Prince

Prince - Purple Rain guitar tab

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Sender: s_weidn@irau32 (Harald Weidner)

PRINCE: Purple Rain

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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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|---|-1-|---|---|---

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F major [F]

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|-1-|-2-|---|---|--- or |---|-2-|---|---|---

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

|-1-|---|---|---|--- |---|---|---|---|--- x

F major 4 [F4]

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|-1-|---|-4-|---|--- or |---|---|-4-|---|---

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

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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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|-1-|---|---|---|---

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F major 9 [F9]

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|-1-|---|-4-|---|---

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

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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-|

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

{------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---|--------|--------|

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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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