Prince – I Would Die 4 U (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
As recorded by Prince & The Revolution
(From the 1984 Album PURPLE RAIN)
Words and Music by Prince
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Prince - Clean Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Prince - Electric Guitar w/ distortion'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Matt Fink - Keyboards'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Wendy Melvoin - Clean Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=137
N.C. Gmaj7 F#mD F#mD Asus4
4/4
Gtr I Gtr III (Keybds. arr. for Gtr.)
H Q Q W E. S +Q E. S +Q W
|--------------|-2--------|-0--2-(2)--0--2-(2)--|-5----| |--------------|-3--------|-2--3-(3)--2--3-(3)--|-3----| |--------------|-4--------|-2--2-(2)--2--2-(2)--|-2----| |--------------|-5--------|-4--4-(4)--4--4-(4)--|-2----| |---------16\--|----------|---------------------|------| |--------------|----------|---------------------|------| A Gmaj7 F#mD F#mD D5/E W W E. S +Q E. S +Q W |-5--------|-2--------|-0--2-(2)--0--2-(2)--|-5----| |-2--------|-3--------|-2--3-(3)--2--3-(3)--|-3----| |-2--------|-4--------|-2--2-(2)--2--2-(2)--|-2----| |-2--------|-5--------|-4--4-(4)--4--4-(4)--|-2----| |----------|----------|---------------------|------| |----------|----------|---------------------|------| 1st & 2nd Verses A N.C. W W W W |-5--------||-----------|----------|------| |-2--------||o----------|----------|------| |-2--------||-----------|----------|------| |-2--------||-----------|----------|------| |----------||o----------|----------|------| |----------||-----------|----------|------| W W W W |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| Chorus Gmaj7 F#m7D F#mD Asus4 W W E. S +Q E. S +Q W |----------||-2---------|--0--2-(2)--0--2-(2)--|-5----| |----------||-3---------|--2--3-(3)--2--3-(3)--|-3----| |----------||-4---------|--2--2-(2)--2--2-(2)--|-2----| |----------||-5---------|--4--4-(4)--4--4-(4)--|-2----| |----------||-----------|----------------------|------| |----------||-----------|----------------------|------|
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| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ dist.) | W H H +W W |----------||-----------|----------------------|------| |----------||-----------|----------------------|------| |----------||-----------|----------------------|------| |----------||------7----|-(7)------------------|------| |----------||-----------|----------------------|------| |----------||-----------|----------------------|------| A Gmaj7 F#m7D F#mD Asus4 W W E. S +Q E. S +Q W |-5--------|-2---------|--0--2-(2)--0--2-(2)--|-5----| |-2--------|-3---------|--2--3-(3)--2--3-(3)--|-3----| |-2--------|-4---------|--2--2-(2)--2--2-(2)--|-2----| |-2--------|-5---------|--4--4-(4)--4--4-(4)--|-2----| |----------|-----------|----------------------|------| |----------|-----------|----------------------|------|
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| W H H +W W
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|----------|-----------|----------------------|------|
|----------|-----------|----------------------|------|
|----------|------7----|-(7)------------------|------|
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Interlude
1. 2.
A A N.C.
W W S E S E E E E Q S E S E E e E Q
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|-2--------o||-2--------||-7-----7-----8-5-7----|-7-----7-----8-5------|
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| Gtr I | W W E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q |-----------||----------||----------------------|----------------------| |----------o||----------||----------------------|----------------------| |-----------||----------||-7---x-7-x-x-9-6-7----|-7---x-7-x-x-9-6------| |-----------||----------||----------------------|----------------------| |----------o||----------||----------------------|----------------------| |-----------||----------||----------------------|----------------------| S E S E E E E Q S E S E E e E Q |----------------------|----------------------| |-7-----7-----8-5-7----|-7-----7-----8-5------| |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|
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| E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |-7---x-7-x-x-9-6-7----|-7---x-7-x-x-9-6------| |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| S E S E E E E Q S E S E E e E Q |----------------------|------------------------| |-7-----7-----8-5-7----|-7-----7-----8-5--------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------|
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| E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |-7---x-7-x-x-9-6-7----|-7---x-7-x-x-9-6--------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| S E S E E E E Q S E S E E e E Q |----------------------|----------------------|| |-7-----7-----8-5-7----|-7-----7-----8-5------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------||
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| E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E Q |----------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| |-7---x-7-x-x-9-6-7----|-7---x-7-x-x-9-6------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| Bridge Gmaj7 F#mD F#mD W E. S +Q E. S +Q |-2--------|-0--2-(2)--0--2-(2)--| |-3--------|-2--3-(3)--2--3-(3)--| |-4--------|-2--2-(2)--2--2-(2)--| |-5--------|-4--4-(4)--4--4-(4)--| |----------|---------------------| |----------|---------------------|
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| W W |----------|---------------------| |----------|---------------------| |----------|---------------------| |----------|---------------------| |----------|---------------------| |----------|---------------------| Asus4 A Gmaj7 F#m7D F#mD W W W E. S +Q E. S +Q |-5--------|-5--------|-2----------|--0--2-(2)--0--2-(2)---| |-3--------|-2--------|-3----------|--2--3-(3)--2--3-(3)---| |-2--------|-2--------|-4----------|--2--2-(2)--2--2-(2)---| |-2--------|-2--------|-5----------|--4--4-(4)--4--4-(4)---| |----------|----------|------------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|------------|-----------------------|
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| Gtr II
| W W Q H. +W
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Chorus
Asus4 A Gmaj7 F#m7D F#mD
W W W E. S +Q E. S +Q
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|--3---------|--2---------||-3---------|--2--3-(3)--2--3-(3)---|
|--2---------|--2---------||-4---------|--2--2-(2)--2--2-(2)---|
|--2---------|--2---------||-5---------|--4--4-(4)--4--4-(4)---|
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| +W +W H H +W |------------|------------||-----------|-----------------------| |------------|------------||-----------|-----------------------| |------------|------------||-----------|-----------------------| |-(7)--------|-(7)--------||------7----|-(7)-------------------| |------------|------------||-----------|-----------------------| |------------|------------||-----------|-----------------------| Asus4 A Gmaj7 F#m7D F#mD W W W E. S +Q E. S +Q |-5--------|-5--------|-2---------|--0--2-(2)--0--2-(2)---| |-3--------|-2--------|-3---------|--2--3-(3)--2--3-(3)---| |-2--------|-2--------|-4---------|--2--2-(2)--2--2-(2)---| |-2--------|-2--------|-5---------|--4--4-(4)--4--4-(4)---| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------|
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| W W H H +W |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|------7----|-(7)-------------------| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| Asus4 A Gmaj7 F#m7 D F#m7 D W W W E. S +Q E. S +Q |-5--------|-5--------|--2----------------------|--0-----2-(2)-----0----2-(2)--| |-3--------|-2--------|--3----------------------|--2-----3-(3)-----2----3-(3)--| |-2--------|-2--------|--4----------------------|--2-----2-(2)-----2----2-(2)--| |-2--------|-2--------|--5----------------------|--4-----4-(4)-----4----4-(4)--| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
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| W W H H +W |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|---------------7---------|-(7)--------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM---------------------------------------|
| W W e S S E e E E E E e S S E e E E Q |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-15---15---17-14-15------|-15----15-----17-14-----------| |----------|----------|--------------------14---|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| Asus4 A W W |--5----------------------|--5-------------------| |--3----------------------|--2-------------------| |--2----------------------|--2-------------------| |--2----------------------|--2-------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------|
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| W W |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------|
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| PM------------------------------------|
| e S S E e E E E E e S S E e E E Q |-------------------------|----------------------| |-15---15---17-14-15------|-15---15---17-14------| |--------------------14---|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| Gmaj7 F#m7 D F#m7 D W E. S +Q E. S +Q |--2----------------------|--0-----2-(2)-----0----2-(2)---| |--3----------------------|--2-----3-(3)-----2----3-(3)---| |--4----------------------|--2-----2-(2)-----2----2-(2)---| |--5----------------------|--4-----4-(4)-----4----4-(4)---| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| H H +W |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------7---------|-(7)---------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| e S S E e E E E E e S S E e E E Q |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-15---15---17-14-15------|-15----15-----17-14------------| |--------------------14---|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| Asus4 A W q Q H |--5----------------------|-5----------| |--3----------------------|-2----------| |--2----------------------|-2----------| |--2----------------------|-2----------| |-------------------------|------------| |-------------------------|------------|
