Prince – 1999 (Guitar)
Capo 1
• Video Lesson
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Bass Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Acoustic version
C#m = x46654 (on the 4th fret relative to capo. 5th fret relative to nut.)
"E7s4" = E7sus4 = x20200
E7/B = x20100
A = x02220
Chords for verses are the same as the intro, (with sixteenth-note feel).
Bassdrum is played on beats 1 and 3. Song intro and other sections start on beat 1.
4/4 Time , live version is at a rather fast tempo (quarter-note ~ 130 bpm)
The rhythm changes are surprisingly confusing (see tab below).
The first time the phrase is played, the last chord in the phrase is on beat 3.
The second time the phrase is played, the last chord is played one sixteenth-note sooner.
When counting sixteenth-notes as "1 e & a 2 e & a",
the last chord will be on the "a" of beat 2, as shown below.
[Intro] 1 2 3 4| 1 2__a3 4| REPEAT X4 E E(7) E7s4 E7/B E7s4 E|-----------|-0---------| B|-----------|-0-----0---| G|----1--2---|-1-----2---| D|---(2)-0---|-0-----0---| A|----2--2---|(2)----2---| E|-0---------|-----------| [Main Riff] 1 2 3 4| 1 2 3 4| 1 2 3 4| 1 2__a3 4| REPEAT X2 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 E7 E|-----------|-0---------|-----------|--------------| B|-----------|-0-----0---|-----------|--0---0--0----| G|----1-h2---|-1-----2---|----1-h2---|--1---2--1----| D|----2--0---|-0-----0---|----2--0---|--0---0--0----| A|----2--2---|-2-----2---|----2--2---|--2---2--2----| E|-0---------|-----------|-0---------|--------------|
[Verse 1]
E E7s4 I was dreamin' when I wrote this E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 Forgive me if it goes astray E E7s4 But when I woke up this morning E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 I could have sworn it was judgment day E E7s4 The sky was all purple E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 There were people runnin' every-where E E7s4 Tryin' to run from the destruction E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 you know I didn't even care 'Cuz they say...
[Chorus 1]
A C#m E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 Two-thousand-zero-zero party over, oops out of time A C#m E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
[Verse 2]
E E7s4 I was dreamin' when I wrote this E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 So sue me if I go too fast E E7s4 But life is just a party E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 And parties weren't meant to last E E7s4 War is all around us E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 My mind says "prepare to fight" E E7s4 So if I gotta die E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 I'm gonna listen to my body tonight 'Cuz they say...
[Chorus 2]
A C#m E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 Two-thousand-zero-zero party over, oops out of time A C#m E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
[Interlude 1]
E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 x4
[Verse 3]
E E7s4 If you didn't come to party E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 Don't bother knockin' on my door E E7s4 I got a lion in my pocket E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 And baby he's ready to roar E E7s4 Everybody's got a bomb E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 We could all die any day E E7s4 But before I'll let that happen E7/B E7s4 E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 I'll dance my life away 'Cuz they say...
[Chorus 3]
A C#m E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 Two-thousand-zero-zero party over, oops out of time A C#m E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
[Chorus 4]
A C#m E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 Two-thousand-zero-zero party over, oops out of time A C#m E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
[Interlude 2]
E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 x4
[Chorus 5]
A C#m E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 Two-thousand-zero-zero party over, oops out of time A C#m E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
[Outro]
E E7s4 E7/B E7s4 (repeat and fade)