Don MacLean – American Pie Ukulele Chords

Don MacLean American Pie ukulele chords and strumming pattern are in this post! Start playing this Don MacLean song from the "American Pie" album released in 1971 with your ukulele right now!

Key: G
Chords: [G], [D], [Em], [Am], [C], [D7]
Strumming: D - DU (or D - D)
Difficulty: Hard

American Pie Ukulele Chords

A [G]long, [D]long [Em]time ago, [Am]I can still re[C]member how
That [Em]music used to [D]make me smile. [D7]
I [G]knew [D]if I [Em]had my chance that [Am]I could make those [C]people dance
and [Em]maybe they’d be [C]happy for a [D]while.
But [Em]February [Am]made me shiver, [Em]with every paper [Am]I’d deliver,
[C]Bad news [G]on the [Am]doorstep, I [C]couldn’t take one [D]more step.
I [G]can’t re[D]member [Em]if I cried when I [Am]read about his [D]widowed bride,
[G]Something [D]touched me [Em]deep inside, the [C]day, the [D7]music, [G]died.

So [G]Bye [C]bye, Miss A[G]merican [D]Pie,
drove my [G]chevy to the [C]levee but the [G]levee was [D]dry,
Them [G]good ole’ [C]boys were drinkin’ [G]whiskey and [D]rye, singin’
[Em]This’ll be the day that I [A7]die, [Em]this’ll be the day that I [D]die. [D7]

[G]Did you write the [Am]book of love and do [C]you have faith in [Am]God above,
[Em]if the Bible [D]tells you so? [D7]
Now do [G]you be[D]lieve in [Em]rock and roll,
can [Am]music save your [C]mortal soul and
[Em]Can you teach me [A7]how to dance real [D]slow?
Well, I [Em]know that you’re in [D]love with him,
`cause I [Em]saw you dancing [D]in the gym.
You [C]both kicked [G]off your [A7]shoes, man I [C]dig those rhythm and [D7]blues.
I was a [G]lonely [D]teenage [Em]broncin’ buck
with a [Am]pink carnation and a [C]pick up truck,
but [G]I knew [D]I was [Em]out of luck the [C]day, the [D7]music, [G]died. [C] [G]

So [G]Bye [C]bye, Miss A[G]merican [D]Pie,
drove my [G]chevy to the [C]levee but the [G]levee was [D]dry,
Them [G]good ole’ [C]boys were drinkin’ [G]whiskey and [D]rye, singin’
[Em]This’ll be the day that I [A7]die, [Em]this’ll be the day that I [D]die. [D7]

[G]I met a [D]girl who [Em]sang the blues and I [Am]asked her for some [C]happy news,
but [Em]she just smiled and [D]turned away. [D7]
[G]I went [D]down to the [Em]sacred store where I [Am]heard the music [C]years before,
but the [Em]man there said the [C]music wouldn’t [D]play.
And [Em]in the streets the [Am]children screamed,
the [Em]lovers cried and the [Am]poets dreamed,
but [C]not a [G]word was [Am]spoken, the [C]church bells all were [D]broken.
And the [G]three men [D]I ad[Em]mire most, the [Am]Father, Son and the [D]Holy Ghost,
they [G]caught the [D]last train [Em]for the coast, the [C]day, the [Am]mu[D7]sic, [G]died.

[D]And they were singin’…
[G]Bye [C]bye, Miss A[G]merican [D]Pie,
drove my [G]chevy to the [C]levee but the [G]levee was [D]dry,
Them [G]good ole’ [C]boys were drinkin’ [G]whiskey and [D]rye, singin’
[C]This’ll be the [D]day that I [G]die [C] [G]

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