American Pie - Don McLean - Acoustic Guitar - Original Vocal Track - Chords
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- Learn how to play "American Pie" by Don McLean on Acoustic Guitar. With chords. Listen to the original versions of all songs in my Playlist on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/2nj...
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The ultimate campfire song
Can confirm. This song got the cops called on us for a noise complaint. At a freaking rodeo...
This is so gorgeous this may take me years but one day I will learn to play this
Update: I’ve done it! Thx this tutorial was so helpful ❤️❤️❤️
In one month?!
@@michaelkorhecz4936 basically yeah lol it’s the most fun song I’ve ever played and also my first. My family is so sick of it but I don’t think I ever will be XD
@@cookiediangelo8511 haha that's funny to hear
Yaaaaay
Great job!!!
Dear viewers, the mid-roll-ad is not my idea and unfortunately I can't change it.
There's no midroll add any more
Beautiful absolutely beautiful
Your singing is really great, almost like the original, excellent tutorial!
🤣
It WAS the original voice. It was an isolated vocal track.
Lol only ‘almost like’
The best guitar lesson for this song on the internet. Love the chord progression on the lower screen. This guy knows what his doing. Rock On Bro!
💯
Brilliant channel. Love the compositions and the simple format of chords as subtitles while listening to a single playthrough with the original vocals is perfect. It means you can keep coming back to the video even when you know the song well, and just play along.
well gotta say, after finding your play along two days ago, i started practicing yesterday morning and at the end of today I can play chorus verse and back to chorus without too many issues, thanks a lot for this video!
Absolutely great! It's one of my favourite songs in English.
Thanks for uploading this tutorial 👍
Best acoustic tutorials I’ve ever come across 👍🏻
Bro you are awesome putting this together, you don't how much I appreciate it one of my fav songs from back in the days still rocks, I love how you created the video with the chords playing a long , I was totally able to play it THANK YOU! for your work, much appreciation from Los Angeles 👍😎💥💥
I remember thinking that this can't be a hard song to learn but then I saw how mane chords does it have
Guess it's gonna take a while
Atleast the chords are easy
Tbf it’s quite repetitive with the chords and there fairly easy but still 😂
Oh it's super simple man. About as simple as a song can really get and still be a masterpiece. ha. Eventually you'll learn all these chords by heart anyways. Learn the basics of music theory, full steps and half steps and how they relate to the strings and thus how chords are derived from their roots. It'll make A LOT more sense why a G is a G and why you're going down from 3rd to 2nd fret and now it's an F# (half step between them, thus one fret) etc. I'd also HIGHLY advice listening to Elliott Smith and looking at some of his tabs. The master of chords and chord progression. No one tops him, in my experience. Got to learn to play with fingers to play Elliott Smith though, no picks work as you have to carry bass line notes (The root of the chords) with your thumb.
It's gonna take a long whilee
@@jonny-b4954 can you explain how the chords why a G is a G.Im playing guitar years but I feel like there's something very basic I don't know.Like I know a G is a G because its first note is a G but what about the rest.Why are they picked.Because there a tone or semitone up or something your tryna say?
Your performance was superb !! Thanks for sharing. God Bless you.
This guy sounds exactly like Don MacLean.. uncanny!
This is actually Don McLean singing. It's a vocal only track I found on the web.
@@hitsonacousticguitar okay if you say so 🙄
@@PoutinePete It is. I know the song well lol. Play the original and play this beside it. Same vocal track. :)
Oooh I get it! The owner of this YT channel is actually Don Maclean pretending to be a common person. I'm a huge fan Mr. Maclean!
@@PoutinePete what don't you understand?! Are you special? He downloaded the vocal track from the original song as a 16-bit WAV, and is playing guitar to the track as a guitar lesson. It's really not difficult to understand! 😂
You have inspired me to learn this song! Thank you!
I learnt this song now... and am now challenging Clapton🙃
Thanks a lot.
Perfect tutorial.
Perfect channel.
Great lesson... Quite doable but there's a lot to remember I think I'll brake it up in sections...I think this will be worth the effort... Thank you for sharing...
Amazing job. Throwing the chords up there really helps. Great channel!
I have always wanted to play this song on guitar. Thank you for making such a great tutorial:)
Perfect lesson, thank you.
that was great ,thankyou for all the videos you do.
Thank you so much! This is one of my favourite songs
this song ive been trying to learn and it's one of the hardest songs ive tried to learn so far (if i remember correctly) but it's so fun to actually get good at it.
chords are simple but the changing tempo is tricky as hell
It's a lot to remember, but at last I've got it, thanx a lot... 👍
great lesson!! im a somewhat new guitarist and this is helping me a lot!
