Purple Rain Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays726

Purple Rain by Randy Crawford is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Asus9, Asus9/F#, E and D9add. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
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16
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  			Tom:  Lá Maior (A) 

Asus9                             Asus9/F#  
I never meant to cause you any sorrow 
E                                  D9add     
I never meant to cause you any pain 
Asus9                              Asus9/F#  
I only wanted one time to see you laughing 
E                                             Break  
I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain 
D9add     
Purple rain, purple rain,purple rain, purple rain 
             Asus9    Asus9/F#                  E 
Purple rain, purple rain,purple rain, purple rain 
E                                            Break  
I only want to see you bathing in the purple rain 
                                       Asus9     Asus9/F#  
I never wanted to be your weekend lover 
E                             D9add     
I only wanted to be some kind of friend 
     Asus9                                Asus9/F#  
Baby, I could never steal you from another, oh no  
E  
Such a shame our friends hip had to end purple rain, purple rain 
             Asus9                Asus9/F#                  E 
Purple rain, purple rain, purple rain, purple rain 
E 
I only want to see you under neath the purple rain 
                                     Asus9     Asus9/F# 
Honey, I know, I know times are wasted 
E                             D9add     
It's time we all reach out for something new and that means you too  
     Asus9                                Asus9/F# 
You say you want a leader but you can't seem to make up your mind 
E 
I think you better close it, well, let me guide you to the purple rain 
Purple rain, purple rain, purple rain,purple rain, purple rain,purple rain, purple rain 
I only want to see you under neath the purple rain 
Purple rain rain of the night, purple rain 
    	

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