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Ukulele Chords AMERICAN PIE By DON MCLEAN

Ukulele Chords AMERICAN PIE By DON MCLEAN

  VERSION 1  

Verse 1 :
  Db     Ab    Bbm7
A long, long time ago,
Ebm            Gb                  Bbm                  Ab
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
    Db      Ab    Bbm7
And I know if I had my chance,
     Ebm                 Gb                Bbm              Gb            Ab
That I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while              
    Bbm       Ebm              Bbm                 Ebm
But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver
Gb        Db      Ebm             Gb                     Ab
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
  Db          Ab        Bbm           Ebm7            Ab
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
Db         Ab          Bbm
Something touched me deep inside
    Gb      Ab7      Db  
The day the music died

Chorus :
   Db    Gb        Db        Ab
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
         Db            Gb            Db        Ab
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         Db        Gb                  Db           Ab
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Bbm                          Eb7    Bbm                          Ab7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

Verse 2 :
Db                 Ebm      
Did you write the book of love
       Gb                 Ebm         Bbm           Ab
And do you have faith in god above, if the bible tells you so?
Db      Ab/C        Bbm
Do you believe in rock and roll
    Ebm7            Gb                     Bbm                      Eb7        Ab
Can music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow?
       Bbm                   Ab                     Bbm              Ab
Well I know that you're in love with him  'cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym
    Gb           Db        Eb7           Gb                    Ab7
You both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues
        Db      Ab/C     Bbm                   Ebm                   Gb
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck
    Db     Ab/C    Bbm              Gb       Ab7    Db  Gb  Db
But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died, I started singin'

Chorus :
   Db    Gb        Db        Ab
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
         Db            Gb            Db        Ab
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         Db        Gb                  Db           Ab
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Bbm                          Eb7    Bbm                          Ab7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

Verse 3 :
         Db                   Ebm              
Now for ten years we've been on our own,
      Gb                   Ebm          Bbm                     Ab
and moss grows fat on a rolling stone but that's not how it used to be
          Db     Ab/C            Bbm
When the jester sang for the king and queen
     Ebm7                Gb                   Bbm             Eb7          Ab
in a coat he borrowed from James Dean in a voice that came from you and me
     Bbm                  Ab                Bbm                  Ab
And while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown
     Gb        Db          Eb7    Gb             Ab7
The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
          Db        Ab/C  Bbm             Ebm           Gb
And while Lenin read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park
    Db        Ab/C   Bbm             Gb         Ab7     Db  Gb  Db
And we sang dirges in the dark the day the music died, we were singin'

Chorus :
   Db    Gb        Db        Ab
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
         Db            Gb            Db        Ab
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         Db        Gb                  Db           Ab
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Bbm                          Eb7    Bbm                          Ab7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

Verse 4 :
Db                   Ebm
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
Gb                      Ebm                 Bbm                     Ab
the birds flew off with a fallout shelter, eight miles high and fallin' fast
      Db   Ab/C  Bbm
It landed foul on the grass
      Ebm7                Gb            Bbm                             Eb7     Ab
the players tried for a forward pass, with the jester on the sidelines in a cast
         Bbm                Ab                   Bbm                  Ab
Now at halftime there was sweet perfume, while sergeants played a marching tune
Gb          Db        Eb7      Gb                  Ab7
We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance
          Db      Ab/C      Bbm                 Ebm              Gb
'Cuz the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield
    Db    Ab/C       Bbm              Gb        Ab7       Db  Gb  Db
Do you recall what was the feel the day the music died,    we started singin'

Chorus :
   Db    Gb        Db        Ab
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
         Db            Gb            Db        Ab
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         Db        Gb                  Db           Ab
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Bbm                          Eb7    Bbm                          Ab7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

Verse 5 :
     Db                Ebm
And there we were all in one place,
    Gb        Ebm            Bbm                   Ab
a generation lost in space, with no time left to start again
            Db      Ab/C   Bbm               Ebm7                 Gb
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candle
       Bbm                   Eb7             Ab
stick, 'cuz fire is the devil's only friend
     Bbm               Ab                Bbm                     Ab
And as I watched him on the stage, my hands were clenched in fists of rage
   Gb      Db       Eb7         Gb                  Ab7
No angel born in Hell could bread that Satan's spell
           Db            Ab/C      Bbm             Ebm              Gb
And as the flames climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial rite
       Db   Ab/C           Bbm           Gb      Ab7      Db  Gb  Db
I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died,     he was singin'

Chorus :
   Db    Gb        Db        Ab
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
         Db            Gb            Db        Ab
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         Db        Gb                  Db           Ab
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Bbm                          Eb7    Bbm                          Ab7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die

Verse 6 :
  Db    Ab/C       Bbm
I met a girl who sang the blues
      Ebm                 Gb               Bbm                      Ab
And I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away
  Db       Ab/C      Bbm
I went down to the sacred store   
       Ebm              Gb                     Bbm                 Gb
Where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music
         Ab
wouldn't play
    Bbm                 Ebm                     Bbm                   Ebm
But in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
    Gb     Db        Ebm          Gb                     Ab
But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken                                     
        Db       Ab/C   Bbm            Ebm7     Gb             Ab7
And the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
Db             Ab/C          Bbm               Ebm7     Ab7    Db
They caught the last train for the coast the day the music died,
 
And they were singin'

Chorus :
   Db    Gb        Db        Ab
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
         Db            Gb            Db        Ab
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         Db        Gb                  Db           Ab
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Bbm                          Eb7    Bbm                          Ab7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
   Db    Gb        Db        Ab
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
         Db            Gb            Db        Ab
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
         Db        Gb                  Db           Ab
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
        Gb                Ab7         Db   Gb   Db
Singin' this will be the day that I die"
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