Don McLean

American Pie

Don McLean

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A long long time ago I can still remember
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How that music used to make me smile and I knew if I had my chance
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That I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
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But February made me shiver with every paper I'd deliver
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Bad news on the doorstep I couldn't take one more step
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I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride
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But something touched me deep inside the day the music died          So

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Bye Bye Miss American Pie
         G            C             G         D
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
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And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
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Singin' this'll be the day that I die, this'll be the day that I die.

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Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above?
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If the Bible tells you so.  Do you believe in Rock 'n Roll?
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Can music save your mortal soul? 
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And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
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Well, I know that you're in love with him 
           Em              D
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
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You both kicked off your shoes man, I dig those rhythm and blues
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I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck 
        Am                  C
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck.
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But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died    I started singin'

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Now for ten years we've been on our own 
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And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone,  but that's not how it used to be 
         G      D            Em
When the jester sang for the King and Queen
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In a coat he borrowed from James Dean 
      Em         A7        D
And a voice that came from you and me
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Oh, and while the King was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown
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The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
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And while Lennon read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park
    G        D     Em               C       D7    G    C
And we sang dirges in the dark, the day the music died.   We were singing

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Helter-Skelter in a summer swelter, 
        C                     Am
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
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Eight miles high and falling fast It landed foul out on the grass
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The players tried for a forward pass 
             Em       A7          D
But the jester's on the sidelines in a cast
        Em                D
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume 
          Em                 D
While the sergeants played a marching tune
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We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance
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'Cause the players tried to take the field 
    Am         C
The marching band refused to yield
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Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died?   We stared singing

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Oh, and there we were all in one place A generation lost in space
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With no time left to start again.  So come on, Jack be nimble
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Jack be quick Jack Flash sat on a candlestick 
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'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend
        Em               D            
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage, 
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My hands were clenched in fists of rage
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No angel born in hell could break that Satan's spell
           G              D     Em
And as the flames climbed high into the night 
   Am             C
To light the sacrificial rite
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I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died    He was singing

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I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news
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But she just smiled and turned away I went down to the sacred store
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Where I'd heard the music years before 
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But the man there said the music wouldn't play
           Em                   D       
And in the streets the children screamed 
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The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
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But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken
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And three men I admire most, the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
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They caught the last train for the coast,
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The day the music died.      And they were singing
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They were singing
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