Purple Chords
by Feeder
Purple by Feeder is a guitar song played in the key of Jap Import. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Band:
Album: Echo Park Jap Import / B-side to Buck Rogers CD1
Bassist: Taka Hirose
Tabbed By: Adam Seaborne ([email protected])
Drop D Tuning - DADG
I've never seen a bass tab for this great song, so I thought I'd make one!
Guitar Intro (for reference):
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|-0--0-0--12b--0-0--12b--0-0--12b-|
Bass enters at 00:10 with a slide on low D|-0/12\0-
Verse:
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|-0--0--12--0--12-10----0-----0---| etc
(Or you could just play the root note D open straight through)
Verse Interlude/Prechorus
"Always, always straight back down"
C
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
D A C G
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
D|-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
(^Here^ - You could play both open D and fretted A-5 for a mixed sound)
Played as such:
D A C
I think that you're the one,
G D
The colour never runs.
A C D
The hand that heals me over, over today.
A C
You take away the grey,
G D
Bring the colour as it fades.
A C
The hand that heals me over, over.
Interlude:
E G A# E A# G
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-2-2-2-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-| x3
That's all the parts you need to play this amazing song =D - Enjoy! Adam.
(The original verson of my tab did have the play order, but it was excessivly long, so I removed it.
However if you need it, please email me and I'll include it)