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I WOULD DIE 4 U 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

^AW ^N.C.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----| |----------||-----------|----------------------|------| |----------||-----------|----------------------|------| | | 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----| |----------|-----------|----------------------|------| |----------|-----------|----------------------|------| | | W H H +W W |----------|-----------|----------------------|------| |----------|-----------|----------------------|------| |----------|-----------|----------------------|------| |----------|------7----|-(7)------------------|------| |----------|-----------|----------------------|------| |----------|-----------|----------------------|------| Interlude 1. 2.

^AW ^AW ^N.C.S E S E E E E Q S E S E E e E Q |-5---------||-5--------||----------------------|----------------------| |-2--------o||-2--------||-7-----7-----8-5-7----|-7-----7-----8-5------| |-2---------||-2--------||----------------------|----------------------| |-2---------||-2--------||----------------------|----------------------| |----------o||----------||----------------------|----------------------| |-----------||----------||----------------------|----------------------|

| | 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------| |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| | | 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--------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------| | | 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------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| | | 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)--| |----------|---------------------| |----------|---------------------| | | 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)---| |----------|----------|------------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|------------|-----------------------| | | Gtr II | W W Q H. +W |----------|----------|------------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|------------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|------------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|----7-------|-(7)-------------------| |----------|----------|------------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|------------|-----------------------| Chorus 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)---| |------------|------------||-----------|-----------------------| |------------|------------||-----------|-----------------------| | | +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)---| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| | | W W H H +W |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|------7----|-(7)-------------------| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------| |----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------|

^Asus4W ^AW ^Gmaj7 W ^F#m7 E. ^D S +Q ^F#m7 E. ^DS +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)--| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------|

| | W W H H +W |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|---------------7---------|-(7)--------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| |----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------| | | 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 W ^A W |--5----------------------|--5-------------------| |--3----------------------|--2-------------------| |--2----------------------|--2-------------------| |--2----------------------|--2-------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------|

| | W W |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| | | 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 W ^F#m7 E. ^D S +Q ^F#m7 E. ^DS +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)---| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------|

| | H H +W |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------7---------|-(7)---------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| | | 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---|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------|

^Asus4 W ^Aq Q H |--5----------------------|-5----------| |--3----------------------|-2----------| |--2----------------------|-2----------| |--2----------------------|-2----------| |-------------------------|------------| |-------------------------|------------|

| | Gtr I G | PM-------------------| | e S S E e E E E E W |-------------------------|------------| |-15---15---17-14-15------|------------| |--------------------14---|------------| |-------------------------|------------| |-------------------------|------------| |-------------------------|------------| Outro Gmaj7 F#mD F#m7D W E. S +Q E. S +Q ||--2--------------------|-0--2-(2)--0---2-(2)-----| ||o-3--------------------|-2--3-(3)--2---3-(3)-----| ||--4--------------------|-2--2-(2)--2---2-(2)-----| ||--5--------------------|-4--4-(4)--4---4-(4)-----| ||o----------------------|-------------------------| ||-----------------------|-------------------------| | |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|| |----------------------|--------------------|| | | 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|| |----------------------|--------------------|| | | Gtr | W W 4x |----------------------|--------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------o|| |----------------------|--------------------|| |----------------------|--------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------o|| |----------------------|--------------------|| 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)---| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| | | 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-----------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| | | I | 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---|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

^Asus4 W |--5--------------------------| |--3--------------------------| |--2--------------------------| |--2--------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|

| | E S S +S S E e E Q |-------------------5---------| |-------------5-----5---------| |----6s=7-(7)-7-----7---------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| | | PM-------------------------- | e S S E e E E E E |-----------------------------| |-15---15-------17-14-15------| |------------------------14---| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|

^A W ^Gmaj7 W |--5---------------------------|--2--------------------------| |--2---------------------------|--3--------------------------| |--2---------------------------|--4--------------------------| |--2---------------------------|--5--------------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------|

| | 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---------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------------| | |----------------| PM-----------------------| | 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 E. ^D S +Q ^F#m7 E. ^DS +Q ^Asus4 W ^Aq 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----------*| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*|

| | 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-----------|-----------------------------|------------*| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*| | | 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 --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 ----------- | - 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

Prince - I would die 4 u