American Pie Chords by Madonna

[Start]

[Intro]
Ab          Fm   Bbm
A long long time ago
            Db      
I can still remember
         Fm                    Eb   
How that music used to make me smile
      Ab           Eb Fm     Bbm   
And I knew that if I  had my chance
                   Db          
I could make those people dance
Fm                        Db     Ab Eb   
And maybe they'd be happy ■  for a  while


[Verse]
Ab                   Bbm         
■  Did you write the book of love
       Db                Bbm       Fm
And do you have faith in God above ■ 
             Eb          
If the Bible tells you so
       Ab             Fm           
Now do you believe in rock and roll
        Bbm        Db              
And can music save your mortal soul
    Fm              Bb           Eb       
And can it teach me how to dance real slow
       Fm                  Eb           
Well I know that you're in love with him
         Fm              Eb        
'cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
Db                       Bbm  
You both kicked off your shoes
      Db                   Eb   
Man I dig those rhythm and blues
        Ab             Fm           
I was a lonely teenage bronkin' buck
       Bbm                  Db          
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
      Ab        Eb    Fm         
But I knew that I was out of luck
    Db         Eb    Ab   Db
The ■  day the music died ■ 
Ab           Eb     
■  I started singing


[Chorus]
Ab  Db       Ab          
Bye bye Miss American Pie
Eb       Ab           Db  
Drove my Chevy to the levy
Ab               Eb 
But the levy was dry
Ab           Db                 Ab          Eb 
And good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Fm                                     
Singing this will be the day that I die
Bb        Fm                Eb 
This will be the day that I die
Db Cm Eb Db Eb Ab
■  ■  ■  ■  ■  ■ 


[Verse]
                 Bbm           
I met a girl who sang the blues
      Db                    Bbm       
And I ■  asked her for some happy news
Fm7                     Eb         
But she just smiled and turned away
       Ab        Eb     Fm          
Well I went down to the sacred store
        Bbm             Db          
Where I heard the music years before
Fm                     Bb                 Eb  
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
         Fm                 Eb               
Well now in the streets the children screamed
Fm                       Eb           
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
Db        Ab       Bbm   
But not a word was spoken
Db                        Eb    
The church bells all were broken
        Ab          Fm             
And the three men I admire the most
    Bbm                Db        
The father son and the holy ghost
Ab              Eb         Fm           
They caught the last train for the coast
    Db      Eb    Ab   Db
The day the music died ■ 
Ab         Eb     
We started singing


[Chorus]
Ab  Db       Ab          
Bye bye Miss American Pie
Eb       Ab           Db  
Drove my Chevy to the levy
        Ab       Eb 
But the levy was dry
    Ab       Db                 Ab          Eb 
And good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Fm                                  Bb 
Singing this will be the day that I die
Fm                          Eb 
This will be the day that I die


[Inst]
Bbm Eb Eb7 Eb Eb7 Eb
■   ■  ■   ■  ■   ■ 


[Chorus]
Ab  Db       Ab          
Bye bye Miss American Pie
Eb       Ab           Db  
Drove my Chevy to the levy
        Ab       Eb 
But the levy was dry
Ab           Db                 Ab          Eb 
And good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Fm                                  Bb 
Singing this will be the day that I die
Fm                          Eb  Db
This will be the day that I die ■ 
Bbm        Eb      Db
We started singing ■ 
                   Eb
We started singing ■ 
Db            Eb     
■  We started singing
Db            Eb      Bb Eb Bb
■  We started singing ■  ■  ■ 


[Outro]