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo, ta pédagogie et c'est superbement joué.👍🙏
Memantul[mantap betul],...wonderful
Amazing video! Congratulations! Really helped me
Amazing buddy, you got it nailed
I've just started learning. I'm starting to find transitions easier between chords that share strings like from Em to Am to C, but find it much more difficult switching between C and G etc. I've no idea how you do it so quickly and without looking. I have a whole new respect for guitar players and musicians in general after picking up my poor dusty acoustic and saying 'it's time to learn'!! Loving practising though. Hopefully will master this soon and thanks for your channel!
I know your comment is four months old but in case this helps anybody else. Transitions from chords like G to C will come with time. It feels uncomfortable at first but soon enough you will be able to swap between them smoothly. The thing that makes these chord transitions hard is that your ring finger and index finger are going to completely different places, making it a complete brain twister. Instead of trying to think of each chord as one-note at a time, try to think of it as a shape that your fingers make, this will ensure that you're not laying down one finger at a time (super slow), and instead just making the shape. Finally, to practice finger flexibility, there is an exercise that I saw somewhere that helped me a lot. Put all of your fingers on the middle G string, spanning across roughly the 6-9th fret (can be moved up or down if you need more or less of a stretch). Then, take your index finger only, and while keeping the rest pressed on the G string, move it from the bottom e string to the top e string without lifting up your other fingers, this is like a finger pushup. After this repeat, this step with your middle, then your ring, etc. while keeping the other fingers pressed down. With time you will gain the finger strength and flexibility nessecary to reach harder chords down the line.
@@Nick-vw6og hi i know its a old video but ive just found it,your comment has been a great help to me because i found it very difficult streching my fingers in such shapes so the exercises are great,can i ask you thought what strumming patteren is he using there seems to be a picking as well,theres a few parts im not getting.
love it man ..thank you
Excellent 👍..Thanks for sharing
I have not played my guitar for many many years, until recently. Love these lessons, and this one is exactly what I look for, simple. I believe it took me about 30 minutes to learn this. Now, trying to remember all the lyrics might take a lifetime!
idk if it's simple hahah maybe for you cuz you played guitar years ago... chords are pretty simple but the changing tempo is not that easy for the beginners :P
Amazing, thanks for the tutorial man, thanks alot
beautiful
Amazing, great job man.
Very helpful, thanks!
Excellent. Thank you.
That was amazing thank you
Fantastic
Great cover.
Thnx for the vídeo bro Very very very very AWESOME , i am new fã in this channel ! SUBSCRIBED !!
Great Job thank you man
Great vocals
Beatifull
Well played indeed, thumb up
Excellent ty
anyone knows why "whiskey" is censored in the vocal track?
Hi, I didn't do it. That was in the vocals only version I found on the web. My guess is, that it is from a game like "SingStar" and they edited it family friendly.
@@hitsonacousticguitar oh thanks for the clarity
I believe this stem is from Band Hero, it has “whiskey” censored, which does kind of suck but you win some you lose some
@@ryananderson9668 especially when they left in the word “rye” which is just another form of whiskey. 🤷🏻♂️ iconic song for sure though.
Show! 👏👏👏👏
Great Tutorial! I love this so much!! What kind of guitar are you playing? Looks like a Taylor for sure looking at the electronic pickup tone controls and the wing ebony bridge. I love the tone and intonation this guitar produces, would you be willing to share with us what kind of guitar it is? Take a peak inside the sound hole for us? Thanks a million for the wonderful videos!!! I have learned so much from you!
Awesome
Awesome...no other word👍
Effortless
ur crazy, this is so hard to play. Beautiful!
perfect
Christ, thats hard! And I WILL play it right!
wow no pense que fuera mas dificil de lo que pensaba
Hello!!! I wanted to ask what guitar you used for this! I'm buying my second one and I love the sound of this one
Hi, it's a Taylor.
If you can play this, you shall be the campfire legend
Very well played
Just when i try to play along its hard cause the chords aren't in order
hey, could you share the strumming pattern for the chorus?
i was fasinated by president yoon so i started to learn it bye bye mr american pie~
Magic, durr, know enough now to see what's goin on
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music
Used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
Something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
So, bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"
Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now, do you believe in rock 'n' roll
Can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage bronckin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"
Now, for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
A quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now, the halftime air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
We started singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"
Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So, come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
He was singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"
I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
And they were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"
They were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die"
So this is my favorite song of all time. And thought that it would be a great idea to pick up my guitar and learn it. Boy, was I right. There aren't any difficult chords. They're all chords I already knew. The transitions is what I need to work on. Welp. Practice makes perfect
Update: I can successfully play it all the way thru. All 8 mins
@@DamagedFn-ct9rr congrats man
where did you get the vocals from?
thats 1 hell of a cover song wow thats all ii can say
Wonder of execution, watching from Brazil.
