purple rain by Prince - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

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	C
C major

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	Am7
A minor 7

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	G
G major

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	F
F major

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	F4
F major 4

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Intro: C, C, Am7, Am7, G, G, F, F

Lyrics:

	C	Am7
1.	I never meant to cause you any	sorrow.

	G	F	F4
	I never meant to cause you any	pain.

	C	Am7
	I only want one time see you	laughing.

	G
I	only want to see you laughing

	C
in the purple	rain.

	F	F4
R. Purple rain, purple	rain.

	F	C
	Purple rain, purple	rain.

	Am7	G
	Purple rain, purple	rain.

I only want to see you baby

	C
In the purple	rain.

	C	Am7
2. I never wanted to be your weekend	lover.

	G	F	F4
	I only wanted to be some kind of	friend, hey.

	C	Am7
	Baby I could never steal you from an	other.

	G	C
	Such a shame our friendship has to	end.

	F	F4
R. Purple rain, purple	rain.

	F	C
	Purple rain, purple	rain.

	Am7	G
	Purple rain, purple	rain.

I only want to see you underneath

	C
In the purple	rain.

	C	Am7
3. Honey I know, I know, I know times are	changin'.

	G	F
	It's time we all reach out for something	new.

	F4
That means you too.

	C
	You say you want a leader,

	Am7
	But you can't seem to make up your mind.

	G
I think you better close	it.

	C
And let me guide you to the purple	rain.

	F	F4
R. Purple rain, purple	rain.

	F	C
	Purple rain, purple	rain.

(Whew! If you know what I'm singin' about,

	Am7
Help me and	come on raise your hand.)

	Am7	G
	Purple rain, purple	rain.

I only want to see you, I only want to see you

	C
In the purple	rain.

A simple playing technique:

C Am7 G

|-------0|-----0--|-------0|-----0--|-------3|-----3--|

|1---1--1|1-1--11-|1---1--1|1-1--11-|-------0|-----0--|

|0---0---|0-0---0-|0---0---|0-0---0-|0---0---|0-0---0-|

|2---2---|2-2---2-|2---2---|2-2---2-|0---0---|0-0---0-|

|3---3---|3-3---3-|0---0---|0-0---0-|2---2---|2-2---2-|

|--------|--------|--------|--------|3---3---|3-3---3-|

F F4 G C

|-------1|------0-|---3----|---3----|---3----|--------|--------|

|1---1--1|1-1---11|---0----|---0----|---0----|1-------|--------|

|2---2---|2-2----3|0---0---|0---0---|0---0---|0-------|--------|

|3---3---|3-3----3|0---0---|0---0---|0---0---|2-------|--------|

|3---3---|3-3-----|2---2-2-|2---2-2-|2---2-2-|3-------|--------|

|--------|--------|3---3-3-|3---3-3-|3---3-3-|--------|--------|

|_______________|

A picking pattern

C Am7 G F F4

|-----0--|-----0--|-----3--|-----1--|-----1--|

|----1-1-|----1-1-|----0-0-|----1-1-|----1-1-|

|---0---0|---0---0|---0---0|---2---2|---3---3|

|--2-----|--2-----|--0-----|--3-----|--3-----|

|3-------|0-------|--------|--------|--------|

|--------|--------|3-------|1-------|1-------|

The original technique used by PRINCE:

You need the following additional chords:

	C9
C major 9

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	Am74
A minor 7/4

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	F9
F major 9

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C9 Am74 Am7 Am74 G

|--------|--------|-------0|-----0--|-------3|-----3--|

|1-------|--------|1---1--1|1-1--11-|-------0|-----0--|

|0-------|--------|0---0---|0-0---0-|0---0---|0-0---0-|

|0-------|--------|02--2---|2-2---0-|0---0---|0-0---0-|

|3-------|--------|0---0---|0-0---0-|2---2---|2-2---2-|

|--------|--------|--------|--------|03--3---|3-3---3-|

|_______________|

F9 F F4 F G C

|-------1|---1-1--|-------3|-------3|-------3|--------|

|1------1|1--1111-|-------0|-------0|-------0|1-------|

|0-------|02--2-2-|0---0-0-|0---0-0-|0---0-0-|0-------|

|3-------|3---3-3-|0---0-0-|0---0-0-|0---0-0-|2-------|

|3-------|3---3-3-|2-2-2---|2-2-2---|2-2-2---|3-------|

|--------|--------|3-3-3---|3-3-3---|3-3-3---|--------|

Refrain:

C F F4 F F C9

|--------|-------1|-----1--|--------|--------|-------0|-----0--|

|1-------|1---1--1|1-1--11-|1---1---|1---1---|1---1--1|1-1--11-|

|0-------|2---2---|3-3---3-|2---2---|2---2---|0---0---|0-0---0-|

|2-------|3---3---|3-3---3-|3---3---|3---3---|0---0---|0-0---0-|

|3-------|3---3---|--------|3---3---|3---3---|3---3---|3-3---3-|

|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Am7 G C

|-------0|-----0--||-------3|-----3--||--------|--------|--------|

|1---1--1|1-1--11-||-------0|-----0--||--------|1-------|--------|

|0---0---|0-0---0-||0---0---|0-0---0-||0---0---|0-------|--------|

|2---2---|2-2---2-||0---0---|0-0---0-||0---0---|2-------|--------|

|0---0---|0-0---0-||2---2---|2-2---2-||2---2---|3-------|--------|

|--------|--------||3---3---|3-3---3-||3---3---|--------|--------|

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Hint: Prince plays this in B major. If you want to play it together

with the LP, you should tune your guitar down one step.

Taken from "Rock Ballads" by Peter Bursch.

Reprinted without permission.

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Corrected by goldshoe496. View original

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