[Verse - E D A D] [E] Won't you come [D] see about me? [A] I'll be alone, [D] dancing, you know it, baby [E] Tell me your [D] troubles and doubts [A] Giving everything [D] inside and out and [E] Love's strange, so [D] real in the dark [A] Think of the tender things [D] that we were working on [E] Slow change may [D] pull us apart [A] When the light gets [D] into your heart, baby
[Chorus - E D A A] [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me Don't, don't, don't, don't [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me
[Middle Eight - C G D A] [C] Will you stand above me? [G] Look my way, never love me [D] Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling [A] Down, down, down [C] Will you recognize me? [G] Call my name or walk on by [D] Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling [A] Down, down, down, down
[Verse - E D A D] [E] Don't you [D] try and pretend [A] It's my feeling we'll [D] win in the end [E] I won't harm you or [D] touch your defenses [A] Vanity and se [D] curity, ah [E] Don't you for [D] get about me [A] I'll be alone, [D] dancing, you know it, baby [E] Going to [D] take you apart [A] I'll put us back to [D] gether at heart, baby
[Chorus - E D A A] [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me Don't, don't, don't, don't [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me As you walk on [E] by ........[D] Will you call my [A] name?...........[D] ....As you walk on [E] by ........[D] Will you call my [A] name? .....[D] When you walk away
[Stop - then just bass drum - E D A D] [E][D][A][D] Or will you walk away? [E][D][A][D] Will you walk on by? [E][D][A] Come on, call my [D] name [E] Will you call my [D] name? [A] (drum fill starts here) [D]
[Drum fill - more strumming chords as opposed to snare roll] E--- D--- A--(AAAA) DDDDD D D BBBB BBBB BBBB B S BBS BSS [Outro - Big fill - Drums back in - E D A D] I say la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la (repeat until end) [End]
[Notes] Chorus - E at 7th fret - drone low then D at 2nd but play high A, then A at 9th 0 10 9 11 0 - drum fill to Middle 8 Slap hands on guitar to get volume - perhaps combine with fingers Middle 8 - C C (run down 3 2 0) G D A (move up neck to emulate keys - 333 567 10911)
[Big Fill] final RR is hard slap on sound board both hands bottom right - left hand comes across when A played Count 1 2 3 on bass drum and start roll before 4 --RLRLRLR-RLRLR-RLBBS-B-B 3---4---1---2---3---4---1 ------------------I-saywhola
[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
[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]