Recorded by DON McLEAN on UNITED ARTISTS Records

AMERICAN PIE
Words and Music by
DON McLEAN
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A long, long time a - go I can still re-mem-ber how that mu -sic used to make me smile

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And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those peo - ple dance and

         
     
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may - be they’d be hap - py for a while.



But Feb-ru - ar - y made me shiv-er

     
 




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 1971 SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC. and BENNY BIRD MUSIC
All Rights for BENNY BIRD MUSIC Administered by SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC.
All Rights Reserved
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Some-thing touched me deep in - side the day the mu - sic

died.


            
      


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mf So bye - bye, Miss A - mer - i - can Pie Drove my Chev-y to the 1ev - ee but the

         
             

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1ev - ee was dry. Them good ole boys were drink-in’ whis-key and rye Sing - in’

     
            
     
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this - ’ll be the day that I
 
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die. *1. Did you write the book of love and do you

 
              
      

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have faith in God a - bove? if the Bi - ble tells you so

      
           
 

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Now do you be - lieve in rock and roll. Can mu -sic save your

     
          
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mor -tal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow?

 
       

     

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Well, I
 
know that you’re in
 
love with him ’cause I saw you danc - in’

 
              
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in the gym, You both kicked off your shoes. Man, I

 
        

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 dig those rhy - thm and blues.

I was a lone

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bronc - in’ buck with a pink

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I knew I was out of luck the day the mu -


        
  
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Chev - y to the 1ev - ee but the 1ev - ee was dry. Them

     
         

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good ole boys were drink - in’ whis - key and rye Sing - in’

     
       
  
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this -’ll be the day that I
 
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I asked her for some hap - py news, But she just smiled and turned a - way.

   
   
 

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I went down to the sa - cred store where I

    
   

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heard the mu - sic years be - fore But the man there said the mu - sic would-n’t

    

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play. And in the streets the chil - dren screamed, the

         

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church bells all were bro - ken. And the three men I ad - mire most, the

         

  

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 Fa - ther, Son and

the Ho - ly Ghost, They

caught the

last train for the coast

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This - ’ll be the day that I die.

  
       

2. Now for ten years we’ve been on our own, and moss grows fat on a rollin’ 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 and a voice that came from you and me
Oh and while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
And while Lennin 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’... bye- bye... etc.
3. Helter- skelter in the 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 the half - time air was sweet perfume while the 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 revealed
The day the music died
We started singin’... bye- bye... etc.
4. 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
`Cause 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 break 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 singin’... bye- bye... etc.

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Ipanema Lyrics
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, each one she passes goes - ah

When she walks, she’s like a samba

That swings so cool and sways so gentle
That when she passes, each one she passes goes - ooh

(ooh) but I watch her so sadly

How can I tell her I love her
Yes I would give my heart gladly
But each day, when she walks to the sea
She looks straight ahead, not at me

Tall, (and) tan, (and) young, (and) lovely

The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, I smile - but she doesn’t see (doesn’t see)
(she just doesn’t see, she never sees me,...)
Georgia Lyrics
Georgia, Georgia,
The whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

I'm say Georgia

Georgia
A song of you
Comes as sweet and clear
As moonlight through the pines

Other arms reach out to me

Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you

I said Georgia,
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

Other arms reach out to me

Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you

Georgia,
Georgia,
No peace, no peace I find
Just this old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

I said just an old sweet song,

Keeps Georgia on my mind
In a Sentimental Mood Lyrics
In a sentimental mood
I can see the stars come through my room
While your loving attitude
Is like a flame that lights the gloom
On the wings of every kiss
Drifts a melody so strange and sweet
In this sentimental bliss
You make my paradise complete
Rose petals seem to fall
It's all I could dream to call you mine
My heart's a lighter thing
Since you made this night a thing divine
In a sentimental mood
I'm within a world so heavenly
For I never dreamt that you'd be loving sentimental me
I Remember Clifford Lyrics
I know he'll never be forgotten
He was a king uncrowned
I know I'll always remember

The warmth of his sound

Lingering long I'm sure he's still around
For those who heard they respect him yet
So those who hear won't forget
The sound of each phrase
Echoing time uncoantable by days
The things he played are with us now
And they'll endure should time allow
Oh yes I remember Clifford
I seem to always fed him near somehow
Every day I hear his lovely tone
In every trumpet sound that has a beauty all its own
So how can we say something so real has really gone away?
I hear him now, I always will
Believe me I remember Clifford still.
Isn’t it Romantic Lyrics
Isn't it romantic?
Music in the night, a dream that can be heard.
Isn't it romantic?
Moving shadows write the oldest magic word.
I hear the breezes playing in the trees above
While all the world is saying you were meant for love.
Isn't it romantic
Merely to be young on such a night as this?
Isn't it romantic?
Every note that's sung is like a lover's kiss.
Sweet symbols in the moonlight,
Do you mean that I will fall in love perchance?
Isn't it romance?

