Chord Don Mclean American Pie Versi 1

American 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 |
_______
| 1.2.3.
*|
| Em | Am | C | G D | Em | C | D7 | G C | G D7 *|
______
| 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 ...|
.