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| Gtr I G
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| e S S E e E E E E W
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Outro
Gmaj7 F#mD F#m7D
W E. S +Q E. S +Q
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|tr IV (Clean El. Gtr.) | E S S +S S E e E Q H S E S E e ||----------------5------|-------------------------| ||o-----------5---5------|-------------------------| ||----6s7-(7)-7---7------|---------------2-----4---| ||-----------------------|-----------2h4-----------| ||o----------------------|-------------------------| ||-----------------------|-------------------------| W W 4x |-5--------------------|-5------------------|| |-3--------------------|-2-----------------o|| |-2--------------------|-2------------------|| |-2--------------------|-2------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------o|| |----------------------|--------------------||
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| E S S +S S E e E Q H a E. S +E e 4x |---------------5------|------5h7--5-(5)-7--|| |-----------5---5------|------5h7--5-(5)-7-o|| |---6s7-(7)-7---7------|--------------------|| |----------------------|--------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------o|| |----------------------|--------------------||
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| Gtr
| W W 4x
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W E. S +Q E. S +Q
|--2--------------------------|--0-----2-(2)-----0-----2-(2)---|
|--3--------------------------|--2-----3-(3)-----2-----3-(3)---|
|--4--------------------------|--2-----2-(2)-----2-----2-(2)---|
|--5--------------------------|--4-----4-(4)-----4-----4-(4)---|
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| E S S +S S E e E Q H S E S E e |-------------------5---------|--------------------------------| |-------------5-----5---------|--------------------------------| |----6s=7-(7)-7-----7---------|------------------------2-----4-| |-----------------------------|------------------2h4-----------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| I
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| e S S E e E E E E e S S E e E E Q |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-15---15-------17-14-15------|-15----15-----17-14-------------| |------------------------14---|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| Asus4 W |--5--------------------------| |--3--------------------------| |--2--------------------------| |--2--------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|
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| E S S +S S E e E Q
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| PM-------------------------- | e S S E e E E E E |-----------------------------| |-15---15-------17-14-15------| |------------------------14---| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| A Gmaj7 W W |--5---------------------------|--2--------------------------| |--2---------------------------|--3--------------------------| |--2---------------------------|--4--------------------------| |--2---------------------------|--5--------------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| H a E. S +E e E S S +S S E e E Q |--------------5h=7----5-(5)-7-|-------------------5---------| |--------------5h=7----5-(5)-7-|-------------5-----5---------| |------------------------------|----6s=7-(7)-7-----7---------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| e S S E e E E Q e S S E e E E E E |------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-15---15---17---14------------|-15---15-------17-14-15------| |------------------------------|------------------------14---| |------------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------| F#m7 D F#m7 D Asus4 A E. S +Q E. S +Q W q Q H |--0-----2-(2)-----0-----2-(2)---|--5--------------------------|-5----------*| |--2-----3-(3)-----2-----3-(3)---|--3--------------------------|-2----------*| |--2-----2-(2)-----2-----2-(2)---|--2--------------------------|-2----------*| |--4-----4-(4)-----4-----4-(4)---|--2--------------------------|-2----------*| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*|
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| H S E S E e E S S +S S E e E Q W |--------------------------------|-------------------5---------|------------*| |--------------------------------|-------------5-----5---------|------------*| |------------------------2-----4-|----6s=7-(7)-7-----7---------|------------*| |------------------2h4-----------|-----------------------------|------------*| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*|
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| PM-------------| PM-----------------------|
| e S S E e E E Q e S S E e E E E E W |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*| |-15----15-----17-14-------------|-15---15-------17-14-15------|------------*| |--------------------------------|------------------------14---|------------*| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
I'm not a woman
I'm not a man
I am something that you'll never understand
I'll never beat u
I'll never lie
And if you're evil I'll forgive u by and by
U - I would die 4 u, yeah
Darling if u want me 2
U - I would die 4 u
I'm not your lover
I'm not your friend
I am something that you'll never comprehend
No need 2 worry
No need 2 cry
I'm your messiah and you're the reason why
'Cuz U - I would die 4 u, yeah
Darling if u want me 2
U - I would die 4 u
You're just a sinner I am told
Be your fire when you're cold
Make u happy when you're sad
Make u good when u are bad
I'm not a human
I am a dove
I'm your conscious
I am love
All I really need is 2 know that
U believe
Yeah, I would die 4 u, yeah
Darling if u want me 2
U - I would die 4 u
Yeah, say one more time
U - I would die 4 u
Darling if u want me 2
U - I would die 4 u
2 3 4 U
I would die 4 u
I would die 4 u
U - I would die 4 u
U - I would die 4 u