on the [C]doorstep I couldn't [D]take one more [G]step I can't [C]remember if I [D]cried When I [G]read about the [D]J3t plane [C]crashin' [G]Kilin' [Em]Buddy Holly And [C]February [D]came and [G]went {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus} [G]So bye bye [D]Miss American [C]Pie [D]Drove my [G]Chevy to the [D]levy But [C]the levy [G]was dry And [Em]good ol' boys were [C]drinkin' [D]whiskey and [G]rye Singin' [C]this'll be the [D]day that I [G]die This'll be the [C]day that I [G]die {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse} [G]Did you write the [D]book of [C]love And do you [G]have faith in [Em]God above If the [C]Bible tells [D]you so? Now do you [G]believe in [D]rock and [C]roll? Will you [G]gofor a [Em]dancer? Hold her [C]hand, [D]hold her [G]hand? {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus} [G]Well, I know that you're [D]in love [C]with her 'Cause I [G]saw you dancin' [Em]in the [C]pale moon[D]light By the [G]candlestick [D]pumpkin [C]patch And the [G]gardener at the [Em]gate Was [C]wearing a [D]dark [G]gray [C]cloak [D]hiding [G]in the [C]mist Singin' [D]this'll be the [G]day that I [C]die This'll be the [D]day that I [G]die {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse} [G]I met a girl who [D]sang the [C]blues And I [G]asked her for some [Em]happy news But she [C]just smiled and [D]turned away {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse} [G]I went down to the [D]sideshow And [C]watched the [G]geeks crawlin' [Em]out of the [C]woodwork And [D]eatin' fire I [G]saw [D]Cassanova [C]almost [G]die He was [Em]bleedin' from the [C]nose Poor [D]guy [G]never had a [C]chance And [D]anyway, he [G]told me The [Em]jester [C]wrote the [D]song For a [G]girl who [C]danced on the [D]stage in the [G]parlor {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus} And [G]while I [D]read a [C]magazine [D]Dyin' [G]for the [D]love of [C]a [G]venusian [Em]toaster You [C]held a [D]bible in your [G]hand And [Em]the beauty [C]parlor [D]is under [G]arrest Yeah, the [C]law was on her [D]side And [G]I saw [D]Sally [C]in the [G]garden She [Em]was [C]chasin' a [D]gypsy That [G]was [C]dippin' [D]quarts in a [G]Judy Collins [C]rag Singin' [D]this'll be the [G]day that I [C]die This'll be the [D]day that I [G]die {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse} [G]Now for ten years [D]we've been [C]on the [G]road Both [Em]sides, now [C]approach[D]in' And [G]while [D]Satan [C]laughs with [G]delight The [Em]holy [C]roller [D]preacher [G]screams From [C]every [D]news [G]stand {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus} [G]Now, do you [D]believe in [C]rock and [G]roll? Will you [Em]gofor a [C]dancer? Hold her [D]hand, [G]hold her [D]hand? 'Cause I [G]saw you [D]dancin' [C]in the [G]pale moon[Em]light By the [C]candlestick [D]pumpkin [G]patch And the [Em]gardener at the [C]gate Was [D]wearing a [G]dark [C]gray [D]cloak [hiding] [G]in the [C]mist Singin' [D]this'll be the [G]day that I [C]die This'll be the [D]day that I [G]die {end_of_chorus} {start_of_bridge} [G]And [D]there we were all [C]in one [G]place A [Em]generation [C]lost to [D]time We'd [G]sung the [D]songs of [C]loved and [G]hate And [Em]we'd [C]danced [D]out of [G]mind {end_of_bridge} {start_of_chorus} [G]They were [D]singin' [C]"Bye, bye [G]Miss American [Em]Pie" [D]Drove my [G]Chevy to the [D]levy But [C]the levy [G]was dry And [Em]good ol' boys were [C]drinkin' [D]whiskey and [G]rye Singin' [C]this'll be the [D]day that I [G]die This'll be the [C]day that I [G]die {end_of_chorus} {start_of_outro} [G]Helter skelter in a [D]summer [C]swelter The [G]"Jester" sang for [Em]"King" And [C]"Queen" in a [D]black [G]velvet [C]tone Oh, and [D]while the king was [G]looking [C]down The [D]"Jester" stole his [G]thorny [Em]crown The [C] courtroom [D]was adjourned No [G]verdict [C]was [D]returned And while [G]Lennon [D]read a [C]book on [G]Marx The [Em]quartet [C]practiced [D]in the [G]park And we [C]sang dirges [D]in the [G]dark The [C]father, son, and [D]the [G]holy [C]ghost They [D]caught the [G]sacred [C]text And [D]then they [G]taught the [C]hymn And [D]they showed the [G]holy [C]ghost Was [D]born before the [G]dawn And [C]stood a [D]shiverin' [G]king Whose [C]name is [D]promised [G]never [C]be [D]named And [G]there's [D]killer [C]on the [G]road His [Em]brain is [C]squirming [D]like a [G]toad And [C]though the [D]church on [G]Sunday's [C]morn Has [D]been [G]bored through [C]being [D]poor But [G]no one's [D]out there {end_of_outro} {comment: Final Chorus - Slow and Reflective} {start_of_chorus} [G]So bye bye [D]Miss American [C]Pie [D]Drove my [G]Chevy to the [D]levy But [C]the levy [G]was dry And [Em]good ol' boys were [C]drinkin' [D]whiskey and [G]rye Singin' [C]this'll be the [D]day that I [G]die This'll be the [C]day that I [G]die {end_of_chorus} {end_of_song}