American Pie Don Mclean
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A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
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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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Something touched me deep inside The day the music died
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So bye, bye Miss American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
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And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
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Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
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2. Did you write the book of love And do you have faith in God above?
3.Now for ten years we've been on our own And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
4.Helter-Skelter in a summer swelter The byrds flew off with a fallout shelter
5.Oh and there we were all in one place A generation lost in Space
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2.If the Bible tells you so. Do you be-lieve in Rock'n Roll
3.But that's not how it used to be When the jester sang for the King and Queen
4.Eight miles high and falling faast It landed foul out on the grass
5.With no time left to start again So come on Jack be nimble Jack be quick
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2.Can music save your mortal soul? And can you teach me how to dance real slow? 3.In a coat he borrowed from James Dean And a voice that came from you and me 4.The players tried for a forward pass But the jester's on the sidelines in a cast 5.Jack Flash sat on a candle stick ' cause fire is the Devil's only friend
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2.Well I know that you're in love with him 'cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
3.Oh, and while the King was looking down The jester stole his thorny crown
4.Now the half-time air was sweet perfume While sergeants played a marching tune
5.Oh, and as I watched him on the stage My hands were clenched in fists of rage
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2.You both kicked off your shoes Man, I dig those rhythm blues 3.The courtroom was ad - journed No verdict was re – turned
4.We all got up to dance But we never got the chance
5.No angel born in hell Could break that Satan's spell
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2.I was a lonely teenage broncin'buck With a pink carnation and a pickup truck. 3.And while Lennon read a book of Marx The court kept practice in the park 4.'cause the players tried to take the field The marching band refused to yield 5.And as the flames climbed high into the night to light the sacri-fical rite
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2.But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died I started singin' {chorus}
3.And we sang dirges in the dark the day the music died We were singing (chorus)
4.Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died We started singin (chorus)
5.I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died He was singing {chorus}
Last verse slowly (one strum per chord)
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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, but the man there said the music wouldn't play
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But in the streets the children screamed, 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 the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
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They caught the last train for the coast the day the music died,
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And they were singing {chorus} outro upbeat tempo…. They were singing {chorus}
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