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) G D Em7 Am C A | long, long time ago | I can ... Em D G D Em7 (G) | music used to make me smile | And | I ... Am (G) C Em C | I could make those people dance and | ... D Em Am Em Am | while | But February made me shiver ...| C G Am C D | Bad news on the doorstep I | ... (C) (D7) G D Em (G) Am7 D | can't remember if I cried when I | ... G D Em C (Am7) D7 G C G (D7) | something touched me deep in-...| | 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 A7 Em D7 | this'll be the day that I | die | This'll ...| 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) Am7 (Ie: play a C instaid of, not as well as, the Am7) Also remember to go back to the slow strumming for the 5th verse. Coda C D7 G C G | This'll be the day that ...| . Written out by The Loan Arranger c9609436@alinga.newcastle.edu.au 20/11/96 (rev 11/97)
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for American Pie by Don Mclean