Purple Rain Chords by Randy Crawford

Tempo:

68.05 bpm

Chords used:

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Eb] [Cm]
[Bb] [Ab] [Bbm]
[Ab] [Eb] I never meant to cause you any sorrow.
you any pain.
see you laughing.
[Eb] laughing.
[Eb] [Ab] [Gm] Purple rain, purple rain.
[Cm] Purple rain, [Bb] purple rain.

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To learn Randy Crawford - Purple Rain chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - Bb, Ab, Eb, Cm, Bb, Eb, Bb and Eb in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 51 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 102. With the song's key of Eb Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ I never meant to cause you any sorrow.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] I never meant to cause you any pain.
I [Eb] _ [Cm] only want to one time see you laughing.
_ [G] _ [Bb] I only want to hear you [Eb] laughing.
_ _ [Ab] Purple rain, purple rain. _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] Purple rain, purple rain. _
_ _ _ [Cm] Purple rain, [Bb] purple rain.
_ _ _ _ _ I only want to see you laughing on [Eb] purple rain.
I want to be your weekend lover.
_ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Bb] I just want to be [C] some kind of friend.
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] And baby I could never [Ab] steal you from another.
[Cm] No, no, [Bb] it's such a shame.
Our friendship [Eb] had to end.
Purple rain, [Ab] purple rain. _ _ _
Purple [Eb] rain, purple rain.
_ _ _ [C] _
[Cm] Purple rain, [Bb] purple rain. _ _ _ _ _
_ I only want to see you laughing here.
[Eb] Purple rain, _ _ _ times are changing. _
[Cm] _ _ It's [Bb] time we all reach out for something new.
And [Ab] that means you too.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] Say you want to be [Gm] a leader, but you can't seem to [Cm] make up your mind.
I [Bb] think you better close it and let me guide you too.
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] Purple rain, purple rain. _
_ _ _ Purple rain, [Eb] purple rain.
_ _ [C] _ [Eb] Purple rain, [Bb] purple rain.
_ _ I only want to see you _ _ laughing [F] on purple [Eb] rain. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gm] I just want to see you laughing [Eb] _ on purple [Bb] rain.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ I [Gm] _
just want to [Eb] hear you laughing [Bb] on purple rain.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Eb] I just want to hear you laughing [Bb] on purple rain.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
I only want to hear you laughing.
[Eb] I only want [Bb] to hear you laughing on purple rain.
[Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _