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Purple Rain Chords

Music by: The Hollies · 1993
Genre Rock Tone Bb major BPM 74 Views 421
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[Intro 1]
[G][Em][D][C]
[G][Em][D][C]

[Verse 1]
[G]Never meant to
cause [Em]you any sorrow
[D]Never meant to
cause [C]you any pain
[G]I just wanted to one tim[Em]e
see you laughing
[D]Only wanted to see you laughing
in the purple [G]rain

[Chorus 1]
Purple rain, purple [C]rain
Purple rain, purple [G]rain[Em]
Purple rain, purple [D]rain
I only wanted to see you laughing
in the purple [G]rain

[Verse 2]
I never meant to be your weekend [G]lover
[Em]Only[D] wanted to be
some [C]kind of friend
[G]Darlin', I could never
[Em]leave you for [D]another
Such a shame our friendship had to [G]end

[Chorus 2]
Purple rain, purple [C]rain
Purple rain, purple [G]rain[Em]
Purple rain, purple [D]rain
I only wanted to see you
underneath the purple [G]rain.

[Solo 1]
Take it away!
[G][Em][D][C]
[G][Em][D][C]
[G][Em][D][C]
[G][Em]
I [D]only wanted to see you laughing
in the purple [G]rain

[Chorus 3]
Purple rain, purple [C]rain
Purple rain, purple [G]rain[Em]
Purple rain, purple [D]rain
I [D]only wanted to see you
laughing in the purple [G]rain.

[Outro 1]
Take it away again now...
[G][Em][D][C]
[G][Em][D][C]
[G][Em][D][C]
[G][Em]
I [D]only wanted to see you laughing
Only wanted to see you laughing
Only wanted to see you laughing
in the purple [G]rain
[G]
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