Purple Rain chords by LeAnn Rimes

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

| C majorC     | A minorAm     | G+G     | FF     |


Verse 1:
C majorC                 A minorAm
  I never meant to cause you any sorrow,
G+G                 FF
  I never meant to cause you any pain.
C majorC                  A minorAm
  I only want one time to see you laughing
G+G               G**      C*
only want to see you laughing in the purple rain

Chorus:
          FF   FF
Purple rain, purple rain,
          C majorC    A minorAm
purple rain, purple rain,
          G+G  G+G
purple rain, purple rain,
G+G              G**      C*
only want to see you bathing in the Purple Rain

Verse 2:
                 C majorC    A minorAm
I never wanted to be your weekend lover,
G+G                  FF
  I only wanted to be some kind of friend.
C majorC                A minorAm
  Baby, I could never steal you from another,
G+G            G**        C*
  it's such a shame our friendship had to end.

Chorus:
          FF   FF
Purple rain, purple rain,
          C majorC    A minorAm
purple rain, purple rain,
          G+G  G+G
purple rain, purple rain,
G+G              G**      C*
only want to see you bathing in the Purple Rain

Verse 3:
        C majorC A minorAm
I know, I know,  times are changin',
G+G                   FF
  it's time we all reach out for the new, that means you too.
C majorC              A minorAm
  You say you want a leader  but you can't seem to make up your mind
          G+G               G**       C*
I think you better close it and let me guide you  to the purple rain.

End-Chorus:
          FF   FF
Purple rain, purple rain,
          C majorC    A minorAm
purple rain, purple rain,
          G+G  G+G
purple rain, purple rain,
G+G                       G**       C*
 well, want to see you, well, want to see you  in the purple rain.

Outro: (Repeat and Fade Out)
| C majorC     | A minorAm     | G+G     | FF     |

🏷Legend: ** means a chord for 2 (slow) beats (i.s.o. 4 beats) and * means "Kill" (1 strum down)