American Pie                               Tempo: 136 /Toonsoort; Ab
(Madonna)

Spooky soft studio

[Intro:]

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A long, long time ago I can still remember 

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how that music used to make me smile and I knew, if I had my chance 

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that I could make those people dance 

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and maybe they'd be happy for a while. - - - -      - - - - - - - 

[Vers-1:]

- Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above 

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if the bible tells you so?    Now do you believe in rock'n'roll, 

can music save your mortal soul 

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and can you teach me how to dance real slow?        

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Well, I know that you're in love with him, 

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cause I saw you dancin' in the gym, you both kicked off your shoes, 

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man, I dig those rhythm 'n blues. I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck 

with a pink carnation and a pickup truck, 

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but I knew, I was out of luck the day the music died.       

I started singing: 

[Refrain:]

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Bye bye, Miss American Pie,        drove my chevy to the levee, 

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but the levee was dry,        and good ol' boys    

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were drinkin' whiskey and rye,        

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singin': This will be the day that I die.      

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Singin': This will be the day that I die.       

[Interlude:]

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- - - - 

[Vers-2:]

Now for ten years we've been on our own 

and moss grows fat on a rolling stone, 

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but that's not how it used to be    

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when the jester sang for the King and Queen 

in a coat he borrowed from James Dean, 

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and a voice that came from you and me.                  

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Oh, and while the King was looking down, 

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the jester stole his thorny crown,    the courtroom was adjourned, 

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no verdict was returned. And while Lennon read a book of Marx, 

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the quartet practiced in the park and we sang dirges in the dark 

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the day the music died.       We started singing: 

--> Refrain:...

[Solo:]

Ab            Db       Ab            Ebsus4   Ab 
   We started singing,    we started singing,    

           Db       Ab            Ebsus4   Ab            Db       Ab 
we started singing,    we started singing,    we started singing,    

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we started singing,    we started singing,    we started singing: 

--> Refrain:...(2x)

