[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]
[Intro BPM 103 - No drums start] [C][F] x 4 then drums in [C][F] x 4
[Verse] [C] It was a cold and wet De [F] cember day [C] When we touched the ground at [F] JFK [C] Snow was melting [F] on the ground [C] On BLS I [F] heard the sound, of an [C] An gel [F] [C][F] [C] New York, like a [F] Christmas tree [C] Tonight this city [F] belongs to me, [C] An gel [F] [C][F] (drum fill)
[Chorus] [F] Soul love...[G] this love won't let me [F] go So long... [G] angel of [C] Harlem [F]
[C][F] x 4
[Verse] [C] Birdland on fifty-three [F] [C] The street sounds like a [F] symphony [C] We got John Coltrane and [F] a love supreme [C] Miles says she's got to [F] be an [C] angel [F] [C][F] [C] Lady Day got [F] diamond eyes [C] She sees the truth behind the [F] lies, [C] Angel [F] [C][F] (drum fill)
[Chorus] [F] Soul love...[G] this love won't let me [F] go So long... [G] angel of [C] Harlem [F]
[Break] (change to normal chords) [Am] Oooh, oooh [G]ooh ooo [F] oooh, She says its [Am] heart [G] eart...heart and [F] soul... (Just bass drum - muted F downstrokes - increase in volume) Yeah yeah... [C][F] x 4
[Verse] [C] Blue light on the avenue [F] [C] God knows they got to [F] you [C] An empty glass, the [F] lady sings [C] Eyes swollen like a [F] bee sting [C] Blinded you lost [F] your way [C] Through the side streets and the [F] alleyway [C] Like a star exploding [F] in the night [C] Falling to the city in [F] broad daylight
[Break] [F] Angel in Devil's shoes [G] Salvation in the blues You never looked like an a [F] angel [F] Yeah .......... yeah [G] Angel of Harlem
[C][F] x 4
[Outro] [C] Angel...[F]........ [C][F] Angel of [C] Harlem [F] (repeat a few times then end on C)
