Don McLean (nacido el 2 de octubre de 1945 en New Rochelle, Nueva York) es un cantautor estadounidense, principalmente famoso por su balada de 1971 "American Pie", sobre un suceso conocido como -El Día Que La Música Murió- y que involucra la muerte de Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens y Big Booper en un accidente aéreo. Este tema, en 2001, fue versionado por Madonna en su disco "Music". Un poema sobre McLean, "Killing Me Softly With His Blues" de Lori Lieberman
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Verse: Am (E) GFC They were married in the old Church yard CAmD/F# And they promised to be true to each other AmAm/GAm/FE No matter how hard their lives might be Asus4AAmA But like meteors that fell through moments parallel AmAm/G They were soon to cross Am/FE And on different plots of earth they both did fall FG/EAm Though their lives had really not been hard at all
Chorus: AmF Oh my what a shame AmC No one's to blame G It just happened that way AmAm/G And there's nothing you can say Am/F#E When two people say goodbye
Oh my...
Instrumental verse: Am, G, F, C Am, Am/G, Am/F#, F, E, Am
Verse: Two brothers, promised they'd return When the war that they were fighting was over But only one lived to keep his vow And the story I was told said he lived to be quite old Before time won out Someone asked if he knew what they both fought for But he could not recall he had ever been to war
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Bridge: AmGF For there's nothing you can say when it's over And there's nothing you can do when it's done AmG There's no battle you can win D/F#F And there's nothing to begin E That's not begun
Verse: On this moment, I recall your face And I wonder if you still think about me Occasionally I still think of you And I watch the river flow and I know I must let go But it's oh so hard For the waves are all around my small canoe I had always hoped this boat could carry two