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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)
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G+G 
D MajorD 
E minorEm
A augmentedA long, long ...
A minorAm 
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
I can still remember how that ...
. G+G D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
And I knew if I had my chance that I ...
. E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
and maybe they'd by ...
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
But February made me shiver ....
.C G+G A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Bad news on the doorstep. I ...
. G+G D MajorD E minorEm 
Am7Am7 D MajorD
I can't remember if I cried when I ...
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC 
D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G
Something touched me deep inside the ...
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Chorus:
. G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC
. So bye-bye, Miss American Pie....
. G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
. levee was dry, them good ole boys were ...
. E minorEm 
A7A7 E minorEm D7D7
. this'll be the day that I die, This'l....__
verse:
G+G Am, C majorC A minorAm
Did you write the book of love and do ...
. E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm
If the Bible tells you so__ Now do ...
. A minorAm C majorC E minorEm A7A7 D7D7
Can music save your mortal soul...
. E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Well I know that you're in love with him ...,
_ C majorC G+G A7A7 C majorC D7D7
You both kicked off your shoes, Man I dig ...
. G+G D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck....
. G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G
But I knew I was out of luck the day....
G+G D7D7
I started singing.... (chorus)
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. G+G Am, C majorC A minorAm
Now for ten years, we've been on our own ...
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm
But that's not how it used to be.Cause when ...
Queen
. A minorAm C majorC E minorEm A7A7 D7D7
in a coat he borrowed from James Dean ...me__
. E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Oh and while the king was looking down ...
_ C majorC G+G A7A7 C majorC D7D7
the court room was adjourned ....
. G+G D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
And while Lennon read a book on Marx ...
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G
and we sang dirges in the dark ....
G+G D7D7
I started singin' (chorus)
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Chord fingering chart:
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E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G 
BB E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE
A augmentedA 0 0 2 2 2 0 Am7Am7 0 0 2 0 1 0 D7D7 x x 0 2 1 2
A minorAm 0 0 2 2 1 0 C majorC x 3 2 0 1 0 E minorEm 0 2 2 0 0 0
A7A7 0 0 2 0 2 0 D MajorD x x 0 2 3 2 G+G 3 2 0 0 0 3
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Chorus:
. G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC
. So bye-bye, Miss American Pie.Drove my ...
. G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
. levee was dry, them good ole boys were ...
. E minorEm A7A7 E minorEm D7D7
. this'll be the day that I die, ...
.
G+G Am, C majorC A minorAm
Helter skelter in the summer swelter_ the ...
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Eight miles high and falling fast__ it ...
. A minorAm C majorC E minorEm A7A7 D7D7
The players tried for a forward pass with the ..._
. E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
The half time air was sweet perfume while ...
_ C majorC G+G A7A7 C majorC D7D7
we all got up to dance___ but we ...
. G+G D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
the players tried to take the field, ...
.G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G
Do you recall what was revealed ...
G+G D7D7
I started singin' (chorus)
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. G+G Am, C majorC A minorAm
And there we were all in one place, A augmentedA ...
. E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm
With no time left, to start again. So come on...
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm A7A7 D7D7
Jack flash sat on a candlestick. 'Cause ...
. E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
And as I watched him on the stage my hands ...
. C majorC G+G A7A7 C majorC D7D7
no angel born in hell__ could break ...
. G+G D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
And as the flames climbed high into the night ...
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G
I_ saw Satan laughing with delight....
G+G D7D7
we were singin' (chorus)
.
. G+G D MajorD E minorEm
I met a girl who sang ...
. A minorAm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
I asked her for some happy news but she ....
. G+G D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
I went down to the sacred store. Where I ....
. E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
But the man there said the ...
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
in the streets the children screamed, the ....
. C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
But not a word was spoken.__ The church...
. G+G D MajorD E minorEm Am7Am7 D MajorD
And the three men I admire most: the ...
. G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G
They caught the last train for ....
G+G D7D7 C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G
And they were singing:(chorus twice, ending: this'll be the day that I die)
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Chord fingering chart:
. E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE
A augmentedA 0 0 2 2 2 0 Am7Am7 0 0 2 0 1 0 D7D7 x x 0 2 1 2
A minorAm 0 0 2 2 1 0 C majorC x 3 2 0 1 0 E minorEm 0 2 2 0 0 0
A7A7 0 0 2 0 2 0 D MajorD x x 0 2 3 2 G+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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. [email protected]
Other versions of American Pie
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for American pie ukulele by Don Mclean
