American Pie Don McLean
American Pie
Don McLean
"American Pie"
Performance Notes:
Acoustic guitar, with open position chords.
Chords
G 320033
D xx0232
Em7 022030
Am x02210
C x32010
Em 022000
D7 xx0212
Am7 x02010 or x02213
A7 x02020 or x02223
Prologue (Strum Freely / Slowly usu. only the once per chord)
A |[G] long, [D]long [Em7]time ago |[Am] I can ...[C]
|[Em] music used to make me s[D]mile | And |[G] I ...[D] [Em7] [(G)]
|[Am] I could [(G)]make those [C]people dance and |[Em] ...[C]
|[D] while |[Em] But February m[Am]ade me shiver .[Em]..|[Am]
|[C] Bad news[G] on the[Am] doorstep I |[C] ...[D]
[(C)] [(D7)]
|[G] can't re[D]member if I c[Em]ried [(G)]when I |[Am7] ...[D]
|[G] something to[D]uched me [Em]deep in-...| [C] |[(Am7)] [D7] [G] [C] [G] [(D7)]
Del Segna al Coda
(Play from Segna till it says to go to the Coda)
Chorus ( in a slightly faster tempo )
(SEGNA)
|*G C G D G C
So |* bye-bye, Miss A_|_merican Pie ...
G D G C G D TO CODA
| levee was dry. Them |good ole boys were ...
| [Em]this'll be the day that I |[A7] die |[Em] This'll ...| [D7]
Verses 1,2,3,4.
|G |Am |C |Am |Em |D | % |G D |Em |Am7 |C |Em |
|A7 |D | % |Em |D |Em |D |C G |A7 |C |D7 |G D |
_______
| 1.2.3.
*|
|Em |Am |C |G D |Em |C |D7 |G C |G D7 *|
______
| 4.
|G D |D C |G D |G C |G D |G C |G D |
| He was singing | etc.
|Em |A7 |Em |D7 |
For the 5th verse, play the prologue, adding the chords in (x) in and
substituting a chord for a previousey written one when you see (C)
(Ie: play a C instaid of, not as well as, the Am7)[Am7]
Also remember to go back to the slow strumming for the 5th verse.
Coda
|[C] This'll be the day[D7] that ...|[G] [C] [G]
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