[Intro - BPM 71] [Gm7]Is this the real life? [C7]Is this [Gm7]just [C7]fan - [Gm7]ta - [C7]sy? [F7]Caught in a [Cm7]land - [F7]slide, no e [Bb]scape from [Cm7]re - [Bb]a - [F7]li - [Bb]ty. [Gm7]Open your eyes, look [Bb7]up to the skies and se [Eb]ee. [Cm7]I'm just a poor boy, I[F7] need no sympathy, because I'm [B]easy [Bb]come, [A]easy [Bb]go, [B]little [Bb]high, [A]little [Bb]low. [Eb]Any way the [Bb/D-x5333x]wind blows [C#dim7 - x42323]doesn't really [F7/C]matter to me............................... too oo [Bb]me (piano riff)
[Verse 1] [Bb] Mama..........................., just [Gm]killed a man, put a [Cm] gun against his head, pulled my [Cm7] trigger, now he's [F7] dead. [Bb] Mama-------------------, life had [Gm]just begun, but [Cm]now I've gone and [Eb/Cb-7x888x]thrown it [Eb/Bb-66888x]all .. a [Am7b5-x01013]way................. [Abmaj7] ..[Eb/G-476454] ..
[Chorus] [Eb]Mama.............., [Bb/D-x5333x] .... ooh ooh ooh [Cm] ooooooh ... didn't [Fm]mean to make[Eaug - 032110] you [Ab/Eb-x66544]cry..... [Dm7b5 - xx0111] If [Bb7]I'm not back again this time to [Eb]morrow, carry [Bb/D-x5333x]on, carry [Cm]on ...... as if [Abm]nothing really [Eb] matters....[Ab][Eb][Ebdim - x6787x][Fm7]
[Bb] (piano riff - use harmonics at top and 3rd from top frets for G to F line)
[Verse 2] [Bb]Too late ............... my [Gm] time has come, sends [Cm] shivers down my spine, body's [Cm7]aching all the [F7] time. [Bb]Goodbye everybody, I've [Gm]got to go....gotta [Cm] leave you all be [Eb/Cb-7x888x] hind and [Eb/Bb] fa - a [Am7b5-x01013] ce the truth.............. [Abmaj7][Eb/G-476454]
[Chorus] [Eb] Mama ..............[Bb/D].......ooh ooh ooh [Cm]ooh [Fm] I don't wan [Eaug] na di [Ab/Eb] e, [Dm7b5] I [Bb7]sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
[Solo - Full drums] Eb Eb Bb/D Bb/D - Cm Cm Cm Cm Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Dm7b5 - Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Eb Eb Bb/D Bb/D - Cm Cm Cm Cm Fm x x Eaug - Ab/Eb x Dm7b5 x Db x (x Db Db/C - broken triplet) - Db/Cb x Db/Bb x (drums stop - piano chord vamp) A A A A - A A A A
[Opera] strum x5777x x07650 slide 1st and 2nd fingers down 1 fret to whilst holding 7th fret with 3rd x07540 x07650 (No drums - or at most just bass drum) [D]I [A - x07650]see a [Adim]little [A]silhou [D]etto [A]of a [Adim]man. [A - 577655]Scaram [D]ouche, [A]Scaram [D]ouche, [A - x07650]will you [Adim]do the [A]Fan [D]dan [A - 577655]go? (Straight drums - with double snare) [Db/Ab]Thunderbolt and [Ab7]lightning, [C/G]very, very [E7]fright'ning [A]me. (Drums stop) [N.C - Strum A to Adim - x02320] - Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo - Gallileo Fi (G5) ga (F5) ro (E5) - just play notes on bass string - E 3 1 0 [Eb arp]Magnifico-oh-oh-oh-oh... (sing each note of xx8886 - high down)
(No drums - or at most just bass drum) [B]I'm [Bb]just a [A]poor [Bb]boy, [B]no [Bb]body [A]loves [Bb]me. (Straight drums) [Ab/Eb]He's [Eb]just a [Ebdim - x6787x]poor [Eb]boy [Ab/Eb]from a [Eb]poor [Ebdim]fam - i - [Eb]ly. [Ab]Spare him his [Eb/G]life from this [F7]monstrosi [Bb]ty. (Drums stop) [Ab][Eb/G][F#dim - xx4212][Fm7]
(No drums - or at most just bass drum) [B]Easy [Bb]come, [A]easy [Bb]go, [B]will you [Bb]let me [A]go? (Accents with snare for rest of this section) [Bb]Bis - [Eb]mil - [Bb]lah! [Eb]No ................. [Bb]We [Bb]will [Eb/Bb]not [Bb7]let [Eb/Bb]you [Bb]go. [Eb] Let him go! Bismillah! [Eb] We will not let you go. - Let him go! Bismillah! We will not let you go. - Let me go. [Eb] Will not let you go. - Let me go. Will not let you go. - Let me go. (Drums stop) [F#7] Oh-oh-oh-oh...
(Snare on each chord) [Bm]No, [A7]no, [D]no, [Db7]no, [Gb7]no, [Bb7]no, [Eb]no. (Drums stop) [N.C.] Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia, (Snare on each chord) [Eb]Mamma [Ab/Eb]mi - [Eb]a, [Ddim - xx0131 - barre 1]let [Cm7]me [Bb7]go...Be (Straight drums) [Eb]elze [Ab]bub has a [D7]devil put a [Gm]side for [Bb7]me, for [Bb7]me, for [Bb7]meeeeee! (start to swing drums)
[Interlude - Heavy Riff - see notes at end] | Eb | Eb | Eb | F |
[Bb] So you think you can stone me and [Eb] spit in my [Bb] eye. [Db] [Bb] So you think you can love me and [Eb7] leave me to [Ab] die. [Fm] Oh, [Bb] baby, [Fm] can't do this to me, [Bb] baby. [Fm] Just gotta get [Bb] out, [Fm] just gotta get [Bb] right outta [Eb] here.
