{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":555145,"song":"American Pie","artist":"Madonna","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11568895-american-pie-chords-by-madonna/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/555145?type=chord","rating":4.81469,"votes":128,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nA long, long time ago,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can still remember how that music used to make me smile[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd I know that if I had my chance,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Instrumental]\r\n(absolute, not relative to capo)\r\ne|-------------------------|-------------------------|\r\nB|----------16-------------|-------------------------|\r\nG|-------15----15----------|-13-------------------15-| x4\r\nD|-13-17----------17-13-17-|----17-13-15-13-17-13----|\r\nA|-------------------------|-------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------|-------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDid you write the book of love[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow do you believe in rock and roll[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am7[/ch]* [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThink that music save your mortal soul if you will teach me how to dance real slow?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I know that you're in love with him 'cause I saw you dancin' in the gym[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I knew I was out of luck the day the music died, I started singin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBye, bye Miss American Pie[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSingin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Instrumental]\r\n(relative to capo)\r\ne|-------------------------|----------------------------|\r\nB|-------------------------|----------------------------|\r\nG|-------------------------|----------------------------| x2\r\nD|-0--------0--------------|----------------------------|\r\nA|-------------3--------3--|-2-h3p2p0-2--0--2--0--------|\r\nE|-------------------------|----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI met a girl who sang the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen I went down to the sacred store[/tab]\r\n ([ch]G[/ch]) ([ch]Am[/ch]) ([ch]G[/ch]) ([ch]C[/ch]) ([ch]Em[/ch])\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwouldn't play[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, now in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cry and the poets dream[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken[/tab]\r\n [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey caught the last train for the coast the day the music died,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWe started singin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Chorus x2)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWe started singin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWe started singin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWe started singin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWe started singin'[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n (G) (Am) (G) (C) (Em)\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n G\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus x2)","chords":["G","D","Em7","A","Am","C","Em","B","E","Am7","A7","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}