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Purple Rain Chords

by Martin Sexton
KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays456

Purple Rain by Martin Sexton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords Asus2, F#m11, E, Dsus2 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: Asus2  F#m11  E  Dsus2 

Verse: 
Asus2                                           F#m11 
        I never meant to cause you any sorrow 
E                                                         Dsus2 
        I never meant to cause you any pain 
Asus2                                                      F#m11 
        I only wanted to one time see you laughing 
E                                                          E7          Asus2 
        I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain 



                                     Dsus2 
        Purple rain purple rain 
                                    Asus2 
        Purple rain purple rain 
F#m11                           E 
        Purple rain purple rain 
   E7                                                           Asus2 
I only want to see you bathing in the purple rain 


Verse: 
                                                   Asus2    F#m11 
I never wanted to be your weekend lover 
                                                 E      Dsus2 
I only wanted to be some kind of friend 
Asus2                                   F#m11 
          Woman I could never steal you from another 
E                          E7                   Asus2 
   It’s a shame our friendship had to end 


Chorus:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante