Performance Notes:
Acoustic guitar, with open position chords.
Chords
G 320033D xx0232Am7 x02010 or x02213
A7 x02020 or x02223
Prologue (Strum Freely / Slowly usu. only the once per chord)
A | long, long time ago | I can ...
| music used to make me smile | And | I ...
| I could make those people dance and | ...
| while | But February made me shiver ...|
| Bad news on the doorstep I | ...
| can't remember if I cried when I | ...
G D Em C (Am7) D7 G C G (D7)
| 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)
G C G D G C
So |* bye-bye, Miss A_|_merican Pie ...
G D G C G D TO CODA
| levee was dry. Them |good ole boys were ...
Em A7 Em D7
| this'll be the day that I | die | This'll ...|
Verses 1,2,3,4.
|G |Am |C |Am |Em |D | % |G D |Em |Am7 |C |Em |
|A7 |D | % |Em |D |Em |D |C G |A7 |C |D7 |G D |
1 2 3G D D C G D G C G D G C G D
| He was singing | etc.
Em A7 Em D7
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
C D7 G C G
| This'll be the day that ...|
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