(transcribed by Jason Finestone [jasonf@bu.edu]) 

      Note: 
           The A progression at the end of some lines (i.e. A Asus2
           Asus4 A) is
           just the result of moving the note on the B string. This is
           similar for
           the bit after the D (except it's the note on the E string that
           moves). The
           chords look like:


     A = [x02220] D = [xx0232]
     Asus2 = [x02200] & Dsus2 = [xx0230]
     Asus4 = [x02230] Dsus4 = [xx0233]
     Pretty easy really. Yet, where would "American Pie" be
     without it?

  Intro:

  D Bm G A
  D Bm A (Asus2 Asus4 A)


  Verse:

  D        Bm      G     A
  Meet our band of merry men

            D       Bm    A (Asus2 Asus4 A)
  Shake the hand of every one

        D        Bm       G          A
  We'll eat your food and steal your wives

  D      Bm          A (Asus2 Asus4 A)
  Buy us beers we're friends for life


  Pre-chorus:

     D               A
  We only shoot when shot at

          G                  A
  We give away what we don't need

     D                A
  We live for fun and freedom

     G                  A
  We stamp out fear and greed


  Chorus:

        D  G           D     F#m
  To create you must destroy

          D         G   A        D  (Dsus2 Dsus4 D)(x2)
  Smash a glass and cry too much joy


  Verse 2:

  We sleep on floors and live on crumbs
  We're a bunch of ugly bums
  A great idea when we were smashed
  Turning anger into cash


  Pre-chorus:

  We ain't seen much
  But we don't starve
  We drive around
  In our mom's cars

  [Chorus x2]

  [Quirk soliloquy over repeated D-chord doodling]

  [Chorus x3]