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From: sennet@ocf.berkeley.edu (Sennet Williams)
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Subject: American Pie SIMP (lyrics and chords)
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Date: 21 Aug 92 10:01:30 GMT
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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.
.
. 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
Article: 1763 of alt.guitar.tab
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From: sennet@ocf.berkeley.edu (Sennet Williams)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: American Pie SIMP (lyrics and chords)
Message-ID: <172etqINNhb3@agate.berkeley.edu>
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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