Madonna - American pie

^FA long^G, lon^Dm7g time ago, ^DmI can still re^Fmember how that m^Amusic used to make me ^Gsmile And ^FI know that ^Gif I ^Dm7had my chance, That ^DmI could make those ^Fpeople dance and ^Ammaybe they'd be ^Fhappy for a ^Gwhile

^FDid you write the ^Dmbook of love And do ^Fyou have faith in ^Dmgod above, ^Amif the bible ^Gtells you so? ^FNow do you ^Gbelieve in ^Amrock and roll Dm7* F Am G7 G Think that music save your mortal soul if you will teach me how to dance real slow?

Well I ^Amknow that you're in ^Glove with him 'cuz I ^Amsaw you dancin' ^Gin the gym You ^Fboth kicked ^Foff your ^G7shoes, man I ^Fdig those rhythm and ^G7blues I was a ^Flonely ^Gteenage ^Ambroncin' buck with a ^Dmpink carnation and a ^Fpickup truck But ^FI knew ^GI was ^Amout of luck the ^Fday the ^G7music ^Fdie^Fd, ^FI started singin'

^Fbye, ^Fbye Miss ^FAmerican ^GPie Drove my ^FChevy to the ^Flevy but the ^Flevy was ^Gdry And them ^Fgood old ^Fboys were drinkin' ^Fwhiskey and ^Grye Singin' ^Amthis will be the day that I ^G7die, ^Amthis will be the day that I ^G7die

I ^Fmet a ^Ggirl who ^Amsang the blues And I ^Dmasked her for some ^Fhappy news, but ^Amshe just smiled and turned a^Gway Then I ^Fwent down ^Gto the ^Amsacred store (F) (Dm) (F) (F) (Am) Where I'd ^Dmheard the music ^Fyears before, but the ^Amman there said the ^Fmusic wouldn't ^Gplay

Well now ^Amin the streets the ^Dmchildren screamed, the ^Amlovers cry and the ^Dmpoets dream But ^Fnot a ^Fword was ^Dmspoken, the ^Fchurch bells all were ^Gbroken (F) And the ^Fthree men ^GI ad^Ammire most, the ^Dm7Father, ^FSon, and the ^G7Holy Ghost ^FThey caught the ^Glast train ^Amfor the coast the ^Dm7day the ^G7music ^Fdied, ^G7We started singin'

^G7We started singin' ^G7We started singin' ^G7We started singin' ^G7We started singin'