American Pie Chords & Lyrics - Madonna

[G] , [C] , [G] , [D] , [G] , [C] , [G] , [D]

[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]