American Pie Chords by Madonna

[Start]

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


[Inst]
Ebsus4 F7 Fm7 Fm Fm7 Fm
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[Verse]
                  F7          
Did you write the book of love
                         Fm       
And do you have faith in God above
             Eb          
If the bible tells you so
       Fm                          
Now do you believe in rock and roll
        Fm                         
And can music save your mortal soul
    Fm                                     
And can you teach me how to dance real slow
                 F7                     
Well I know that you're in love with him
                         Eb Fm     
'cause I saw you dancing in the gym
Eb                            
You both kicked off your shoes
      Eb                         
Man I dig those rhythms and blues


[Chorus]
      Fm                            
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
       Fm                               
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
           F7                    
But I knew that I was out of luck
    Ab      Bb Db    Eb Ab   Eb
The day the ■  music ■  died ■ 
  Eb             
I started singing
Ab                       
Bye bye Miss American Pie
         Ab                                      
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
    Ab                                         
And good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Fm                                  Eb 
Singing this will be the day that I die
Fm                          Eb 
This will be the day that I die
Fm F7 Fm Fm7
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[Verse]
Fm                             
I met a girl who sang the blues
      F7                               Fm
And I ■  asked her for some happy news ■ 
                           Eb  
She just smiled and turned away
       Fm                           
Well I went down to the sacred store
                          Fm          
Where I'd heard the music years before
                                          Eb  
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
         Eb                                  
Well now in the streets the children screamed
                         Fm           
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
Eb                       
But not a word was spoken
    Eb                          
The church bells all were broken
        F7          Fm             
And the three men I admire the most
           F7          Fm7       
The father son and the holy ghost
F7                         Ab           
They caught the last train for the coast
    Bb      Db    Ab     
The day the music ■  died
Eb                
We started singing


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


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


[End]
Eb                             
This will be the day that I die