Playlist - American Pie

Chorus! It’s time to discover how one of the world’s most legendary songs was put together. Let’s put Don McLean’s American Pie under the...

Verse! Today, we continue our discovery of how American Pie can be played on just one guitar. The verse is what is up for grabs here and as it is so long, I’ve had...

Intro/Outro! The intro and outro are the two most intricate sections of this song, luckily they are played very slowly. Both are transcribed from what I played on the...

Complete song! Let’s play the entire song! As this wasn’t done to a click and the intro and outro are free time, it may be very difficult to stay exactly...

2nd guitar – Chorus! Today, we fit a capo and play the chorus as if in the key of C. There are two examples available here, I put them in one loop as a bit of an...

2nd guitar – Verse! Let’s work out how to play the verse using a capo at fret 7. I’ve done fewer TAB examples for this compared to when you learned it...

2nd guitar – Intro/Outro! This is not going to be easy. It will however be rewarding if you persevere. Start by playing the intro along to the TAB loop. Aim to get...

2nd guitar – Complete song! We’ve come to the end of this American Pie dissertation. Today I’m going to give you a chart in the key of C, without...