Prince - Scandalous
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Scandalous
By Prince from "Batman" (1989)
Tabbed by FunknFresh
Transcribed for guitar
Intro riff (transcribed for guitar)
Abmaj7 Dbmaj7 N.C. Abmaj7 Dbmaj7 NC
E-----------4--3-----------------------4--3--------------------------4-|
B-1--2--4-------------------1--2--4-------------------------1--2--4----|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb(addG#) Fm Bbm Bb*7 NC etc
E-----------1----------------------------------------------------4---3--|
B--2-----------1--2--4-------------------------1---2---4----------------|
G------------------------3-----5---3------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
Abmaj7 Come Dbmaj7closer
Gb(addG#) Fm Bbm Bb*7 NC
Don't be afraid, baby. Touch it and explode.
(Same pattern is followed for verse 2
)
Understand, understand that I love you
Ah, but more than that, I want you
Everybody always told me good things come to those who wait
But I've got so much on the menu, I just can't, I just can't
(until
)
N.C.
Abmaj7 Dbmaj7 NC Feel what you've been dyin forAbmaj7 I can't waiDbmaj7(sus4)t baby, Dbmaj7 I can't wait
babyAbmaj7(addE), Amaj7(addB) to wrap
Dbmaj7(addA)my legs all around you Dbmaj7girl
Cuz Gb(addG)sugar you know you're just the kind of lover
Fm6 I've been looking for
BbmTonight why don't we skip all the foreplay mama
Fb*7 and just get down here on the floor'
Chorus
Ab ScDbmaj7andalous I'm talking about you and me
Ab MDbmaj7arvelous Baby, baby, can't you see'
Gb Anything yoFmu ever dreamed of I'm willing to be
Bbm Tonight is gFb*7onna be scandalous cuz tonight I'm gonna be
your fantasy
(then comes a solo-type of part ("My dearest, my dearest")
which follows this chord pattern, slightly different than before)
Abmaj7 Dbmaj7 N.C. Abmaj7 Dmaj7 NC
Gb(addG#) Fm Bbm Bb(')
Verse 3 (same as Verse 1 except where indicated *)
Whisper, whisper a question
With my body, I'll scream a reply
Ebm7*Anything's acceptable
Just ask me and I'll try
To hell with hesitation
To heBb(')*ll with reasons why
Outro
Essentially the same as Verse 1
Note: There are various keyboard riffs he plays
throughout the song which I will transcribe at a later date.
Chords (EADGBE)
Abmaj7 (4655xx)
Dbmaj7 (x46564)
Gb(addG#) (244324)
Fm (133111)
Bbm (x13321)
Bb*7 (012020)
Dbmaj7(sus4) (x46574)
Abmaj7(addE) (46555x)
Abmaj7(addB) (4655x7)
Dbmaj7(addA) (x47564)
Gb(addG) (xx4323)
Fm6 (133131)
Ab (466544)
Gb (244322)
Bb(') (xx2324)
Ebm7 (x68676)