xAmerican 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
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1.2.3.
*
Em Am C G D Em C D7 G C G D7 *
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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 ...
