Purple Rain - Prince

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Prince: Purple Rain

Edit: Thanks to some input from user Augie9000, I have made some changes to this 
tab to make it more accurate. I am using a different Eadd9 than he recommended 
though, because it's more efficient with respect to the position of the other 
chords on the neck, and probably more familiar to most players.

Capo 1 for the key that it's played on the album. But sounds great open.

Chords:

   XX2200
   202200
   022101
      XX0235

Intro:  x4,  x4,  x4,  x1
Verse:  x4,  x4,  x4,  x1 ~  (4), ,  (6),  (1)
Chorus:  x8,  x4,  x4,  x14,  x1


[Intro]

 x4,  x4,  x4,  x1


[Verse]

         
    I never me

              
ant to cause y

      
ou any sorrow
         
    I never me

              
ant to cause y

       
ou any pain
         
    I only wan

              
ted to one tim

         
e see you laug

hing
         
    I only wan

              
ted to see you

              
 laughing in t

          
he purple rain


[Chorus]

              
    Purple rai

         
n purple rain
            
    Purple rai

         
n purple rain
         
    Purple rai

         
n purple rain
         
    I only wan

              
ted to see you

              
 bathing in th

         
e purple rain


[Verse]

              
    I never wa

              
nted to be you

            
r weekend love

            
r
              
    I only wan

              
ted to be some

         
 kind of frien

d
         
   Baby I coul

              
d never steal 

         
you from anoth

er
         
   It’s such

              
 a shame our f

              
riendship had 

 
to end


[Chorus]

              
   Purple rain

        
 purple rain
            
   Purple rain

        
 purple rain
         
   Purple rain

        
 purple rain
         
   I only want

              
ed to see you 

              
underneath the

        
 purple rain


[Verse]

         
Honey, I know,

              
 I know, I kno

            
w times are ch


angin'
         
  It's time we

              
 all reach out

              
 for something

 
 new, (that me

ans you too)
         
      You say 

              
you want a lea

  
der, but you c

an't seem to m

ake up your mi

nd
         
And I think yo

              
u better close

              
 it and let me

              
 guide you to 

           
the purple rai


n


[Chorus]

              
    Purple rai

         
n purple rain
            
    Purple rai

         
n purple rain

(If you know what I'm singin' about up here, come on raise your hand)

         
    Purple rai

         
n purple rain
         
I only want to

              
 see you, only

              
 want to see y

  
ou in the purp

le rain

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