X-Git-Url: https://defaria.com/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Andrew%2FTo%20Be%20Worked%20On%2FAmerican%20Pie.pro;fp=Andrew%2FTo%20Be%20Worked%20On%2FAmerican%20Pie.pro;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=b66990e2c6a579429e165707664031315a512eac;hp=af6d31aa077fd7a596b5b03d33d739044a01cefe;hpb=4401fc3eeeb93cece6c77cc92a485e9045c4e008;p=songbook.git diff --git a/Andrew/To Be Worked On/American Pie.pro b/Andrew/To Be Worked On/American Pie.pro deleted file mode 100644 index af6d31a..0000000 --- a/Andrew/To Be Worked On/American Pie.pro +++ /dev/null @@ -1,118 +0,0 @@ -{title:American Pie} -{subtitle:Don McLean} -{Key: G} - -A [G]long, [D]long [Em7]time ago -[Am]I can still re[C]member -How that m[Em]usic used to make me [D]smile -And [G]I know [D]if I [Em7]had my chance -That [Am]I could make those [C]people dance -And [Em]maybe they'd be [C]happy for a [D]while -[Em]February [Am]made me shiver -With [Em]every paper [Am]I'd deliver -[C]Bad news [G]on the [Am]doorstep -I [C]couldn't take one more [D]step -I [G]can't remem[D]ber if I [Em]cried -When I [Am7]read about his [D]widowed bride -[G]Something [D]touched me [Em]deep inside -The [C]day the [D7]music [G]died[C] [G] - - -{c:Chorus} - -So [G]bye, [C]bye Miss [G]American [D]Pie -Drove my [G]Chevy to the [C]levy but the [G]levy was [D]dry -And them [G]good old [C]boys were drinkin' [G]whiskey and [D]rye -Singin' [Em]this will be the day that I [A7]die -[Em]This will be the day that I [D7]die - - -[G]Did you write the [Am]book of love -And do [C]you have faith in [Am]god above -[Em]if the bible [D]tells you so? -[G]Do you [D]believe in [Em]rock and roll -Can [Am7]music save your[C] mortal soul -And can y[Em]ou teach me how to dance[A7] real slow[D]? - -Well I [Em]know that you're in [D]love with him -'Cuz I [Em]saw you dancin' [D]in the gym -You [C]both kicked [G]off your [A7]shoes -Man I [C]dig those rhythm and [D7]blues -I was a [G]lonely [D]teenage [Em]broncin' buck -With a [Am]pink carnation and a [C]pickup truck -But [G]I knew [D]I was [Em]out of luck the [C]day -The [D7]music [G]die[C]d, [G]I started singin' - -{c:Chorus} - -Now for ten years we've been on our own, -And moss grows fat on a rolling stone -But that's not how it used to be -When the jester sang for the king and queen -In a coat he borrowed from James Dean -In a voice that came from you and me -And while the king was looking down -The jester stole his thorny crown -The courtroom was adjourned -No verdict was returned -And while Lenin read a book on Marx -The quartet practiced in the park -And we sang dirges in the dark -The day the music died, we were singin' - -{c:Chorus} - -Helter skelter in a summer swelter -The birds flew off with a fallout shelter -Eight miles high and fallin' fast -It landed foul on the grass -The players tried for a forward pass -With the jester on the sidelines in a cast -Now at halftime there was sweet perfume -While sergeants played a marching tune -We all got up to dance -But we never got the chance -Cause the players tried to take the field -The marching band refused to yield -Do you recall what was the feel -The day the music died, we started singin' - -{c:Chorus} - -And there we were all in one place, -A generation lost in space -With no time left to start again -So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick -Jack Flash sat on a candlestick -'Cuz fire is the devil's only friend -And as I watched him on the stage -My hands were clenched in fists of rage -No angel born in Hell -Could bread that Satan's spell -And as the flames climbed high into the night -To light the sacrificial rite -I saw Satan laughing with delight -The day the music died, he was singing - -I met a girl who sang the blues -And I asked her for some happy news -But she just smiled and turned away -I went down to the sacred store -Where I'd heard the music years before -but the man there -Said the music wouldn't play -But in the streets the children screamed -The lovers cried and the poets dreamed -But not a word was spoken -The church bells all were broken -And the three men I admire most -The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost -They caught the last train for the coast -The day the music died, And they were singing - -{c:Chorus} - -So bye, bye Miss American Pi -Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry -And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye -Singin' this will be the day that I die. \ No newline at end of file