Biography:
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer songwriter and charity director.
Brooks was a phenomenal musical force in the 1990s. He had his chart breakthrough in 1989, having come apparently from nowhere, and was an immediate commercial success. Lacking the tall and lanky physical appearance typical of some male country stars, he successfully integrated pop and rock elements into his recordings and live performances.
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- Calling Baton Rouge
- Friends In Low Places
- If Tomorrow Never Comes
- More Than A Memory
- Much Too Young
- Much Too Young (to Feel This Damn Old)
- Not Counting You
- Papa Loved Mama
- The Cowboy Song
- The Dance
- The Thunder Rolls
- Two Pi
- Wrapped Up In You
- If Tomorrow Nevers Comes
- 8Teen
- A Friend To Me
- A World Without You
- Aint Goin Down Til The Sun Comes Up
- Alabama Clay
- All Day Long
- All
- Allison Miranda
- American Honky
- American Pie
- Anonymous
- Ask Me How I Know
- Baby Lets Lay Down And Dance
- Beaches Of Cheyenne
- Beer Run
- Belleau Wood
- Burning Bridges
- Callin Baton Rouge
- Change
- Cold Like That
- Cold Shoulder
- Cowboy Bill
- Cowboy Billy
- Cowboy Cadillac
- Cowboys And Angels
- Cowboys And Friends
- Cowgirls Saddle
- Dance
- Desperado
- Dixie Chicken
- Do What You Gotta Do
- Every Now And Then
- Every Time That It Rains
- Fishin In The Dark
- Fit For A King
- From Where Im Sitting
- Gift
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Good Ride Cowboy
- Hard Luck Woman
- He Really Loves You
- Honky
- How You Ever Gonna Know
- I Dont Have To Wonder
- Id Rather Have Nothing
- In Anothers Eyes
- Ireland
- It Dont Matter To The Sun
- Its Was Your Song
- Its Your Song
- Ive Got Friends In Low Places
- Kickin And Screamin
- Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
- Learning To Live Again
- Leave A Light On
- Lonesome Dove
- Longneck Bottle
- Lost In You
- Love Will Always Win
- Make You Feel My Love
- Man Against Machine
- Midnight Sun
- Midnight Train
- Mom
- Mr Midnight
- Mr Right
- My Baby No Esta Aqui
- New Way To Fly
- Night Riders Lament
- Night Will Only Know
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- One Night A Day
- People Loving People
- Please Operator Could You Trace This Call
- Pushing Up Daisies
- Rodeo
- Same Old Story
- Scarcrow
- Send Em On Down The Road
- Shameless
- She Dont Care About Me
- Shes Every Woman
- Shes Gonna Make It
- Shes Tired Of Boys
- Silver Bells
- Somewhere Other Than Night
- Squeeze Me In
- Standing Outside The Fire
- Stronger Than Me
- Tacoma
- That Girl Is A Cowboy
- That Ol Wind
- That Summer
- The Beaches Of Cheyenne
- The Call
- The Change
- The Fever
- The Friendly Beasts
- The Night I Called The Old Man Out
- The Old Mans Back In Town
- The Red Strokes
- The River
- The Storm
- Thicker Than Water
- This Aint Tennessee
- Thunder Rolls
- To Make You Feel My Love
- To Make You Fell My Love
- Two Of A Kind Workin On A Full House
- Two Pina Coladas
- Ugly Christmas Sweater
- Unanswered Prayers
- Under The Table
- Unto You This Night
- Victim Of The Game
- We Bury The Hatchet
- We Shall Be Free
- What Im Thankful For
- What Shes Doing Now
- When Theres No One Around
- When You Come Back To Me Again
- Which One Of Them
- Whiskey To Wine
- Why Aint I Running
- Wild As The Wind
- Wild Horses
- Wolves
- Workin For A Livin
- You May Be Right
- You Move Me
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American Pie -
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G D Em7
A long, long time ago,
Am C Em D
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
G D Em7
And I know if I had my chance,
Am C Em C D
That I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
Em Am Em Am
But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver
C G Am C D
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
G D Em Am7 D
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
G D Em
Something touched me deep inside
C D7 G C G
The day the music died
*Chorus*
G C G D
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
G C G D
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
G C G D
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em A7 Em D7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
*Verse*
G Am
Did you write the book of love
C Am Em D
And do you have faith in god above, if the bible tells you so?
G D Em
Do you believe in rock and roll
Am7* C Em A7 D
Can music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Em D Em D
Well I know that you're in love with him 'cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym
C G A7 C D7
You both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues
G D Em Am C
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck
G D Em C D7 G C G
But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died, I started singin'
*Chorus*
*Other verses*
Now for ten years we've been on our own,
and moss grows fat on a rolling 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 in a voice that came from you and me
And while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
And while Lenin 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'
Helter skelter in a 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 at halftime there was sweet perfume, while sergeants played a marching
tune
We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance
'Cuz the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was the feel the day the music died, we started singin'
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 candle stick, 'cuz 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 bread 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'
*Last verse*
G D Em
I met a girl who sang the blues
Am C Em D
And I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away
G D Em
I went down to the sacred store
(G) (Am) (G) (C) (Em)
Am C Em C
Where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music
D
wouldn't play
Em Am Em Am
But in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets
dreamed
C G Am C D
But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken
(G)
G D Em Am7 C D7
And the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
G D Em Am7 D7 G
They caught the last train for the coast the day the music died,
D7
And they were singin'
*Final Chorus*
G C G D
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
G C G D
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
G C G D
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
C D7 G C G
Singin' this will be the day that I die.
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"I think the world is run by C students."
- Al Mire
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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
American Pie -
-------------------------
G D Em7
A long, long time ago,
Am C Em D
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
G D Em7
And I know if I had my chance,
Am C Em C D
That I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
Em Am Em Am
But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver
C G Am C D
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
G D Em Am7 D
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
G D Em
Something touched me deep inside
C D7 G C G
The day the music died
*Chorus*
G C G D
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
G C G D
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
G C G D
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em A7 Em D7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
*Verse*
G Am
Did you write the book of love
C Am Em D
And do you have faith in god above, if the bible tells you so?
G D Em
Do you believe in rock and roll
Am7* C Em A7 D
Can music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Em D Em D
Well I know that you're in love with him 'cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym
C G A7 C D7
You both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues
G D Em Am C
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck
G D Em C D7 G C G
But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died, I started singin'
*Chorus*
*Other verses*
Now for ten years we've been on our own,
and moss grows fat on a rolling 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 in a voice that came from you and me
And while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
And while Lenin 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'
Helter skelter in a 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 at halftime there was sweet perfume, while sergeants played a marching
tune
We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance
'Cuz the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was the feel the day the music died, we started singin'
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 candle stick, 'cuz 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 bread 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'
*Last verse*
G D Em
I met a girl who sang the blues
Am C Em D
And I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away
G D Em
I went down to the sacred store
(G) (Am) (G) (C) (Em)
Am C Em C
Where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music
D
wouldn't play
Em Am Em Am
But in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets
dreamed
C G Am C D
But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken
(G)
G D Em Am7 C D7
And the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
G D Em Am7 D7 G
They caught the last train for the coast the day the music died,
D7
And they were singin'
*Final Chorus*
G C G D
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
G C G D
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
G C G D
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
C D7 G C G
Singin' this will be the day that I die.
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"I think the world is run by C students."
- Al Mire
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