Verse
C# G#/C A#m7
D# long, long time ago
D#m F# A#m G#
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
C# G#/C A#m7
And I knew if I had my chance
D#m F# A#m F# G#
That I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
A#m D#m A#m D#m
But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver
F# C#/F D#m F# G#
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
C# G#/C A#m D#m7 G#
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
C# G#/C A#m
Something touched me deep inside
F# G#7 C#
The day the music died
[Chorus]
C# F# C# G#
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
C# F# C# G#
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
C# F# C# G#
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7* Em* G#7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
[Verse 2]
C# D#m
Did you write the book of love
F# D#m A#m G#
And do you have faith in God above, if the bible tells you so?
C# G#/C A#m
Do you believe in rock and roll
D#m7 F# A#m D#7 G#
Can music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Em* D* Em* D*
Well I know that you're in love with him 'cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym
F# C#/F D#m F# G#7
You both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues
C# G#/C A#m D#m F#
I was a lonely teenage bronckin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck
C# G#/C A#m F# G#7 C# F# C# G#
But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died, I started singin'
[Chorus]
C# F# C# G#
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
C# F# C# G#
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
C# F# C# G#
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7* Em* G#7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
[Verse 3]
C# D#m
Now for ten years we've been on our own
F# D#m A#m G#
and moss grows fat on a rolling stone but that's not how it used to be
C# G#/C A#m
When the jester sang for the king and queen
D#m7 F# A#m D#7 G#
in a coat he borrowed from James Dean in a voice that came from you and me
Em* D* Em* D*
Oh, and while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown
F# C#/F D#7 F# G#7
The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
C# G#/C A#m D#m F#
And while Lennin read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park
C# G#/C A#m F# G#7 C# F# C# G#
And we sang dirges in the dark the day the music died, we were singin'
[Chorus]
C# F# C# G#
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
C# F# C# G#
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
C# F# C# G#
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7* Em* G#7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
[Verse 4]
C# D#m
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
F# D#m A#m G#
the birds flew off with a fallout shelter, eight miles high and fallin' fast
C# G#/C A#m
It landed foul on the grass
D#m7 F# A#m D#7 G#
the players tried for a forward pass, with the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Em* D* Em* D*
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume, while sergeants played a marching tune
F# C#/F D#7 F# G#7
We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance
C# G#/C A#m D#m F#m
'Cuz the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield
C# G#/C A#m F# G#7 C# F# C# G#
Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died, we started singin'
[Chorus]
C# F# C# G#
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
C# F# C# G#
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
C# F# C# G#
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7* Em* G#7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
[Verse 5]
C# D#m
And there we were all in one place
F# D#m A#m G#
a generation lost in space, with no time left to start again
C# G#/C A#m D#m7 F#
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candle
A#m D#7 G#
stick, 'cuz fire is the devil's only friend
Em* D* Em* D*
And as I watched him on the stage, my hands were clenched in fists of rage
F# C#/F D#7 F# G#7
No angel born in Hell could break that Satan's spell
C# G#/C A#m D#m F#
And as the flames climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial rite
C# G#/C A#m F# G#7 C# F# C# G#
I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died, he was singin'
[Chorus]
C# F# C# G#
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
C# F# C# G#
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
C# F# C# G#
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7* Em* G#7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
[Verse 6]
C# G#/C A#m
I met a girl who sang the blues
D#m F# A#m G#
And I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away
C# G#/C A#m
I went down to the sacred store
D#m F# A#m F#
Where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music
G#
wouldn't play
Em* Am* Em* Am*
But in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
F# C#/F D#m F# G#
But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken
C# G#/C A#m D#m7 F# G#7
And the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
C# G#/C A#m F# G#7 C#
They caught the last train for the coast the day the music died,
N.C.
And they were singin'
[Chorus]
C# F# C# G#
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
C# F# C# G#
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
C# F# C# G#
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em* A7* Em* G#7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
C# F# C# G#
They were singin' bye, bye Miss American Pie
C# F# C# G#
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
C# F# C# G#
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
F# G#7 C# F# C#
Singin' this will be the day that I die
- 1. Chord Gitar Don McLean - American Pie Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Don McLean - American Pie Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan