From uunet cs.utexas.edu uwm.edu bionet agate sennet Sat Aug 22 15:00:34 PDT 1992 Article: 1763 of alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu uunet cs.utexas.edu uwm.edu bionet agate sennet From: sennet@ocf.berkeley.edu (Sennet Williams) Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Subject: American Pie SIMP (lyrics and chords) Message-ID: Date: 21 Aug 92 10:01:30 GMT Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility Lines: 167 NNTP-Posting-Host: tornado.berkeley.edu 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. . . AMERICAN PIE (Don Mclean) (SIMPed by Sennet) . G D Em A long, long ... Am C Em D I can still remember how that ... . G D Em Am C And I knew if I had my chance that I ... . Em C D and maybe they'd by ... Em Am Em Am But February made me shiver .... .C G Am C D Bad news on the doorstep. I ... . G D Em Am7 D I can't remember if I cried when I ... G D Em C D7 G C G Something touched me deep inside the ... . Chorus: . G C G D G C . So bye-bye, Miss American Pie.... . G D G C G D . levee was dry, them good ole boys were ... . Em A7 Em D7 . this'll be the day that I die, This'l....__ verse: G Am, C Am Did you write the book of love and do ... . Em D G D Em If the Bible tells you so__ Now do ... . Am C Em A7 D7 Can music save your mortal soul... . Em Am Em Am Well I know that you're in love with him ..., _ C G A7 C D7 You both kicked off your shoes, Man I dig ... . G D Em Am C I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck.... . G D Em C D7 G C G But I knew I was out of luck the day.... G D7 I started singing.... (chorus) . . G Am, C Am Now for ten years, we've been on our own ... Em D G D Em But that's not how it used to be.Cause when ... Queen . Am C Em A7 D7 in a coat he borrowed from James Dean ...me__ . Em Am Em Am Oh and while the king was looking down ... _ C G A7 C D7 the court room was adjourned .... . G D Em Am C And while Lennon read a book on Marx ... G D Em C D7 G C G and we sang dirges in the dark .... G D7 I started singin' (chorus) . Chord fingering chart: . E A D G B E E A D G B E E A D G B E A 0 0 2 2 2 0 Am7 0 0 2 0 1 0 D7 x x 0 2 1 2 Am 0 0 2 2 1 0 C x 3 2 0 1 0 Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 A7 0 0 2 0 2 0 D x x 0 2 3 2 G 3 2 0 0 0 3 . . . Chorus: . G C G D G C . So bye-bye, Miss American Pie.Drove my ... . G D G C G D . levee was dry, them good ole boys were ... . Em A7 Em D7 . this'll be the day that I die, ... . G Am, C Am Helter skelter in the summer swelter_ the ... Em D G D Em Eight miles high and falling fast__ it ... . Am C Em A7 D7 The players tried for a forward pass with the ..._ . Em Am Em Am The half time air was sweet perfume while ... _ C G A7 C D7 we all got up to dance___ but we ... . G D Em Am C the players tried to take the field, ... .G D Em C D7 G C G Do you recall what was revealed ... G D7 I started singin' (chorus) . . G Am, C Am And there we were all in one place, A ... . Em D G D Em With no time left, to start again. So come on... Am C Em A7 D7 Jack flash sat on a candlestick. 'Cause ... . Em Am Em Am And as I watched him on the stage my hands ... . C G A7 C D7 no angel born in hell__ could break ... . G D Em Am C And as the flames climbed high into the night ... G D Em C D7 G C G I_ saw Satan laughing with delight.... G D7 we were singin' (chorus) . . G D Em I met a girl who sang ... . Am C Em D I asked her for some happy news but she .... . G D Em Am C I went down to the sacred store. Where I .... . Em C D But the man there said the ... Em Am Em Am in the streets the children screamed, the .... . C G Am C D But not a word was spoken.__ The church... . G D Em Am7 D And the three men I admire most: the ... . G D Em C D7 G C G They caught the last train for .... G D7 C D7 G C G And they were singing:(chorus twice, ending: this'll be the day that I die) . Chord fingering chart: . E A D G B E E A D G B E E A D G B E A 0 0 2 2 2 0 Am7 0 0 2 0 1 0 D7 x x 0 2 1 2 Am 0 0 2 2 1 0 C x 3 2 0 1 0 Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 A7 0 0 2 0 2 0 D x x 0 2 3 2 G 3 2 0 0 0 3 . 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 . 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 . . . Hope you enjoy the song . . 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. . . . . Happiness is a learned condition --Tom Robbins . . Sennet@OCF.berkeley.EDU
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