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American Pie - Madonna

[Verse 1]
G     D      Em7
A long, long time ago, 
Am          C                 Em            D
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
    G           D    Em7
And I know that if I had my chance,
     Am                 C                Em              C           D
That I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
 
[Verse 2]
G                 Am
Did you write the book of love
       C                 Am         Em           D
And do you have faith in god above, if the bible tells you so?
G          D          Em
Now do you believe in rock and roll
           Am7             C              Em                A7                D
Think that music save your mortal soul if you will teach me how to dance real slow?
 
[Verse 3]
       Em                  D                     Em              D
Well I know that you're in love with him  'cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym
    C           G        A7           C                    D7
You both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues
        G      D       Em                   Am                   C
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck
    G      D     Em              C       D7    G  C  G
But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died, I started singin'
 
[Chorus]
G    C        G        D
bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G            C            G        D
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         G        C                  G           D
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Em                          A7   Em                          D7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

[Verse 4]
  G     D        Em
I met a girl who sang the blues
      Am                 C               Em                          D
And I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away
       G         D      Em
Then I went down to the sacred store
          Am              C                     Em                 C
Where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music
         D
wouldn't play
 
[Verse 5]
         Em                 Am                     Em                 Am
Well now in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cry and the poets dream
    C     G        A7          C                     D7
But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken                                  
        G         D   Em             Am                   C
And the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
G               D          Em                C       D7    G  C  G
They caught the last train for the coast the day the music died, I started singin'

[Chorus x3]
G    C        G        D
bye, bye Miss American Pie
         G            C            G        D
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         G        C                  G           D
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Em                          A7   Em                          D7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

Em                          A7   Em               C          G
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

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