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Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here - BPM - 55

[Looping] Instrumental chords - play once with drum after 1st verse - then have them stored for later section - Allude to bass line whilst chords ringing out rather than specifically articulating

[Intro]                                  
                     Em7                G            
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
G|-------------------0-0------0---------0-0---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2---2-----2--0---0-0---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2----------------2-2---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------3-3---------|   
                                                        
                     Em7               A7sus4           
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
G|-------------------0-0----------------2-2---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2--2--0----------2-2---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2--------2--0----0-0---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------------------|   
                                                        
               G                                        
e|-------------3-3-------|                              
B|-------------3-3-------|                              
G|-------------0-0-------|                              
D|-------------0-0-------|                              
A|--0-2-0------2-2-------|                              
E|---------3---3-3-------|                              

[Verse 1]                  
 [C] So, so you think you can t [D/F#] ell,
Heaven from H [Am/E] ell, blue skies from pa [G] in.
Can you tell a green  [D/F#] field from a cold steel 
ra [C] il, a smile from a ve [Am] il
Do you think you can t [G] ell?

[Verse 2]                                  
Did they get you to tr [C] ade your heroes for  [D/F#] ghosts,
Hot ashes for tr [Am/E] ees, hot air for a coo [G] l breeze, 
cold comfort for cha [D/F#] nge,
And did you exchan [C] ge a walk on part in the  
[Am] war for a lead role in a ca [G] ge?

[Instrumental]                          
Em7  G  Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G

[Verse 3]                        
 [C] How I wish, how I wish you were  [D/F#] here
We're just  [Am/E] two lost souls swimming in a 
fish bowl,  [G] year after year,
 [D/F#]  Running over the same old ground.  [C] What have we found?
The same old  [Am] fears. Wish you were here!  [G]  

[Instrumental]
Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G  x2

[End]
During instrumental play Bass line the same way you 
play superstition
Initial climb up just hammer on to B from A whilst 
playing G - strum the rest
Back to G - D string - 5 2
Back to A - A string 7 5 E string 7
Back to Em (in A section) E string 5h7 A string 5
Final riff before hand on G - E string 5 7 5


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Prince-Purple Rain - BPM - 55

[Intro - Free time]
[C] [Am] [G] [F]
 
[Verse 1 - Drums in ]
(4 bars - 1 bar = 2 snares)
[C] ---------  I never meant to cause you any 
[Am] sorrow  -----------
[G] -------  I never meant to cause you any 
[F] pain ---------------------

(2 bars)
[C] ---- I only want one time to see you 
[Am]laughing ----------

(1.5 bars - half starts at *)
I  [G] only want to see you laughing 
*[G]in the purple  

[Chorus - can play B B B S over drum stop to keep time]
[C]rain(drums stop) Purple rain, purple 
[F]rain(drums back)....(1 2 3 4)...
Purple rain, purple 
[C]rain (1 2 3 4 - descend to Am)
[Am] -- Purple rain, purple

[G]rain ......  (1 2 3 4)(1 2 3 4)     
[G]I only want to see you bathing 
(1/2 bar) in the Purple 
[C]Rain (drum stop - 1 bar until drums come back in)
 
[Verse 2 - can play B B B S over drum stop to keep time]
I never wanted to be your weekend 
[C] lover (drums in)     [Am]   
[G]    I only wanted to be some kind of [F] friend
[C]    Baby I could never steal you from an [Am] other 
(now adds extra half bar on G*)
[G]    It's such a shame our [G*]friendship 
had to  
[C](stop)end
 
[Chorus - can play B B B S over drum stop to keep time]
Purple rain, purple
[F](drums back in) rain
Purple rain, purple
[C] rain
[Am]   Purple rain, purple
[G] rain
[G] (break)
(now adds extra half bar on G)
I only want to see you under [G]neath 
the Purple [C] Rain
 
[Verse 3]
Honey I know I know I know .. times are 
[C]changin'   
[Am] --------------------------------------
[G]  It's time we all reach out for somethin' 
new  [F]  That means you too
[C]    You say you want a leader
[Am]    But you can't seem to make up your mind
I think you better 
close [G] it (now adds extra half bar on G)
and let me guide you [G*] to the purple 
rain [C](stop)     
 
[Chorus - can play B B B S over drum stop to keep time]
Purple rain, purple
[F](drums back in) rain
Purple rain, purple
[C] rain
[Am]   Purple rain, purple
[G] rain
[G] (break)
(now adds extra half bar on G)
I only want to see you in the Purple  [C] Rain
    
[Outro - Play Cmaj7, Asus2, Gsus4 to allude to lead part]
[C]    [Am]    [G]    [F]

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