[Intro]
         

[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 fri

              
endship 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

               
anging
              
   It's time w

              
e all reach ou

         
t for somethin

g new, that me

ans you too

   You say you

 want a leader
 
  But you can'

t seem to make

 up your mind
             
 I think you b

              
etter close it

              
 and let me gu

              
ide you to the

          
 purple rain

[Chorus]
              
   Purple rain

         
, purple rain
            
   Purple rain

         
, purple rain
            
   Purple rain

         
, purple rain

 I only want t

o see you
              
I only want to

              
 see you in th

           
e purple rain