Chords with lyrics
American Pie
Don McLean
"American Pie"
Performance Notes:
Acoustic guitar, with open position chords.
Chords
G+G 320033
D MajorD xx0232
E minor 7Em7 022030
A minorAm x02210
C majorC x32010
E minorEm 022000
D7D7 xx0212
Am7Am7 x02010 or x02213
A7A7 x02020 or x02223
Prologue (Strum Freely / Slowly usu. only the once per chord)
G+G D MajorD E minor 7Em7 A minorAm C majorC
A augmentedA | long, long time ago | I can ...
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minor 7Em7 (G+G)
| music used to make me smile | And | I ...
A minorAm (G+G) C majorC E minorEm C majorC
| I could make those people dance and | ...
D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
| while | But February made me shiver ...|
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
| Bad news on the doorstep I | ...
(C majorC) (D7D7)
G+G D MajorD E minorEm (G+G) Am7Am7 D MajorD
| can't remember if I cried when I | ...
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC (Am7Am7) D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G (D7D7)
| 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 majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC
So |* bye-bye, Miss A_|_merican Pie ...
G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD TO CODA
| levee was dry. Them |good ole boys were ...
E minorEm A7A7 E minorEm D7D7
| this'll be the day that I | die | This'll ...|
Verses 1,2,3,4.
|G+G |A minorAm |C majorC |A minorAm |E minorEm |D MajorD | % |G+G D MajorD |E minorEm |Am7Am7 |C majorC |E minorEm |
|A7A7 |D MajorD | % |E minorEm |D MajorD |E minorEm |D MajorD |C majorC G+G |A7A7 |C majorC |D7D7 |G+G D MajorD |
_______
| 1.2.3.
*|
|E minorEm |A minorAm |C majorC |G+G D MajorD |E minorEm |C majorC |D7D7 |G+G C majorC |G+G D7D7 *|
______
| 4.
|G+G D MajorD |D MajorD C majorC |G+G D MajorD |G+G C majorC |G+G D MajorD |G+G C majorC |G+G D MajorD |
| He was singing | etc.
|E minorEm |A7A7 |E minorEm |D7D7 |
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 majorC)
Am7Am7
(Ie: play a C majorC instaid of, not as well as, the Am7Am7)
Also remember to go back to the slow strumming for the 5th verse.
Coda
C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G
| This'll be the day that ...|
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Written out by The Loan Arranger [email protected]
20/11/96 (rev 11/97)
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