Purple Rain Bass

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G
Key:	Bb
Capo:	no capo
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PURPLE RAIN (Bassline)
As recorded by Prince
(From the 1984 Album PURPLE RAIN)
 
Words and Music by Prince
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Brown Mark - Bass'
 
 Intro
 Q=59
 4/4
  Gtr I
   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------||
D|----------|----------|----------|------||
A|----------|----------|----------|------||
E|----------|----------|----------|------||
 
 
 1st Verse
   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|-1----|
A|-1--------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|-3--------|-1--------|------|
 
 
                                                   2/4
   W          W          W          +H     E E Q    W
G|----------|----------|----------|---------------|------||
D|----------|----------|----------|---------------|------||
A|-1--------|----------|----------|--------1------|------||
E|----------|-3--------|-1--------|-(1)-----------|------||
 
 
 Chorus
 4/4
   W          W          W          H.      +E. S
G|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
D|-1--------|-1--------|----------|-------------2-|
A|----------|----------|-1--------|---------------|
E|----------|----------|----------|-3-------(3)---|
 
 
                                                    2nd Verse
                                          2/4        4/4
   W          H    E S S E E    W          +Q.   E    Q  Q  H
G|----------|-----------------|----------|---------||------------|
D|-3--------|-3------5-----3\-|----------|---------||------------|
A|----------|-----------------|----------|---------||-1----------|
E|----------|-----------------|-1--------|-(1)---1-||------------|
 
 
   W          H.      +E. S   W          Q  Q  Q  Q
G|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
D|----------|---------------|----------|-1------------|
A|-1--------|---------------|----------|-------1--3---|
E|----------|-3-------(3)-0-|-1--------|----3---------|
 
 
                                                   2/4
   W          W          W          +H     E E Q    W
G|----------|----------|----------|---------------|------||
D|----------|----------|----------|---------------|------||
A|-1--------|----------|----------|--------1------|------||
E|----------|-3--------|-1--------|-(1)-----------|------||
 
 
 Chorus
 4/4
   W          W          W          H    +Q..   S
G|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
D|-1--------|-1--------|----------|-------------2-|
A|----------|----------|-1--------|---------------|
E|----------|----------|----------|-3----(3)------|
 
 
                                             3rd Verse
                                   2/4        4/4
   W          W          W          +Q.   E    E E Q  H
G|----------|----------|----------|---------||-------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|---------||-------------|
A|----------|----------|----------|---------||-1-----------|
E|-1--------|-1--------|-1--------|-(1)---1-||-------------|
 
 
   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|-1----|
A|-1--------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|-3--------|-1--------|------|
 
 
                                                            2/4
   W          Q  Q  Q  Q    Q..   S +H       +H     E E Q    W
G|----------|-------------|----------------|---------------|------||
D|----------|----------0--|----------------|---------------|------||
A|-1--------|----0--1-----|-------3-(3)----|-(3)----1------|------||
E|----------|-3-----------|-1--------------|---------------|------||
 
 
 Chorus
 4/4
   W          H    E E E E   W          W
G|----------|--------------|----------|------|
D|-1--------|-1----------1-|----------|------|
A|----------|------3-5-----|-1--------|------|
E|----------|--------------|----------|-3----|
 
 
                                   2/4      4/4
   W          W          W          +H       Q  Q  H
G|----------|----------|----------|--------|------------||
D|----------|-3--------|----------|--------|------------||
A|----------|----------|----------|--------|-1----------||
E|-1--------|----------|-1--------|-(1)----|------------||
 
 
 Guitar Solo
   H    +E  Q  E    Q  Q  Q  Q    W          Q  Q  Q  Q
G|----------------|-------------|----------|--------------|
D|-------------x\-|----------0--|----------|-1------------|
A|-1----(1)-1-----|----0--1-----|----------|----------3---|
E|----------------|-3-----------|-1--------|----1--3------|
 
 
   W          Q  Q  Q  Q    W          Q  Q  Q  Q
G|----------|-------------|----------|----------5---|
D|----------|----------0--|----------|-1--3--5------|
A|-1--------|----0--1-----|----------|--------------|
E|----------|-3-----------|-1--------|--------------|
 
 
   W          Q  Q  Q  Q    W          H    S S S S S S S S
G|----------|-------------|----------|------3-1---------------|
D|----------|----------0--|----------|-1--------3-2-1---------|
A|-1--------|----0--1-----|----------|----------------4-1-----|
E|----------|-3-----------|-1--------|--------------------4---|
 
 
   W          Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    W
G|----------|-------------|----------5--|-3----|
D|----------|----------0--|-1--3--5-----|------|
A|----------|----0--1-----|-------------|------|
E|-1--------|-3-----------|-------------|------|
 
 
   Q  Q  Q  Q    W          W          E. S +E  E +S  E. S S E
G|-------------|----------|----------|-------------------------||
D|----------0--|----------|----------|-1--0-(0)----------------||
A|----0--1-----|----------|----------|----------3-(3)-1--------||
E|-3-----------|-1--------|-1--------|-------------------3-3-1-||
 
 
  Outro
     Q  Q  Q  Q    W          W          E. S +E  E +S  E. S S E   5x
G||--------------|----------|----------|---------------------------||
D||o----------0--|----------|----------|-1--0-(0)-----------------o||
A||o----0--1-----|----------|----------|----------3-(3)-1---------o||
E||--3-----------|-1--------|-1--------|-------------------3-3-1---||
 
 
   W          Q  Q  Q  Q    W          W
G|----------|-------------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------0--|----------|-1----|
A|-1--------|----0--1-----|----------|------|
E|----------|-3-----------|-1--------|------|
 
 
   +H     Q  Q    W          +W
G|--------------|----------|--------*|
D|-(1)----1-----|----------|--------*|
A|--------------|-1--------|-(1)----*|
E|--------------|----------|--------*|
 
************************************
Duration Legend
 
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
 
|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|  /\   -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|   x   -  muted
************************************
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