Anyway i could see the strumming pattern for this?
Very good song but so hard to sing for frenchie .The words are so fast for me ! but the chords are very nice to play!
I really want to sing this but I'm having trouble memorizing the lyrics🤯
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
Did you write the book of love, and do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll, can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
Now for ten years we've been on our own, and moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen in a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
A quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
Helter skelter in a summer swelter, the birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass, the players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
Oh, and there we were all in one place, a generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
And in the streets, the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
Can anyone help us? I can't pick up when he does an up stroke?
does anyone knows strumming pattern???
love this, may i ask the strumming pattern?
Yeah
@@nyuhnerysmexecutioner7963 i dont really know if it's right but i tried my best: (first part obviously all down) from 1:02:
DD D DUDUDU UDU
DDUDDUDUDU UDU
and the chord progression D-Dsus2-Dsus4 its just DDUDUDUDUDUDUDU
I’m watching open range with Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall, I think this song has more words than the whole movie. Catchy tune, but if a man has 9000 words a day, it’s like 4 days worth of words .
is that a MX-50 in the background
What is that?
Nice pro video 👍🏻 although what’s up with the word ‘whisky’ throughout 🤔
So by by miss American pie
1:00
What's the strumming for the chorus?
i dont really know if it's right but i tried my best: (first part obviously all down) from 1:02:
DD D DUDUDU UDU
DDUDDUDUDU UDU
and the chord progression D-Dsus2-Dsus4 its just DDUDUDUDUDUDUDU
Wow i follow you , i like that , thanks , God is proud of you 😇🙏🙏🏾💯💝🎶🎶👍🌹 Staysafe and strong , continu to share the love of God with your music and your energy , Amen 😇🙏🙏🏾🎸🎶🎶🌎☀️
1:16 is the word whiskey against TH-cam rules now?
No, it was cut out in the original version of this vocal track. Think it might be from a game like Singstar
You sound just like him
Now for ten years we've been on our own, and moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen in a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
A quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
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A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
So bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"
Did you write the book of love, and do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll, can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"
Now for ten years we've been on our own, and moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen in a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
A quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"
Helter skelter in a summer swelter, the birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass, the players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
Oh, and there we were all in one place, a generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
And in the streets, the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
And them good old boys were drinkin' wh*sk* and rye
Why did you block out the word 'whiskey' haha.
It wasn't me. I found a "vocal only" track on the web and it was cut out. I'd guess this is because many of the vocal only tracks are from something like these "sing star" games and they are extra kid friendly.
The idea of your way of showing chord charts gets an 'A' for effort but the way you're jumping from one chart to another with no preview or prompt got to be more of a hinderance than a help for me. I'm sure it's perfect for others. Just some kind of hint which chord is next a second ahead would have made all the difference. Still, thanks for putting this out.
Not for beginners i believe. It's easy if you already know how to execute the chords he's showing
what is the strum?
I know that this wont be really helpful but it could help you in the future so try to listen and watch his hand and improvise and in the future you wont need ask
Why didn't you sing the word 'whisky'?
Hi, it's actually not singing me, but the original vocal track by Don McLean. I found this as it it on the web. I'd guess it's from some "sing star" style game and they didn't want kids sing "whisky" (?).
@@hitsonacousticguitar and yet he sings 'rye'. Strange.
Put chords on the lyrics please
Ritmo?
Always thought it was just "whiskey and rye" but this tutorial helped me realize that he was drinking p***y and rye. thanks for clearing that up for me
I can’t work out the strumming structure
Why censor whisky?
Did you realise it is almost the same chords as Foo Fighters times like these acoustic version
Bro why did you censor the word whiskey
Hi, it wasn’t me. That’s how I found the vocal track on the web. I guess it’s because it was ripped from a game like Singstar and they made it family friendly.
Oh lol
God this is a bit much for me 🤣
As much as the idea for the chords is good, its just too hard to follow, its supposed to be a tutorial but the way its laid out with the jumping back and fourth is just too hard to follow for beginners, you would have to know the song anyway, my advice, stick with it but make it so the chords appear in order and it is continually moving forwards, not being a hater, just giving some friendly advice, thank you
You're showing the chord progression for the song but you're not following that chord progression.
I don‘t understand?