Purple Rain - Prince
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Prince
Purple Rain


[Verse]

e||--1-------------------------------1----x------6--------------||
B||--1---------------1---------------1----x------8--------------||
G||--3----3----------3---------------2----x------10*------------||
D||--3------3--------3----3----------5----x------8--------------||
A||--1--1-----1-0----1------1--------3----x---6-----------------||
E||---------------3--3--3-----3-0-1--1----x---------------------||
*tenth fret

[Chorus]

e||---1-----------------------------(1)---------------------||
B||---1-----------------------------(1)---------------------||
G||---2-----------------------------(3)---------------------||
D||---5-----------------------------(3)---------------------||
A||---3-----------------------------(1)---------------------||
E||---1~~~~~~-----------------------------------------------||
Only want to see you in the purple rain(stum once and stop strings)


e||----------------------6-------------------------1-----------||
B||--no------------------8-------------------------1-----------||
G||---music--------------10------------------------3-----------||
D||----------------------8-------------------------3-----------||
A||----------------------6~~~~~--------------------1~~~~~~-----||
E||------------------------------------------------------------||
Purple rain, purple rain, purple rain, purple rain


e||-----------1-----------------------1-----------------------1---||
B||-----------1-----------------------1-----------------------1---||
G||-----------3-----------------------2-----------------------3---||
D||---3-------3-----------------------5-----------------------3---||
A||-----1-----1-----------------------3-----------------------1---||
E||-------3---3-----------------------1---------------------------||
Purple rain, purple rain, only want....purple rain


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| x Dead note
| (n) Ghost note
| ~ Vibrato

************************************
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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-|---|---|---|--- |---|---|---|---|---| x

F major 4 [F4]

|-1-|---|---|---|--- |-1-|---|---|---|---|
|-1-|---|---|---|--- |-1-|---|---|---|---|
|-1-|---|-4-|---|--- or |---|---|-4-|---|---|
|-1-|---|-3-|---|--- |---|---|-3-|---|---|
|-1-|---|---|---|--- x |---|---|---|---|---| x
|-1-|---|---|---|--- |---|---|---|---|---| x

Intro: C, C, Am7, Am7, G, G, F, F

Lyrics:

1. [C] I ..[Am7] sorrow.
[G] I .. [F] pain. [F4]
[C] I ..[Am7] laughing.
I [G] ..
in ..[C] rain.

R. Purple ..[F] rain. [F4]
[F] Purple ..[C] rain.
[Am7] Purple ..[G] rain.
I only want to see you baby
In the purple [C] rain.

2. I ..[C] lover. [Am7]
[G] I ..[F]friend, hey. [F4]
[C] Baby ..an[Am7]other.
[G] Such ..[C] end.

R. Purple ..[F] rain. [F4]
[F] Purple ..[C] rain.
[Am7] Purple ..purple [G] rain.
I ...
In ..[C] rain.

3. Honey ..[C] changin'. [Am7]
[G] It's ..[F] new.
That ..[F4]
[C] ...
[Am7] But ....
I ..[G] it.
And ...[C] rain.

R. Purple ..[F] rain. [F4]
[F] Purple ..[C] rain.
(Whew! ..
Help ..[Am7] come ..
Purple ...
I ...
In ..] 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]

|---|---|---|---|---|
|-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.
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
[Intro, Verse & Outro]

e|--1----------1-----------1------------6----------------------------------------|
B|--1----------1-----------1------------6----------------------------------------|
G|--3----------3-----------2------------8----------------------------------------|
D|--3----------3-----------3------------8----------------------------------------|
A|--1----------1-----------3------------6----------------------------------------|
E|-------------3-----------1-----------------------------------------------------|


[Chorus]

e|--1-------------------------------------------(1)------------------------------|
B|--1-------------------------------------------(1)------------------------------|
G|--2-------------------------------------------(3)------------------------------|
D|--3-------------------------------------------(3)------------------------------|
A|--3-------------------------------------------(1)------------------------------|
E|--1----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Only want to see you laughing in the purple rain (strum last chord once)
e|-----------------------6-----------------------------1-----------------------|
B|-----------------------6-----------------------------1-----------------------|
G|-----------------------8-----------------------------3-----------------------|
D|-----------------------8-----------------------------3-----------------------|
A|-----------------------6-----------------------------1-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Purple rain, purple rain... purple rain, purple rain
e|--1-------------------------1--------------------------------------------------|
B|--1-------------------------1--------------------------------------------------|
G|--3-------------------------2--------------------------------------------------|
D|--3-------------------------3--------------------------------------------------|
A|--1-------------------------3--------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-------------------------1--------------------------------------------------|
Purple rain, purple rain







Album Version

RIP Prince
Song info
Purple Rain
Prince
2001
  • Pop
  • Funk
  • Pop Rock
  • Soundtrack
  • Synth-pop
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