(instrumental)

Sweet symbols in the moonlight,

Do you mean that I will fall in love perchance?
Isn't it romantic?
Isn't it romance?
I’ve Got Rhythm Lyrics
I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?
I've got daisies in green pastures
I've got my man
Who could ask for anything more?

Old man trouble I don't mind him

You won't find him 'round my door
I've got starlight
I've got sweet dreams
I've got my man
Who could ask for anything more?

Old man trouble, I don't mind him

You won't find him 'round my door
I've got starlight
I've got sweet dreams
I've got my man
Who could ask for anything more?

Oh, I've got rhythm

I've got music
I've got daisies in green pastures
I've got starlight
I've got sweet dreams
I've got my man
Who could ask for anything more?

I've got rhythm, I've got rhythm

 Lyin Eyes
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My Funny Valentine Lyrics

My funny valentine
Sweet comic valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable
Un photographable
Yet you’re my favorite work of art

Is your figure less than Greek

Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?

But don’t change a hair for me

Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine stay
Each day is valentine’s day

Is your figure less than Greek

Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?

But don’t you change one hair for me

Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine stay
Each day is valentine’s day
A Night in Tunisia Lyrics

The moon is the same moon above you

Aglow with its cool evening light
But shining at night, in Tunisia
Never does it shine so bright

The stars are aglow in the heavens

But only the wise understand
That shining at night in Tunisia
They guide you through the desert sand

Words fail, to tell a tale

Too exotic to be told
Each nights a deeper night
In a world, ages old

The cares of the day seem to vanish

The ending of day brings release
Each wonderful night in Tunisia
Where the nights are filled with peace

(bridge)
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{repeat all twice}

(scat)
Each wonderful night in Tunisia
 Stand Up Keb Mo
Shuffle Bass and Kit
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Get with me baby I'm on your side

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ba by I'm on your side.

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Talk to me baby Solo Section Now I don't wanna own you
I´ll be your sugar daddy
I'm on your side Like a private property
A A
Talk with me baby Come on baby
Just call on me
I'm on your side Just be nice to me
C
I don't wanna argue C Get with me baby
I´ll be your vigilante
Sure don't wanna fight I'm on your side
D
Just tell me what's wrong Get with me baby
If that's what you need baby
And let me make it alright I'm on your side
D
Get with me baby What I need to be girl
I'm on your side (Last Four bars)
Get with me baby
I'm on your side
Get with me baby
I'm on your side
She Just Wants to
Dance
Take Five Lyrics
Won't you stop and take
A little time out with me
Just take five
Stop your busy day
And take the time out
To see if I'm alive

Though I'm going out of my way

Just so I can pass by each day
Not a single word do we say
It's a pantomime and not a play

Still, I know our eyes often meet

I feel tingles down to my feet
When you smile, that's much too discreet
Sends me on my way

Wouldn't it be better
Not to be so polite
You could offer a light
Start a little conversation now
It's alright, just take five
Just take five

(Repeat all from 2nd verse on)

Keb Mo 
Tell Everybody I know  
Key: A Major Blues 
Feel: Bouncy Reggae feel with a swing 
• Picked guitar 
• Synth on Pan pipes & Jazz organ 
Tempo is medium about 100 
 
Guitar Introduction  (Starts on f# ‐ 1+2+ Swing)  
Drum fill  
   
|A***|A***|D***|A***|E*D*|A***| 
lt`s no secret, l don`t care
Gonna shout it out everywhere
Well, l love my baby,
hot, cold, fast, or slow
l love my baby, gonna tell everybody l know
 
|A***|A***|D***|A***|E*D*|A***| E*D*|A***| 
ln the evening in my bed l hear voices in my head
They say, Never, never, ever let her go
l love my baby,gonna tell everybody l know
l love my baby,gonna tell everybody l know
 
Verse: 
|E *  D *|A***| 
Other women,
they don`t mean a thing to me
|E*D*| E***| (Hit: 1 a &)
Yeah, you can pick them all up,
drop them all in the sea 
 
|A***|A***|D***|A***|E*D*|A***| E*D*|A***| 
`Cause if l got no money, she don`t care
She`ll open up her pocketbook
and pay my fare
l know she loves me,
up, down, high, and low
l love my baby,
gonna tell everybody l know
Love my baby,
gonna tell everybody l know (Second Time Jump down to Vamp)

Solo Section:
|A***|A***|D***|A***|E*D*|A***|   
|A***|A***|D***|A***|E*D*|A***|    (After solos go back up to Verse) 
 
 “A Major”  Vamp Section 
Oh, she`s a sweet thing
Fine thing, baby
Lovely thing, darling
Tell everybody
Tell my baby
Hot, cold, fast, or slow
Tell everybody
Tell everybody l know, yeah
Hey!
Great big eyes
Great big lips
Little skinny legs
Got them big, wide hips
Gonna tell everybody
Tell everybody l know
l love my baby
Hot, cold, fast, or slow
(Hold last chord)
l`m gonna tell Everybody l know