American Pie tab by Don Mclean

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I think this song has been posted before, but not with chords with every
verse, which I for one needed to be able to play it. It's a really long song,
but can fit on two pages if you cut some extras.
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.          AMERICAN PIE  (Don Mclean)   (SIMPed by Sennet)
. G   D    Em
A long, long ...
Am       C       Em           D
I can still remember how that ...
.  G     D   Em       Am         C
And I knew if I had my chance that I ...
.  Em        C      D
and maybe they'd by ...
Em      Am       Em       Am
But February made me shiver ....
.C    G    Am      C         D
Bad news on the doorstep. I ...
. G    D    Em       Am7      D
I can't remember if I cried when I ...
G      D     Em       C    D7    G  C G
Something touched me deep inside the ...
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Chorus:
.    G  C     G    D      G       C
.  So bye-bye, Miss American Pie....
.  G     D     G    C         G     D
.  levee was dry, them good ole boys were ...
.  Em            A7   Em             D7
.  this'll be the day that I die,  This'l....__
verse:
G         Am,         C         Am
Did you write the book of love and do ...
.   Em        D      G   D    Em
If the Bible tells you so__ Now do ...
.  Am       C        Em            A7      D7
Can music save your mortal soul...
.    Em         Am           Em       Am
Well I know that you're in love with him ...,
_  C    G     A7      C          D7
You both kicked off your shoes, Man I dig ...
.    G   D    Em          Am          C
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck....
.  G   D   Em        C    D7   G C G
But I knew I was out of luck the day....
G      D7
I started singing....   (chorus)
.
.    G          Am,      C          Am
Now for ten years, we've been on our own ...
Em              D          G   D      Em
But that's not how it used to be.Cause when ...
Queen
.  Am        C          Em          A7   D7
in a coat he borrowed from James Dean ...me__
.    Em         Am         Em        Am
Oh and while the king was looking down  ...
_  C     G   A7     C      D7
the court room was adjourned ....
.     G   D   Em           Am       C
And while Lennon read a book on Marx   ...
G      D   Em       C      D7   G C G
and we sang dirges in the dark ....
G      D7
I started singin'   (chorus)
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Chord fingering chart:
.    E A D G B E      E A D G B E      E A D G B E
A    0 0 2 2 2 0  Am7  0 0 2 0 1 0  D7   x x 0 2 1 2
Am   0 0 2 2 1 0  C   x 3 2 0 1 0  Em   0 2 2 0 0 0
A7   0 0 2 0 2 0  D   x x 0 2 3 2  G    3 2 0 0 0 3
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Chorus:
.    G  C     G    D      G       C
.  So bye-bye, Miss American Pie.Drove my ...
.  G     D     G    C         G     D
.  levee was dry, them good ole boys were ...
.  Em            A7   Em             D7
.  this'll be the day that I die,  ...
.
G       Am,             C          Am
Helter skelter in the summer swelter_ the ...
Em              D      G     D    Em
Eight miles high and falling fast__ it ...
.  Am          C          Em           A7   D7
The players tried for a forward pass with the ..._
.  Em         Am           Em         Am
The half time air was sweet perfume while ...
_ C   G    A7       C       D7
we all got up to dance___ but we ...
.  G    D   Em            Am       C
the players tried to take the field, ...
.G    D    Em            C    D7  G C G
Do you recall what was revealed ...
G     D7
I started singin'   (chorus)
.
.  G         Am,       C      Am
And there we were all in one place, A ...
.  Em            D          G   D    Em
With no time left, to start again. So come on...
Am         C           Em     A7      D7
Jack flash sat on a candlestick.  'Cause ...
.  Em        Am        Em           Am
And as I watched him on the stage my hands ...
. C   G    A7       C         D7
no angel born in hell__  could break ...
. G    D       Em           Am      C
And as the flames climbed high into the night ...
G   D       Em         C    D7   G  C G
I_ saw Satan laughing with delight....
G     D7
we were singin'   (chorus)
.
. G   D    Em
I met a girl who sang ...
. Am         C      Em                D
I asked her for some happy news but she ....
. G   D     Em           Am       C
I went down to the sacred store. Where I ....
.    Em         C       D
But the man there said the ...
Em         Am          Em          Am
in the streets the children screamed, the ....
.  C   G    Am       C             D
But not a word was spoken.__ The church...
.     G    D  Em        Am7         D
And the three men I admire most: the ...
.   G     D     Em         C    D7   G  C G
They caught the last train for ....
G       D7               C       D7     G C G
And they were singing:(chorus twice, ending: this'll be the day that I die)
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Chord fingering chart:
.    E A D G B E      E A D G B E      E A D G B E
A    0 0 2 2 2 0  Am7  0 0 2 0 1 0  D7   x x 0 2 1 2
Am   0 0 2 2 1 0  C   x 3 2 0 1 0  Em   0 2 2 0 0 0
A7   0 0 2 0 2 0  D   x x 0 2 3 2  G    3 2 0 0 0 3
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Are there a lot of chord changes or what?
(some people play this song with the intro and the end having the same
chords. If you figure it out, could you send me a copy?
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SIMP format:. If you also need chords with every verse and like the printout
for this song, check out the following "But I Might Die Tonight" post.
I have a fair number of other songs in this format and am interested in
exchanging them.
Most wanted:
Old Cheap Trick hits, and Cat Stevens from "Harold and Maude"
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.         .      Hope you enjoy the song!
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Humor break:
A- "The Education President"
B- "No New Taxes"
C- "The Environmental" (that's a good one) "President"
.       Hmmm, batting three for three.
Read my lips: Somebody will SAY ANYTHING to get elected.
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.       "Happiness is a learned condition"  --Tom Robbins
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.                   Sennet@OCF.berkeley.EDU