Madonna - American Pie

^G Bey ^C Bey miss ^G american ^D pie drove my ^G Chevy to the ^C levee but the ^G levee was dry ^D

and ^G good old boys ^C were drinkin' ^G whiskey and ^D rye - Singin' ^E this'll be the day that I ^A7 die

^E This'll be the day that I ^D7 die

^G Did you write the ^A book of love and do you ^C have faith in ^A good above?

^E If the bible tells you ^D so? Now do ^G you ^D believe in ^E rock and roll

can ^A music save your ^C mortal soul and ^E can you teach me ^A7 how to dance ^D real slow?

Well I ^E know that you're in ^D7 love with him 'cause I ^E saw you dancin' ^D7 in the gym

You ^C both kicked ^G off your shoes ^A7 men I ^C digged those rythm and blues ^D

I was a ^G lonely ^D teenage ^E broncin' buck with a ^A pink carnation and a ^C pick-up-truck

But ^G I knew ^D I was out ^E of luck the day ^C the ^D7 music died ^G, ^C, ^G

^D I started singin'

Refrain: ^G Bey ^C Bey miss ^G american ^D pie ....

^G Now for ten years we've ^A been on our own and ^C moss grows fat on a ^A rollin'stone

^E But that's not how it ^D used to be when the ^G jester ^D sang for the ^E king and queen

In ^A a coat he borrowed ^C from James Dean and a ^E voice that came from ^A7 you to me ^D

Oh and ^E while the king was ^D7 lookin' down the ^E jester stole his ^D7 thorny crown

The ^C courtroom ^G was adjourned, ^A7 no ^C verdict was ^D returned

And ^G while ^D Lennin read a ^E book of Marx the ^A quartet practiced ^C in the park

And ^G we sang ^D dirges in the ^E dark the day ^C , the ^D7 music ^G died

^D We were singin'

^G Bey ^C Bey miss ^G american ^D pie ......

^G Helter - skelter in the ^A summer swelter the ^C birds flew off with a fallout ^A shelter

^E Eightmiles high and ^D fallin' fast ^D it ^G landet ^D foul ^E on the grass

The ^A players tried for a ^C forward pass ^E with the jester on the ^A7 sidelines in a ^D cast

Now the ^E half-time air was ^D7 sweet perfume while the ^E sergants played a ^D7 marching tune We ^C all ^G got up to ^A7 dance but we ^C never got the ^D chance

'cause the ^G players ^D tried to ^E take the field the ^A marching band ^C refused to yield

^G do you ^D recall what ^E was revealed the ^C day the ^D7 music ^G died

^D we started singin'

^G Bey ^C Bey miss ^G american ^D pie .......

^G I met a girl who ^A sang the blues and I ^C asked her for some ^A happy news

^E But she just smiled and ^D turned away ^D I ^G went ^D down to the ^E sacred store

Where ^A I heard the music ^C years before ^E but the man there said the ^A7 music wouldn't ^D play

In the ^E streets the ^D7 children screamed the ^E lovers cried and the ^D7 poets dreamed

But ^C not a ^G word was ^A7 spoken the ^C church bells all were ^D broken

And the ^G three men ^D I admire ^E most the ^A father, son and the ^C holy ghost

They ^G caught the ^D last train ^E for the coast the ^C day the ^D7 music ^G died

And they were ^D singin'

//: ^G Bey ^C Bey miss ^G american ^D pie ..... :// ^G