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Shockadelica
by Prince from "The Hits/B-sides"

NOTE: all parts are transcribed for guitar (EBGDAE from top to bottom)
-	KB Riff 1, 2, 3 and4 are played during intro and latter part of verses (ie 
shes got you in a trance)
-	KB Riff 5 comes in on the first "Shockadelica" on the last syllable
-	The "Choppy funk Guitar" is the prominent crunchy guitar chord that is played in the 
part of the verses

KB riff 1	              KB Riff 2
E---------------------  -------8/10--------------|
B---------------------    ---------------7/9-----|
G-----5/7-------------    -----------------------|
D-----------4/6-------    -----------------------|
A---------------------    -----------------------|
E---------------------    -----------------------|


KB riff 3
---------------|
---------------|
------7--------|
------6--------|
------7--------|
---------------|

KB Riff 4 (backwards strings sound)
---------------|
---------------|
-----9---------|
-----9---------|
---------------|
---------------|

Soft funky guitar during verse
-------------------------------|
-------------5-----------------|
-----7p6---7-------------------|
-----6------ 6-----------------|
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|

KB riff 5
----------------|
---5------------|
------7---------|
------6---------|
------7---------|
----------------|

Choppy funk Guitar
------7---------|
------7---------|
------7---------|
------6---------|
------7---------|
----------------|

-	KB Riff 1 played throughout intro verses

Verse 2
---------------|
---------------|
---------------|
---------------|
---7---9-------|
---------------|
	"She got you?."

She got you tied up with a golden rope
She gonna let you play your guitar (Dist. Guitar)

Distorted guitar
---------------|
-----8b9-------|
-----8b9-------|
---------------|
---------------|
---------------|


-------------------------------------7--9-----------------------------9---7-|
-------------------------------------7--7-----------------------------7---7-|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|"And when 
cried enough                 maybe she'll let you up"

A nasty ride in her shockadelicar
She'll make you beg her


Chorus
E
	Shockadelica
Dbm7
	Shockadelica
A		         A7
	Shockadelica,       doobie doobie doobie

-	this is the basic structure of the song but its not exact, as the song is very loose and funky.

Transcribed by FunknFresh