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Purple rain Prince
Sender: s_weidn@irau32 (Harald Weidner)
PRINCE: Purple Rain ===================
Used chords are:
C major [C]
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A minor 7 [Am7]
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G major [G]
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F major [F]
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F major 4 [F4]
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Intro: 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 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:
C major 9 [C9]
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A minor 7/4 [Am74]
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F major 9 [F9]
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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---|--------|--------| |_______________|
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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