American Pie by Don McLean
Tabbed by: Brian Jenkins

G (320003@1)     320033
D (xx0232@1)     xx0232
D7 (xx0212@1)    xx0121
Em (022000@1)    022000
Am (x02210@1)    x02210
Am7     x02010

1st Verse:

G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)  EmA (022000@1)long, long time ago, 
Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)             Em (022000@1)                  DI (xx0232@1)can still remember how that music used to make me smile
    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)And I know if I had my chance,
     Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)              Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)         Dthat (xx0232@1)I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while            
    Em (022000@1)     Am (x02210@1)                 Em (022000@1)        AmBut (x02210@1)February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)    Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)                    DBad (xx0232@1)news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
  G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)          DI (xx0232@1)can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride,
G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)        Emsomething (022000@1)touched me deep inside,
    C (x32010@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)  Gthe (320003@1)day the music died

Chorus:

G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      DDrove (xx0232@1)my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)         Dand (xx0232@1)them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Em (022000@1)                        A7 (x02020@1) Em (022000@1)                        D7Singin' (xx0212@1)this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

2nd Verse:

G (320003@1)               Am (x02210@1)    
Did you write the book of love
       C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)       Em (022000@1)         Dand (xx0232@1)do you have faith in god above, if the bible tells you so
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)        EmDo (022000@1)you believe in rock and roll,
    Am7 (x02010@1)           C (x32010@1)                     Em (022000@1)                       A7 (x02020@1) Dcan (xx0232@1)music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow
       Em (022000@1)                D (xx0232@1)                    Em (022000@1)            DWell (xx0232@1)I know that you're in love with him 'cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
    C (x32010@1)                  A7 (x02020@1)         C (x32010@1)                  D7You (xx0212@1)both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues
        G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)                 Am (x02210@1)                 CI (x32010@1)was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck
    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)  G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
but I knew I was out of luck the day the music died

I started singin'

Chorus:

G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      DDrove (xx0232@1)my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)         Dand (xx0232@1)them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Em (022000@1)                        A7 (x02020@1) Em (022000@1)                        D7Singin' (xx0212@1)this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

3rd Verse:

G (320003@1)                  Am (x02210@1)            
Now for ten years we've been on our own,
    C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)          Em (022000@1)                  Dand (xx0232@1)moss grows fat on a rolling stone but that's not how it used to be
         G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)          EmWhen (022000@1)the jester sang for the king and queen 
     Am7 (x02010@1)            C (x32010@1)                  Em (022000@1)                 A7 (x02020@1)    Din (xx0232@1)a coat he borrowed from James Dean in a voice that came from you and me
    Em (022000@1)               D (xx0232@1)               Em (022000@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown
    C (x32010@1)           A7 (x02020@1)       C (x32010@1)            D7The (xx0212@1)courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
          G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)              Am (x02210@1)                     CAnd (x32010@1)while Lenin read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park
    G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)  G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
and we sang dirges in the dark the day the music died

We were singin'

Chorus:

G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      DDrove (xx0232@1)my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)         Dand (xx0232@1)them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Em (022000@1)                        A7 (x02020@1) Em (022000@1)                        D7Singin' (xx0212@1)this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

4th Verse:

G (320003@1)                 AmHelter (x02210@1)skelter in a summer swelter,
C (x32010@1)                       Am (x02210@1)             Em (022000@1)                 Dthe (xx0232@1)birds flew off with a fallout shelter, eight miles high and fallin' fast,
   G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)         Emit (022000@1)landed foul on the grass
    Am7 (x02010@1)               C (x32010@1)           Em (022000@1)                   A7 (x02020@1)           Dthe (xx0232@1)players tried for a forward pass, with the jester on the sidelines in a cast
       Em (022000@1)               D (xx0232@1)                  Em (022000@1)               DNow (xx0232@1)at halftime there was sweet perfume, while sergeants played a marching tune
C (x32010@1)              A7 (x02020@1)       C (x32010@1)              D7We (xx0212@1)all got up to dance, but we never got the chance
           G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)                Am (x02210@1)            C'cause (x32010@1)the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield
   G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)  G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Do you recall what was the feel the day the music died

We started singin'

Chorus:

G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      DDrove (xx0232@1)my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)         Dand (xx0232@1)them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Em (022000@1)                        A7 (x02020@1) Em (022000@1)                        D7Singin' (xx0212@1)this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

5th Verse:

G (320003@1)               AmAnd (x02210@1)there we were all in one place,
  C (x32010@1)        Am (x02210@1)                Em (022000@1)                  Da (xx0232@1)generation lost in space, with no time left to start again
           G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)               CSo (x32010@1)come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick,
       Em (022000@1)                     A7 (x02020@1)   D'cause (xx0232@1)fire is the devil's only friend
    Em (022000@1)             D (xx0232@1)              Em (022000@1)                   DAnd (xx0232@1)as I watched him on the stage, my hands were clenched in fists of rage
   C (x32010@1)           A7 (x02020@1)       C (x32010@1)                D7No (xx0212@1)angel born in Hell could bread that Satan's spell
           G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)            Am (x02210@1)           CAnd (x32010@1)as the flames climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial rite
      G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)  G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died

He was singin'

Chorus:

G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      DDrove (xx0232@1)my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)         Dand (xx0232@1)them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Em (022000@1)                        A7 (x02020@1) Em (022000@1)                        D7Singin' (xx0212@1)this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

6th Verse:

G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)      EmI (022000@1)met a girl who sang the blues
      Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)             Em (022000@1)                        Dand (xx0232@1)I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away
  G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)    EmI (022000@1)went down to the sacred store
          Am (x02210@1)            C (x32010@1)                   Em (022000@1)               Cwhere (x32010@1)I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music
         Dwouldn't (xx0232@1)play
    Em (022000@1)               Am (x02210@1)                   Em (022000@1)                 AmBut (x02210@1)in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
    C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)                   DBut (xx0232@1)not aword (x02210@1)was spoken, the church bells all were broken                       
        G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)   C (x32010@1)          D7And (xx0212@1)the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)        Em (022000@1)              Am7 (x02010@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)  GThey (320003@1)caught the last train for the coast the day the music died,

And they were singin'

Chorus/Outro:

G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      DDrove (xx0232@1)my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)         Dand (xx0232@1)them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        C (x32010@1)              D7 (xx0212@1)       G (320003@1)Singin' this will be the day that I die