American Pie
Don McLean
"American Pie"
Performance Notes:
Acoustic guitar, with open position chords.
Chords
320033
xx0232
022030
x02210
x32010
022000
xx0212
x02010 or x02213
x02020 or x02223
Prologue (Strum Freely / Slowly usu. only the once per chord)
A | long, long time ago | I can ...
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| music used to make me smile | And | I ...
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| I could make those people dance and | ...
| while | But February made me shiver ...|
| Bad news on the doorstep I | ...
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| can't remember if I cried when I | ...
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| 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)
|*
So |* bye-bye, Miss A_|_merican Pie ...
TO CODA
| levee was dry. Them |good ole boys were ...
| this'll be the day that I | die | This'll ...|
Verses 1,2,3,4.
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| 1.2.3.
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| 4.
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| He was singing | etc.
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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)
(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
| This'll be the day that ...|
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