Prince - I could never take the place of your man
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I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man – Prince
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Prince
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man – Single version (1987)
(Prince)
Single version (3:41) now on “The Hits 1”
Long version (6:29) with extended jam on: "Sign 'O' the Times"
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INTRO / INTERLUDE
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CHORUS
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CHORDS
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Fadd9 1-3-3-2-1-3
Fmaj7 1-3-3-2-1-0
F6 1-3-3-2-3-x
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INTRO
| C | G | F | % |
| C | G | F | % |
VERSE
It was Conly last June
G | F | % |
When her old man ran away
She Ccouldn't stop cryin'
G | F | % |
'Cause she knew he was gone to stay
C G | F | % |
10:35 on a lonely Friday night
She was Cstanding by the bar
G | F | % |
Hmm, she was looking alright, yea
BRIDGE
I Casked her if she wanted to Gdance
An' she said that Fall she wanted was a good man
An' wanted to Cknow if I Gthought I was qualiFfied, yea
CHORUS
F G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
I said, "Baby, don't waste your time
F G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
I know, what's on your mind
FMay be qualiFmfied
For a Em7one night D5stand
But I could D7sus4never take the Gplace (Gbreak) of your man"
INTERLUDE
| C | G | F | % |
| C | G | F | % |
VERSE
C G | F | % |
It hurt me so bad, when she told me with tears in her eyes
(Tears in her eyes)
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He was all she ever had an' now she wanted to die
C G | F | % |
He left her with a baby an' another one on the way, yea
C G | F | % |
She couldn't stop cryin' ‘cause she knew he was gone to stay, yea
BRIDGE
She Casked me, if we could be Gfriends
An' I said, "Oh, Fhoney, baby that's a dead end
You know 'n' I Cknow
That we Gwouldn't be satisFfied" - No, no
CHORUS
F G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
I said, "Baby, don't waste your time
F G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
I know, what's on your mind
FWouldn't be satisFmfied
(Wouldn't be satisfied)
With a Em7one night D5stand
An’ I coulD7sus4d never take thGe place G (break) of your man"
INTERLUDE
| C | G | F | % |
Yea, yea, the place of your man
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OUTRO (solo)
| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
(fade out)