Purple Rain chords by Prince

PURPLE RAIN -  Prince
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Well the way I play it, I base it on these four chords

 (and to me it sounds pretty much spot on, although maybe the squiggle himself
uses a different tuning to make a few of the shapes easier)


 EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
 X07600   244200   024100   XX0975

 Aadd2   F#m7addB   Eadd9   Dadd2


OK I know you're not gonna like that last D chord, but if you practise a little
you can get it.

Nearly the whole song revolves around these chords, although obviously you can
play around with some slightly different voicings to keep it interesting

(Play a normal A,F#m7 once in a while)

The only different bit goes :

 E      E7sus4               E     A
Only ..

 EADGBE
 020200

 E7sus4


Hope that helps


Howard

H.Wright@astro.cf.ac.uk



This is a easier version of Purple Rain, specially for accoustic players.
You can have a more ellaborate and closer to the original, just tell me.


Capo 1st fret:

Intro: A A/F# E D Dsus4 D

A                A/F#
  I ..
E                D   Dsus4  D
  I ..
A                 A/F#
  I ..
E                         A  N.C.
  I ..
            D  Dsus4 D
  Purple ...
            A  A/F#
  Purple ..
            E
  Purple ..
                        A  N.C.
  I ..
                   A  A/F#
  I ..
E                   D  Dsus4  D
  I ..
A                   A/F#
  Baby ..
E                     D  N.C.
  It's ..
            D  Dsus4 D
  Purple ..
            A  A/F#
  Purple ..
            E
  Purple ..
                       A  N.C.
  I ..
                   A  A/F#
  Honey ...
E                     D
  It's ...
        Dsus4  D
  That's ..
A
  U ..
A/F#
  But ..
          E
  I ..
                     A N.C.
  And ...
            D  Dsus4  D
  Purple ..
            A
  Purple ..
A/F#
  Whew ..
           E
  Purple ..

  I ..
           A N.C.
  In ..

  Solo : same chords (invit a friend for the solo)

  The End.



  It's MY accoustic version of the song, easier than the original...

  CHORDS (Don't forget to capo at 1st fret):

  A   0 0 2 2 2 0              1 1 3 3 3 1
  A/F# 2 0 2 2 2 0              3 1 3 3 3 1
  E   0 2 2 1 0 0    or without capo -> 1 3 3 2 1 1
  D   x x 0 2 3 2              x x 1 3 4 3
  Dsus4 x x 0 2 3 3              x x 1 3 4 4