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Prince – Purple Rain tab ver. 2
Sender: s_weidn@irau32 (Harald Weidner) PRINCE: Purple Rain =================== Used chords are: C major [C]|---|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-2-|---|---|---|---|---|-3-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---A minor 7 [Am7]|---|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-2-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---G major [G]|---|---|-4-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|-2-|---|---F major [F]|-1-|---|---|---|--- |-1-|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|--- |-1-|---|---|---|---|-1-|-2-|---|---|--- or |---|-2-|---|---|---|-1-|---|-4-|---|--- |---|---|-4-|---|---|-1-|---|-3-|---|--- |---|---|-3-|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|--- |---|---|---|---|--- xF major 4 [F4]|-1-|---|---|---|--- |-1-|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|--- |-1-|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|-4-|---|--- or |---|---|-4-|---|---|-1-|---|-3-|---|--- |---|---|-3-|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|--- x |---|---|---|---|--- x|-1-|---|---|---|--- |---|---|---|---|--- xIntro: C, C, Am7, Am7, G, G, F, F Lyrics: 1. [C] I never meant to cause you any [Am7] sorrow. [G] I never meant to cause you any [F] pain. [F4] [C] I only want one time see you [Am7] laughing. I [G] only want to see you laughing in the purple [C] rain. R. Purple rain, purple [F] rain. [F4] [F] Purple rain, purple [C] rain. [Am7] Purple rain, purple [G] rain. I only want to see you baby In the purple [C] rain. 2. I never wanted to be your weekend [C] lover. [Am7] [G] I only wanted to be some kind of [F]friend, hey. [F4] [C] Baby I could never steal you from an[Am7]other. [G] Such a shame our friendship has to [C] end. R. Purple rain, purple [F] rain. [F4] [F] Purple rain, purple [C] rain. [Am7] Purple rain, purple [G] rain. I only want to see you underneath In the purple [C] rain. 3. Honey I know, I know, I know times are [C] changin'. [Am7] [G] It's time we all reach out for something [F] new. That means you too. [F4] [C] You say you want a leader, [Am7] But you can't seem to make up your mind. I think you better close [G] it. And let me guide you to the purple [C] rain. R. Purple rain, purple [F] rain. [F4] [F] Purple rain, purple [C] rain. (Whew! If you know what I'm singin' about, Help me and [Am7] come on raise your hand.) [Am7] Purple rain, purple [G] rain. I only want to see you, I only want to see you In the purple [C] 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 patternC 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: C major 9 [C9]|---|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-3-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---A minor 7/4 [Am74]|---|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---F major 9 [F9]|-1-|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|-4-|---|---|-1-|---|-3-|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---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-||--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|{------3x-------} 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---|--------|--------| |_______________|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.