Purple Rain by Prince

Purple Rain bass tab by Prince

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Purple Rain
                   Prince

Bass                               Prince

As played by Mark Brown

Intro

4 Bars Rest

Verse 1

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1---------------|
|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|
 W         W         W         W

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                                     2/4
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-------|
|-----------------|-3---------x---x-|-1---------------|(1)------1---1---|---------|
 W         H    E E E E  W         H    Q  Q   Q  Q

Chorus 1

 4/4
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1---------------|(1)--------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1---------x---x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 W         W         W         H    E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------3---3-|-----------------|
|---------------3-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|-1---------------|
 H.     E E  W         H    E E E E  W

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1---------------|
|(1)--------------|-----------------|
 W         Q  H.

Verse 2

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5-6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---8-------|
|-1---------------|---------------3-|-----------------|-6---------------|
|-----------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|
 W         H.     E E  W         Q  Q  Q  E E

                                     2/4
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-------|
|-----------------|-3---------------|-1-------1---1---|-1---------------|---------|
 H    H     W         H    Q  Q   W         Q  Q

Chorus 2

 4/4
|-----------------|---------3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1---------x-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 W         H.   S S S S  W         H    E E Q

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|/7---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------3-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|-1---------------|
 W         W         H.     Q   W

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1---------------|
|-1-------1---1---|-----------------|
 H    Q  Q   Q  H.

Verse 3

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-----|
|-1---------x-----|-----------------|-----------------|-6---------------|
|-----------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|
 H    E E Q   H    H     W         H    E Q  E

                                     2/4
|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|------------/5---|-----------------|-----------------|-1-------|
|-----------------|-3---5---6-------|-1-----1-1-------|-1---1-------1-1-|---------|
 W         Q  Q  Q  Q   Q.  E H     Q  H    E E  Q  Q

Chorus 2

 4/4
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1---------x-----|-1---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-5-----|-1---------x---x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 W         H    E E Q   H    E E    H    E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------3-|/8---------------|-----------------|
|-3---------x---3-|-1-----------1---|-----------------|-1---------------|
 W    E E E E  H.     E E  H.     Q   W

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1---------------|-----------------|
|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|-----------------|
 Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  H.      W

Solo/Outro

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---8---------|
|-1---------1---x-|------------/5---|-----------------|-6-----------x-x-6-|
|-----------------|-3---5---6-------|-1---------x-----|-------------------|
 H    E E E E  Q  Q  Q  Q   H    E E Q   Q  Q  Q  S S E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------8-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---8---------|
|-1-----------1\--|------------/5---|-----------------|-6-----------x-x-6-|
|-----------------|-3---5---6-------|-1---------------|-------------------|
 H.     Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   W         Q  Q  E E S S E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0---3-1-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-----------3-2-1-------|
|-1---------------|------------/5---|-----------------|-------------------4-2-0-|
|-----------------|-3---5---6-------|-1---------------|-------------------------|
 W         Q  Q  Q  Q   W         Q  Q  S S S S S S S S

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------/8---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---8-------|
|-1-----------1-x\|------------/5---|-----------------|-6---------------|
|-----------------|-3---5---6-------|-1---------------|-----------------|
 H.     E E  Q  Q  Q  Q   W        Q  Q  Q  Q

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------/3---|-1--0--------1-0---|
|-1---------1-1-1-|------------/5---|-----------------|-------3--1------3-|
|-----------------|-3---5---6-------|-1---------------|-------------------|
 H.   S S S S  Q  Q  Q  Q   H.     Q   E. E. E. E. S S E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1--0--------1-0---|
|-1-----------1-x-|------------/5---|-----------------|-------3--1------3-|
|-----------------|-3---5---6-------|-1-----------1/--|-------------------|
 H.     E E  Q  Q  Q  Q   H.     Q   E. E. E. E. S S E


|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1--0--------1-0---|
|-1-----------1---|------------/5---|-----------------|-------3--1------3-|
|-----------------|-3---5---6-------|-1---------------|-------------------|
 H.     Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   W         E. E. E. E. S S E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1--0--------1-0---|
|-1-----------1---|------------/5---|-----------------|-------3--1------3-|
|-----------------|-3---5---6-------|-1---------------|-------------------|
 H.     Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   W         E. E. E. E. S S E

|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1---------------|
|-1---------------|------------/5---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3---5---6-------|-1-------1-------|-----------------|
 H    H     Q  Q  Q  Q   H    H     W

                            2/4
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|(1)--------------|(1)--------------|(1)--------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 W         W         W         H

|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-1-------1-1-1-1-1-|-1-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
 H    E E S S E  W


Key to rhythm notations:

W - Whole Note/Semi-Brieve
H - Half Note/Minim
Q - Quarter Note/Crotchet    Q. - Dotted Quarter Note
E - Eight Note/Quaver      E. - Dotted Eight Note
S - Sixteenth Note/Semi-Quaver S. - Dotted Sixteenth Note

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