[Heavy Riff - see notes at end] | (Eb) | Eb | Eb | F | | Gbx3 Abx3 Ax3 | B7 | Ab7 | Bb7 ...
[Heavy Riff] S = Strum pattern U = UP, D = DOWN D = drums E ------------------------ B 8-----------8----------- G 8-------578-8----------- D 8-5-6-8-578-8-5-6-8----- A 6-5-6-8-356-6-5-6-8----- E --3-4-6-------3-4-686--- -------------------------- D B--S--B--S--B--S--B--S-- S UdududUdududUdududUdudud
E ------------------------ B 8-----------10---------- G 8-------581010---------- D 8-5-6-8-5810107-8-10---- A 6-5-6-8-368-8-7-8-10----- E --3-4-6-------5-6-8108--- -------------------------- D B--S--B--S--B--S--B(--)-S S UdududUdududUdududUdududU
[Intro BPM 138] A [G] long, [D/F#] long time [Em7] ago [Am] I can still re [C] member how that [Em] music used to make me [D] smile And [G] I knew [D/F#] if I had [Em7] my chance That [Am] I could make those [C] people dance and [Em] maybe they'd be [C] happy for a [D] while
But [Em] February [Am] made me shiver, [Em] with every paper I'd [Am] deliver [C] Bad news [G/B] on the [Am] doorstep, I couldn't [C] take one more step [D] I [G] can't remem [D/F#] ber if I [Em] cried when I [Am7] read about his [D] widowed bride [G] Something [D/F#] touched me [Em] deep inside The [C] day the [D7] music died [G]
[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 die [D7]
[Verse 2] [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/F#] believe in [Em] rock and roll Can [Am7] music save your [C] mortal soul and [Em] can you teach me [A7] how to dance [D] real slow?
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/B] off your [Am] shoes, man I [C] dig those rhythm and [D7] blues I was a [G] lonely [D/F#] teenage [Em] bronckin' buck with a [Am] pink carnation and a [C] pickup truck But [G] I knew [D/F#] I was [Em] out of luck the [C] day the [D7] music [G] died [C] , [G] I started [D] singin'
[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 die [D7]
[Verse 3] Now for [G] ten years we've been [Am] on our own and [C] moss grows fat on a [Am] rolling stone [Em] but that's not how it [D] used to be When the [G] jester [D/F#] sang for the king [Em] and queen in a [Am7] coat he borrowed [C] from James Dean in a [Em] voice that came [A7] from you and [D] me
Oh, and [Em*] while the king was [D*] looking down, the [Em*] jester stole his thorny [D*] crown The [C] courtroom [G/B] was ad [A7] journed, [C] no verdict was re [D7] turned And while [G] Lennin read [D/F#] a book [Em] on Marx, the [Am] quartet practiced [C] in the park And [G] we sang [D/F#] dirges [Em] in the dark the [C] day the [D7] music [G] died [C] , [G] we were [D] singin'
[Chorus] [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 die [D7]
[Verse 4] [G] Helter skelter in a [Am] summer swelter [C] the birds flew off with [Am] a fallout shelter, [Em] eight miles high and [D] fallin' fast [G] It landed [D/F#] foul [Em] on the grass the [Am7] players tried for a [C] forward pass [Em] with the jester on the [A7] sidelines in a [D] cast
Now the [Em*] half-time air was [D*] sweet perfume, while [Em*] sergeants played a [D*] marching tune [C] We all got [G/B] up to dance [A7] but we [C] never got the [D7] chance 'Cuz the [G] players [D/F#] tried to [Em] take the field, the [Am] marching band re [C] fused to yield Do [G] you re [D/F#] call what [Em] was revealed the [C] day the [D7] music [G] died [C] , [G] we started [D] singin'
[Chorus] [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 die [D7]
[Verse 5] And [G] there we were all [Am] in one place a [C] generation [Am] lost in space, [Em] with no time left to [D] start again So come on [G] Jack be [D/F#] nimble, [Em] Jack be quick, [Am7] Jack Flash sat on a [C] candle stick, [Em] 'cuz fire is the devil's [A7] only friend [D]
And as [Em*] I watched him [D*] on the stage, my [Em*] hands were clenched in [D*] fists of rage No [C] angel [G/B] born in [A7] Hell could [C] break that Satan's [D7] spell And as the [G] flames climbed [D/F#] high into [Em] the night to [Am] light the sacri [C] ficial rite I saw [G] Satan [D/F#] laughing [Em] with delight the [C] day the [D7] music [G] died [C][G] he was [D] singin'
[Chorus] [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 die [D7]
[Verse 6] I [G] met a [D/F#] girl who [Em] sang the blues And I [Am] asked her for some [C] happy news, but [Em] she just smiled and turned [D] away I [G] went down [D/F#] to the [Em] sacred store Where I'd [Am] heard the music [C] years before, but [Em] the man there said [C] the music wouldn't [D] play
But [Em*] in the streets the [Am*] children screamed, the [Em*] lovers cried and the [Am*] poets dreamed But [C] not a [G/B] word was [Am] spoken, the [C] church bells all were [D] broken And the [G] three men [D/F#] I admire [Em] most, the [Am7] Father, [C] Son, and the [D7] Holy Ghost [G] They caught the [D/F#] last train [Em] for the coast the [C] day the [D7] music [G] died, [N.C.] And they were singin'
[Chorus] [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 die [D7]
They were singin' [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' [C] this will be the [D7] day that I [G] die [C][G]
