American Pie Akor - Madonna

  G      D/F#  Em7
A longg, longg time ago,
Am            C                Em           D
I can still remember how that music used to make me smilee
    G      D/F# Em7
And I knew if I had my chance,
Am                 C                Em              C           D
I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while

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G                   Am                  C                 Am
Didd youu write the book of love and do you have faith in God above
Em           D              Dsus4 D  Dsus2 D
If the Bible tells you soooo
G            D/F#     Em7
Now do you believe in rock and roll
        Am7               C
and can music  save your  mortal soul and
Em                Am7           D         Dsus4   D
Can you teach me  how to dance  reall slowwwwww
Em                          D
Well, I know that you're in love with him,
        Em              D
Cause I saw you dancing in the gym,
    C           G           Am7
You both kicked off your shoes,
      C                    D7
Man I dig those rhythm and bluesss.
        G      D/F#    Em7
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a
Am                    C
Pink carnation and a pick up truck,
       G         D/F#    Em7               C         D7       G     C    G
But I  knew that III was outt of luck  the dayy, the muuusic, diedd.
            D7
I started singing,

G       C           G        D
Byeee   Byeee, Miss American Pie,
         G            C             G         D
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
     G         C                  G           D
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em                        A7     Em                            D
This'll be the day that I dieeee, This'll be the day that I dieeee.

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G                 Am                    C                  Am
 I met a girl who sang the blues and I  asked her for some happy newsss,
    Em                  D            Dsus4 D  Dsus2 D
But she just smiled and turned awayyy
       G         D/F#    Em
Well I went down to the sacred store
          Am7              C                     Em         Am7
Where I'd heard the music  years before, but the man there  said the music
         D     Dsus4   D
wouldn't playyyy
         Em                 D
Well now in the streets the children screamed,
Em                       D
the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
    C     G        Am            C                     D
But not a word was spokennn, the church bells all were brokennnnn
        G         D/F#  Em             Am7                      C
And the three men III admire the most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
G               D/F#        Em7                 C          D7        G     C    G
They caught the lastt train for the coastt  the dayyy, the muuuusic, dieddd.
                D7
They started singing,

G       C           G        D
Byeee   Byeee, Miss American Pie,
         G            C             G         D
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
     G         C                  G           D
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em                        A7     Em                          D
This'll be the day that I dieeee, This'll be the day that I diee.

G       C           G        D
Byeee   Byeee, Miss American Pie,
         G            C             G         D
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,
     G         C                  G           D
Them good ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, singin'
Em                        A7     Em                           D
This'll be the day that I dieeee, This'll be the day that I diee.
D    D/C  D/B
             We started singingggg
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             We started singingggg