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PRINCE: Purple Rain


Used chords are:

Chord diagramC majorC major [Chord diagramC majorC]

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Chord diagramA augmentedA minor 7 [Chord diagramAm7Am7]

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Chord diagramG+G major [Chord diagramG+G]

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Chord diagramFF major [Chord diagramFF]

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Chord diagramFF major 4 [F4]

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Intro: C, C, Am7, Am7, G, G, F, Chord diagramFF

Lyrics:

1. [Chord diagramC majorC] I ..[Chord diagramAm7Am7] sorrow.
   [Chord diagramG+G] I .. [Chord diagramFF] pain. [F4]
   [Chord diagramC majorC] I ..[Chord diagramAm7Am7] laughing.
   I [Chord diagramG+G] ..
   in ..[Chord diagramC majorC] rain.

R. Purple ..[Chord diagramFF] rain. [F4]
   [Chord diagramFF] Purple ..[Chord diagramC majorC] rain.
   [Chord diagramAm7Am7] Purple ..[Chord diagramG+G] rain.
   I only want to see you baby
   In the purple [Chord diagramC majorC] rain.

2. I ..[Chord diagramC majorC] lover. [Chord diagramAm7Am7]
   [Chord diagramG+G] I ..[Chord diagramFF]friend, hey. [F4]
   [Chord diagramC majorC] Baby ..an[Chord diagramAm7Am7]other.
   [Chord diagramG+G] Such ..[Chord diagramC majorC] end.

R. Purple ..[Chord diagramFF] rain. [F4]
   [Chord diagramFF] Purple ..[Chord diagramC majorC] rain.
   [Chord diagramAm7Am7] Purple ..purple [Chord diagramG+G] rain.
   I ...
   In ..[Chord diagramC majorC] rain.

3. Honey ..[Chord diagramC majorC] changin’. [Chord diagramAm7Am7]
   [Chord diagramG+G] It’s ..[Chord diagramFF] new.
   That ..[F4]
   [Chord diagramC majorC] ...
   [Chord diagramAm7Am7] But ....
   I ..[Chord diagramG+G] it.
   And ...[Chord diagramC majorC] rain.

R. Purple ..[Chord diagramFF] rain. [F4]
   [Chord diagramFF] Purple ..[Chord diagramC majorC] rain.
   (Whew! ..
   Help ..[Chord diagramAm7Am7] come ..
Purple ...
   I ...
   In ..] rain.

Chord diagramA augmentedA simple playing technique:

 Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramAm7Am7               Chord diagramG+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-|

 Chord diagramFF              F4 Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramC majorC
|-------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-|--------|--------|
                                              |_______________|


Chord diagramA augmentedA picking pattern

 Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF        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:

Chord diagramC majorC major 9 [Chord diagramC9C9]

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Chord diagramA augmentedA minor 7/4 [Am74]

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Chord diagramFF major 9 [Chord diagramF9F9]

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 Chord diagramC9C9                Am74 Chord diagramAm7Am7     Am74 Chord diagramG+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-|
 |_______________|

 Chord diagramF9F9       Chord diagramFF  F4 Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramC majorC
|-------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:

 Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramFF        F4       Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC9C9
|--------|-------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-------}
 Chord diagramAm7Am7                Chord diagramG+G                           Chord diagramC majorC
|-------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 Chord diagramBB major. If you want to play it together
      with the LP, you should tune your guitar down one step.

Other versions of Purple Rain

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