AMERICAN PIE

Chorus

100

So, bye, bye _______ __________ _________

Drove my ____________ to the ______________

But the _______________ was dry.

Miss American Pie, chevy, levee

200

_____________ ____________ ___________ __________ were drinking whiskey and rye.

Who were "them good old boys"?

300

This line is repeated at the end of the chorus.

_{What is "this'll be the day that I die"?}

400

Sing the chorus all together, as a group.

(Bonus round:  Each group gets 1 1/2 mins. to practice the chorus.  Group that performs it best earns 200 extra points)

Bye bye MAP, etc....

Verse 1

100

What is the memory that this song is based on?

Death of Buddy Holly

200

I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people ___________ and maybe they'd be _______________ for a while.

What is dance and happy?

300

February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver,

Bad news on the doorstep,

________________________

I couldn't take one more step

400

I can't remember if I cried when I read about ________________________

His widowed bride

Verse 2

100

Did you write the ________ ______ _______ and do you have faith in ________ ___________?

book of love, God above

200

Do you believe in rock n roll 

and can music save _____________ ___________ ___________

and can you teach me how to dance _____________ _____________

your mortal sould, real slow

300

I was a __________ ___________ ___________ buck

with a __________ carnation and a ______________ truck

lonely, teenage, broncin, pink pickup

400

But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died...

what is the pickup to the chorus in verse 2?

a) I started singing.... (bye bye, Miss American Pie...)

b) We were singing....("""")

c) So.... ("""")

What is A?

Verse 3

100

Now for ten years we've been on our own and moss grows fat on a _________________ ________________

What is a rolling stone?

200

When the _________________ sang for the king and queen in a coat he borrowed from James Dean and a voice that came from you and me.

(Double points if you can name the musician who is believed to be the reference to this character in the song)

.Who is the Jester?  (Bob Dylan)

300

And while Lennon read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the ___________

and we sang dirges in the ________________ the day the music died.

What is park and dark?

400

What is the pick up to the chorus for verse 3?

a) I started singing...

b) We were singing...

c) So...

What is B?