Americain Pie Acoustic chords by Don Mclean

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

American Pie by DON McLEAN

(complete with correct lyrics and acoustic chords)


VERSE 1:

 D MajorD   A augmentedA  Bm7Bm7
A augmentedA long, long time ago,
E minorEm      G+G        B minorBm          A augmentedA
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
  D MajorD   A augmentedA     Bm7Bm7
And I know if I had my chance,
   E minorEm         G+G         B minorBm       G+G      A augmentedA
That I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
  B minorBm       E minorEm       B minorBm     E minorEm
But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver
G+G    D MajorD    E minorEm     G+G           A augmentedA
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
 D MajorD      A augmentedA    B minorBm      E minor 7Em7      A augmentedA
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
D MajorD     A augmentedA     B minorBm
Something touched me deep inside,
  G+G    A7A7  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD
The day the music died...

CHORUS 1:

  D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
     D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD     A augmentedA
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
     D MajorD    G+G         D MajorD      A augmentedA
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
     B minorBm            E7E7  B minorBm             A7A7
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die."


VERSE 2:

D MajorD         E minorEm
Did you write the Book of Love?
    G+G         E minorEm     B minorBm      A augmentedA
And do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so?
D MajorD   A augmentedA     B minorBm
Do you believe in rock and roll?
  E minor 7Em7      G+G           B minorBm           E7E7    A augmentedA
Can music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow?
    B minorBm         A augmentedA            B minorBm       A augmentedA
Well I know that you're in love with him 'cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
  G+G      D MajorD    E7E7      G+G          A7A7
You both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues
    D MajorD   A augmentedA    B minorBm          E minorEm          G+G
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck
  D MajorD   A augmentedA   B minorBm        G+G    A7A7  D MajorD  G+G D MajorD
But I knew I was out of luck, the day the music died, I started singin'

CHORUS 2:

 D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA
"Bye, bye Miss American Pie"
     D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD     A augmentedA
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
     D MajorD    G+G         D MajorD      A augmentedA
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
     B minorBm            E7E7  B minorBm             A7A7
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die."


VERSE 3:

     D MajorD          E minorEm
Now for ten years we've been on our own,
   G+G          E minorEm     B minorBm            A augmentedA
and moss grows fat on a rolling stone but that's not how it used to be
     D MajorD   A augmentedA      B minorBm
When the jester sang for the king and queen
   E minor 7Em7        G+G          B minorBm           E7E7   A augmentedA
in a coat he borrowed from James Dean in a voice that came from you and me
     B minorBm         A augmentedA        B minorBm        A augmentedA
Oh, and while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown
   G+G    D MajorD     E7E7  G+G      A7A7
The courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned
     D MajorD    A augmentedA    B minorBm       E minorEm        G+G
And while Lenin read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park
  D MajorD    A augmentedA   B minorBm       G+G     A7A7   D MajorD G+G  D MajorD
And we sang dirges in the dark, the day the music died, we were singin'


CHORUS 3:

 D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA
"Bye, bye Miss American Pie"
     D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD     A augmentedA
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
     D MajorD    G+G         D MajorD      A augmentedA
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
     B minorBm            E7E7  B minorBm             A7A7
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die."


VERSE 4:

D MajorD          E minorEm
Helter-skelter in a summer swelter
G+G           E minorEm         B minorBm          A augmentedA
the birds flew off with a fallout shelter, eight miles high and fallin' fast
   D MajorD  A augmentedA   B minorBm
It landed foul on the grass
   E minor 7Em7        G+G      B minorBm               E7E7   A augmentedA
the players tried for a forward pass, with the jester on the sidelines in a cast
     B minorBm        A augmentedA          B minorBm         A augmentedA
Now at halftime there was sweet perfume, while sergeants played a marching tune
G+G     D MajorD    E7E7   G+G         A7A7
We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance
      D MajorD   A augmentedA     B minorBm         E minorEm       G+G
'cause the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield
  D MajorD  A augmentedA     B minorBm        G+G    A7A7    D MajorD G+G  D MajorD
Do you recall what was the feel, the day the music died? we started singin'


CHORUS 4;

 D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA
"Bye, bye Miss American Pie"
     D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD     A augmentedA
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
     D MajorD    G+G         D MajorD      A augmentedA
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
     B minorBm            E7E7  B minorBm             A7A7
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die."


VERSE 5:

     D MajorD        E minorEm
Oh, and there we were all in one place,
  G+G    E minorEm       B minorBm          A augmentedA
a generation lost in space, with no time left to start again
       D MajorD    A augmentedA   B minorBm       E minor 7Em7         G+G
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
B minorBm              E7E7   A augmentedA
'cause fire is the devil's only friend
   B minorBm        A augmentedA        B minorBm           A augmentedA
And as I watched him on the stage, my hands were clenched in fists of rage
  G+G   D MajorD    E7E7     G+G         A7A7
No angel born in hell could break that Satan's spell
      D MajorD        A augmentedA   B minorBm       E minorEm       G+G
And as the flames climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial rite
    D MajorD   A augmentedA      B minorBm       G+G   A7A7   D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I saw Satan laughing with delight, the day the music died, he was singin'


CHORUS 5:

 D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA
"Bye, bye Miss American Pie"
     D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD     A augmentedA
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
     D MajorD    G+G         D MajorD      A augmentedA
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
     B minorBm            E7E7  B minorBm             A7A7
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die."


FINAL VERSE

 D MajorD   A augmentedA    B minorBm
I met a girl who sang the blues
   E minorEm         G+G        B minorBm             A augmentedA
And I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away
 D MajorD     A augmentedA   B minorBm
I went down to the sacred store
     E minorEm       G+G           B minorBm         G+G       A augmentedA
Where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music wouldn't play

  B minorBm         E minorEm           B minorBm          E minorEm
But in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets dreamed
  G+G   D MajorD    E minorEm     G+G           A augmentedA
But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken
    D MajorD     A augmentedA  B minorBm       E minor 7Em7   G+G      A7A7
And the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
D MajorD        A augmentedA     B minorBm         E minor 7Em7   A7A7  D MajorD
They caught the last train for the coast, the day the music died,
A7A7
And they were singin'


LAST CHORUSES

 D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA
"Bye, bye Miss American Pie"
     D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD     A augmentedA
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
     D MajorD    G+G         D MajorD      A augmentedA
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
     B minorBm            E7E7  B minorBm             A7A7
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die."

And they were singin'...

 D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA
"Bye, bye Miss American Pie"
     D MajorD      G+G       D MajorD     A augmentedA
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
     D MajorD    G+G         D MajorD      A augmentedA
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
     G+G        A7A7     D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD
Singin' "This will be the day that I die."


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