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American Pie
Madonna

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Long, long time ago I can still remember
    Em                         D
how that music used to make me smile.
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And I knew if I had my chance,
Am                        C
I could make those people dance
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and maybe they'd be happy for a while.

Em

Did you write the book of love

and do you have faith in God above?
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If the Bible tells you so.
    Em
Now do you believe in Rock and Roll,

and can music save your mortal soul
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and can you teach me how to dance real slow?
        Em
Well, I know that you're in love with him

'cause I saw you dancin' in the gym.
    D
You both kicked off your shoes,

man I dig those Rhythm and Blues.
        Em
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck

with a pink carnation and a pick-up truck.

But I knew that I was out of luck
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the day the music died.
D7
I started singin'
G    C         G            C
bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
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Drove my Chevy to the levee,
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but the levee was dry.
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Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye,
        Em                          D
singin' this will be the day that I die,
Em                          D
this will be the day that I die.

Em

I met a girl who sang the Blues

and I asked her for some happy news,
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she just smiled and turned away.
       Em
I went down to the sacred store

where I heard the music years before.
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but the men there said the music wouldn't play.
       Em           
Now 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 are well broken.
        Em
And the three men I admire the most,

the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost,

they caught the last train for the coast
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the day the music died.
D7
We started singin'
G    C           G          C
bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
         G            C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
        G         C
but the levee was dry.
     G        C                  G           C
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye,
        Em                          D
singin' this will be the day that I die,
Em                          D
this will be the day that I die.

We started, we started singin¥
G    C           G      C
bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
         G            C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
        G         C
but the levee was dry.
     G        C                  G           C
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye,
        Em                          D
singin' this will be the day that I die,
Em                          D
this will be the day that I die.
G    C           G      C
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
         G            C
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
        G         C
but the levee was dry.
     G        C                  G           C
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye,
        Em                          D
singin' this will be the day that I die,
Em                          D
this will be the day that I die.