1999 Acoustic chords by Prince

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

1999 – Prince (Acoustic version)

C# minorC#m = x46654 (on the 4th fret relative to capo. 5th fret relative to nut.)
"E7s4" = E7sus4E7sus4 = x20200
E7/BE7/B = x20100
A augmentedA = x02220

Chords for verses are the same as the intro, (with sixteenth-note feel).

Bassdrum is played on beats 1 and 3. Song intro and other sections start on beat 1.
4/4 Time , live version is at a rather fast tempo (quarter-note ~ 130 bpm)
The rhythm changes are surprisingly confusing (see tab below).
The first time the phrase is played, the last chord in the phrase is on beat 3.
The second time the phrase is played, the last chord is played one sixteenth-note sooner.
When counting sixteenth-notes as “1 e & a 2 e & a”,
the last chord will be on the “a” of beat 2, as shown below.

Intro:
  1 2 3 4| 1 2__a3 4|  REPEAT X4
 E MajorE E(7) E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
E MajorE|-----------|-0---------|
BB|-----------|-0-----0---|
G+G|----1--2---|-1-----2---|
D MajorD|---(2)-0---|-0-----0---|
A augmentedA|----2--2---|(2)----2---|
E MajorE|-0---------|-----------|

Main Riff:
  1 2 3 4| 1 2 3 4| 1 2 3 4| 1  2__a3 4| REPEAT X2
  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B  E7s4 E MajorE   E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4 E7E7
E MajorE|-----------|-0---------|-----------|--------------|
BB|-----------|-0-----0---|-----------|--0---0--0----|
G+G|----1-h2---|-1-----2---|----1-h2---|--1---2--1----|
D MajorD|----2--0---|-0-----0---|----2--0---|--0---0--0----|
A augmentedA|----2--2---|-2-----2---|----2--2---|--2---2--2----|
E MajorE|-0---------|-----------|-0---------|--------------|

Verse 1:
   E MajorE        E7s4
I was dreamin’ when I wrote this
  E7/BE7/B        E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
Forgive me if it goes astray
      E MajorE      E7s4
But when I woke up this morning
       E7/BE7/B         E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
I could have sworn it was judgment day
  E MajorE      E7s4
The sky was all purple
      E7/BE7/B         E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
There were people runnin’ every-where
     E MajorE      E7s4
Tryin’ to run from the destruction
  E7/BE7/B        E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
you know I didn’t even care       ’Cuz they say...

Chorus 1:
A augmentedA              C# minorC#m          E MajorE E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
Two-thousand-zero-zero party over, oops out of time
A augmentedA                  C# minorC#m  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999

Verse 2:
   E MajorE        E7s4
I was dreamin’ when I wrote this
  E7/BE7/B        E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
So sue me if I go too fast
  E MajorE       E7s4
But life is just a party
  E7/BE7/B           E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
And parties weren’t meant to last
    E MajorE  E7s4
War is all around us
  E7/BE7/B         E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
My mind says “prepare to fight”
  E MajorE     E7s4
So if I gotta die
     E7/BE7/B        E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
I’m gonna listen to my body tonight       ’Cuz they say...

Chorus 2:
A augmentedA              C# minorC#m          E MajorE E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
Two-thousand-zero-zero party over, oops out of time
A augmentedA                  C# minorC#m  E MajorE E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999

Interlude 1:
E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4  x4

Verse 3:
    E MajorE       E7s4
If you didn’t come to party
   E7/BE7/B         E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
Don’t bother knockin’ on my door
    E MajorE     E7s4
I got a lion in my pocket
  E7/BE7/B        E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
And baby he’s ready to roar
      E MajorE   E7s4
Everybody’s got a bomb
     E7/BE7/B    E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
We could all die any day
  E MajorE          E7s4
But before I’ll let that happen
   E7/BE7/B     E7s4  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
I’ll dance my life away       ’Cuz they say...

Chorus 3:
A augmentedA              C# minorC#m          E MajorE E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
Two-thousand-zero-zero party over, oops out of time
A augmentedA                  C# minorC#m  E MajorE  E7s4  E7/BE7/B E7s4
So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999

Chorus 4:
A augmentedA              C# minorC#m          E MajorE E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
Two-thousand-zero-zero party over, oops out of time
A augmentedA                  C# minorC#m  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999

Interlude 2:
E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4  x4

Chorus 5:
A augmentedA              C# minorC#m          E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
Two-thousand-zero-zero party over, oops out of time
A augmentedA                  C# minorC#m  E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4
So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999

Outro:
E MajorE  E7s4 E7/BE7/B E7s4 (repeat and fade)

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