{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":47431,"song":"American Pie","artist":"Garth Brooks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/47431-american-pie-chords-by-garth-brooks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/47431?type=chord","rating":4.80834,"votes":157,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nA long, long time ago,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can still remember how that music used to make me smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd I know if I had my chance,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSomething touched me deep inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe day the music died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe were singin' bye, bye Miss American Pie[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSingin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDid you write the book of love[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDo you believe in rock and roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCan music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I know that you're in love with him 'cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I knew I was out of luck the day the music died,  and we were singin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBye, bye Miss American Pie[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSingin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI met a girl who sang the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI went down to the sacred store[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwouldn't play[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets dreamed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey caught the last train for the coast the day the music died[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe were singin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBye, bye Miss American Pie[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSingin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die[/tab]\r\n\r\nand he was singin'\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBye, bye Miss American Pie[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthem good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSingin' this will be the day that I die[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nand he was 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