Bye Bye American Pie

by Don McLean

Date Added
8/11/2025
**Chords:**
Verse: G, C, G, D7, G

G                         C           G
A long, long time ago I can still remember
                       D7                 G
How that music used to make me smile
                          C                  G
And I knew if I had my chance
                            D7               G
That I could make those people dance
                            C           G
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
                          C              G
But February made me shiver
                           D7               G
With every paper I'd deliver
                          C               G
Bad news on the doorstep
                             D7                 G
I couldn't take one more step
                          C               G
I can't remember if I cried
                        D7                   G
When I read about his widowed bride
                        C                  G
But something touched me deep inside
                     D7            G
The day the music died

Chorus:
G        C                G
So bye, bye, Miss American Pie
                    D7                  G
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
                     C                G
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye
              D7                G
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
              D7                G
This'll be the day that I die