AMERICAN PIE - G - Don McLean - Kar
[00:00.15] A long long time ago
[00:03.40] I can still remember how
[00:06.65] That music used to make me smile
[00:11.90] And I knew if I had my chance
[00:14.90] That I could make those people dance
[00:18.15] And maybe they'd be happy for a while
[00:25.90] But February made me shiver
[00:28.65] With every paper I'd deliver
[00:31.90] Bad news on the doorstep
[00:35.65] I couldn't take one more step
[00:39.65] I can't remember if I cried
[00:42.65] When I read about his widowed bride
[00:46.65] Something touched me deep inside
[00:50.65] The day the music died
[01:00.90] So bye, bye Miss American Pie
[01:06.40] Drove my Chevy to the levee
[01:08.90] But the levee was dry
[01:11.65] And them good ole boys
[01:13.40] Were drinking whiskey and rye
[01:16.15] Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[01:21.65] This'll be the day that I die
[01:27.65] Did you write the book of love
[01:30.40] And do you have faith in God above
[01:34.40] If the Bible tells you so?
[01:39.15] Do you believe in rock and roll
[01:42.15] Can music save your mortal soul
[01:45.65] And can you teach me
[01:47.40] How to dance real slow
[01:52.40] Well, I know that you're in love with him
[01:55.90] 'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
[01:59.65] You both kicked off your shoes
[02:02.40] Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
[02:06.15] I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
[02:09.65] With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
[02:13.15] But I knew I was out of luck
[02:16.40] The day the music died
[02:22.15] I started singin'
[02:23.90] Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[02:26.40] Drove my Chevy to the levee
[02:28.40] But the levee was dry
[02:30.40] And them good ole boys
[02:31.65] Were drinking whiskey and rye
[02:33.40] Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[02:37.40] This'll be the day that I die
[02:41.90] Now, for ten years
[02:43.65] We've been on our own
[02:45.40] And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
[02:48.65] But that's not how it used to be
[02:53.65] When the jester sang for the king and queen
[02:57.40] In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
[03:00.90] And a voice that came from you and me
[03:07.15] Oh and while the king was looking down
[03:11.15] The jester stole his thorny crown
[03:14.40] The courtroom was adjourned
[03:17.90] No verdict was returned
[03:20.90] And while Lennon read a book on Marx
[03:24.65] The quartet practiced in the park
[03:28.15] And we sang dirges in the dark
[03:31.15] The day the music died
[03:37.15] We were singin'
[03:38.65] Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[03:41.40] Drove my Chevy to the levee
[03:43.40] But the levee was dry
[03:45.15] Them good ole boys
[03:46.40] Were drinking whiskey and rye
[03:48.40] And singin' this'll be the day that I die
[03:52.40] This'll be the day that I die
[03:57.40] Helter skelter in a summer swelter
[04:00.40] The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
[04:04.15] Eight miles high and falling fast
[04:09.65] It landed foul on the grass
[04:12.40] The players tried for a forward pass
[04:15.65] With the jester
[04:17.40] On the sidelines in a cast
[04:22.40] Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
[04:25.90] While sergeants played a marching tune
[04:29.65] We all got up to dance
[04:32.40] Oh, but we never got the chance
[04:35.90] 'Cause the players tried to take the field
[04:39.65] The marching band refused to yield
[04:42.90] Do you recall what was revealed
[04:46.40] The day the music died
[04:52.15] We started singin'
[04:53.40] Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[04:56.40] Drove my Chevy to the levee
[04:58.15] But the levee was dry
[05:00.15] Them good ole boys
[05:01.40] Were drinking whiskey and rye
[05:03.40] And singin' this'll be the day that I die
[05:07.15] This'll be the day that I die
[05:11.90] Oh, and there we were all in one place
[05:15.40] A generation lost in space
[05:18.90] With no time left to start again
[05:23.65] So come on Jack be nimble
[05:25.90] Jack be quick
[05:27.65] Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
[05:30.40] 'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
[05:37.40] Oh and as I watched him on the stage
[05:40.65] My hands were clenched in fists of rage
[05:44.40] No angel born in Hell
[05:47.65] Could break that Satan's spell
[05:50.90] And as the flames climbed high into the night
[05:54.40] To light the sacrificial rite
[05:57.65] I saw Satan laughing with delight
[06:01.15] The day the music died
[06:06.90] He was singin'
[06:07.66] Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[06:10.66] Drove my Chevy to the levee
[06:12.66] But the levee was dry
[06:14.41] Them good ole boys
[06:15.74] Were drinking whiskey and rye
[06:17.74] Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[06:21.49] This'll be the day that I die
[06:28.24] I met a girl who sang the blues
[06:31.49] And I asked her for some happy news
[06:35.99] But she just smiled and turned away
[06:41.24] I went down to the sacred store
[06:44.74] Where I'd heard the music years before
[06:49.24] But the man there
[06:51.24] Said the music
[06:52.74] Wouldn't play
[06:56.74] And in the streets the children screamed
[07:00.74] The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
[07:04.99] But not a word was spoken
[07:08.99] The church bells all were broken
[07:13.99] And the three men I admire most
[07:17.74] The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
[07:21.49] They caught the last train for the coast
[07:25.24] The day the music died
[07:34.99] And they were singing
[07:37.24] Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[07:41.24] Drove my Chevy to the levee
[07:43.99] But the levee was dry
[07:46.74] And them good ole boys
[07:48.74] Were drinking whiskey and rye
[07:51.74] Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[07:57.24] This'll be the day that I die
[08:02.49] They were singing
[08:04.49] Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[08:08.24] Drove my Chevy to the levee
[08:10.99] But the levee was dry
[08:13.74] Them good ole boys
[08:15.74] Were drinking whiskey and rye
[08:18.24] Singin' this'll be the day that I die
