# American Pie – Madonna: piano chords

American Pie by Madonna uses 9 chords in G major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [Em7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em7), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [Am7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [D7](https://pianokitty.com/c/D7)

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: G D Em7 Am C Em D G D Em7 Am C Em C D
- Verse 2: G Am C Am Em D G D Em Am7 C Em A7 D
- Verse 3: Em D Em D C G A7 C D7 G D Em Am C G D Em C D7 G C G
- Chorus 1: C G D G C G D G C G D Em A7 Em D7
- Verse 4: G D Em Am C Em D G D Em G Am G C Em Am C Em C D
- Verse 5: Em Am Em Am C G Am C D G D Em Am7 C D7 G D Em Am7 D7 G D7

## Questions

### Which chords does American Pie by Madonna use?

Different chords: 9. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is American Pie by Madonna in?

The chords fit G major. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is American Pie to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (9), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

[Practice this song](https://pianokitty.com/app?subject=songs&spec=%3Cverse_1%3E+G+D+Em7+Am+C+Em+D+G+D+Em7+Am+C+Em+C+D+%3Cverse_2%3E+G+Am+C+Am+Em+D+G+D+Em+Am7+C+Em+A7+D+%3Cverse_3%3E+Em+D+Em+D+C+G+A7+C+D7+G+D+Em+Am+C+G+D+Em+C+D7+G+C+G+%3Cchorus_1%3E+C+G+D+G+C+G+D+G+C+G+D+Em+A7+Em+D7+%3Cverse_4%3E+G+D+Em+Am+C+Em+D+G+D+Em+G+Am+G+C+Em+Am+C+Em+C+D+%3Cverse_5%3E+Em+Am+Em+Am+C+G+Am+C+D+G+D+Em+Am7+C+D7+G+D+Em+Am7+D7+G+D7&seq=inOrder&title=Madonna+-+American+Pie)

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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