COMPUTER BLUE (Bassline) As recorded by Prince (From the 1984 Album PURPLE RAIN) Transcribed by Twelfth-Elf Words and Music by Prince, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, & John L. Nelson
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T A B 6 5
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T x x x x x x x x x x x x x x A B x x x x x x x x gVV g V Heee j u k Gtr II 2 T 4 A 4 B
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B The Groove
17 Hee j j c k e V V gV V V V V V V gV V V V V V V gV V V V V V V gV V V V Gtr I mf p mf p mf mp
T A 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 B 4 4 Cb5/E ` 21 Hee j j c k e V V gV V V V V V V gV V V V V V V gV V V V V V V gV V V V p mf p mf mp
T A 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 B 4 4 gV e j g V k Ie e u Gtr II 9 T 9 A 8 B
C Verse
3x 25 c Heee V V V V V j V V V V V V j k gV gV V V V gV V V gV gV V V V gV V V mf p mf p mf mp
T A 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 B 4 4
29 Heee V V V V V V V V V V k V k gV gV V V V gV V gV gV V V V gV V V mf p mf p mf
T A 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 6 4 B 4 4
D Chorus
33 Heee V V V V V j V fU gU gV gV V V V gV V V p mf
T A 2 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 B 4
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37 Heee V V V V V fU gV V V V V V V gV gV V V V gV V p mp mf p mf
T A 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 B 4
41 Heee V V V V V k k V V V V V j V gV gV V V V gV V V V gV gV V V V gV V V p mf p mf p mf
T A 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 B 4 4
E On Your Knees, Wendy E5
45 c Heee V V V V V j k X fV X V X V X V gV gV V V V gV V V fV V V V U p mf mp mf
T 4 4 4 4 A 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 2 2 2 2 0 B 4 fU e ffU Ie e Gtr II 12 T 12 A 9 B
Cb/F E5 49 Hee c k j e U gV U T A B 4 0
ffU gV ffU e fU gVV k j fU Ie e u 9 12 T 9 12 A 10 9 B
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Cb/F E`5 53 Hee c k j e U gV U T A B 4 6
ffU gV U e fU gVV k j U Ie e u 9 11 T 9 11 A 10 8 B
B`/G Cb 57 Heee U c k j V gV V V V V V V V T A 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 B 3 U U V ggU eee U k j g gU I u ggU 10 9 T 11 9 12 10 A 11 B 11 9 e Ie e } } } } } } } } Gtr III mp This is a distorted guitar, not T A B x x x x x x x x
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Cb5 G5 B5 Fb5 61 e c He e l l l cl 2 V V gV V V V V V V V gV V V V V V V V gV V V V V V V V gV V fV gV eV fV 4 VgV
T A 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 B 3 2
ggU U U eeg gU U U l l cl cl 2 I egU U U gV V gV 4 V V gU U U g V V f V gV eV fV VgV (9) (9) T (9) (9) (10) (10) A (11) (11) 6 4 B (11) (11) 4 5 2 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 (9) (9) 3 2 e 2 Ie e } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } 4 T A B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
F Father's Song Interlude D/B 66 gg gg V V V V H 4 45 4 V u T 4 2 4 2 A B 2
g g V V I g 4 45 g 4 V V u Gtr III mp p let ring T 12 11 A 9 9 B
g g V I g 4 45 g 4 j k V j Gtr II mp 2 T 3 A 4 B
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Cbm/B D/B Cbm/B D/B 70 Hgg W V V k V V V V W V V k V V V V u V u u V u T 4 2 4 2 (2) 4 2 4 2 A B 2 2
g V W V V V W V I g V V u V V V V u V V V V u u u u u u mp p mp let ring T 12 12 12 11 11 A 9 9 9 9 9 11 12 12 B
g U V U V I g UU j k V j UU j k V j 0 2 0 2 T 2 3 2 3 A 4 4 4 4 B
Cbm/B D/B Cbm/B D/B 74 Hgg W V V k V V V V W V V V V V u V u } V V u T 4 2 4 2 (2) 4 2 4 2 A B 2 x 4 2
V V gg V V u } V V V V V V V V j k } V V V V V I u u u u u u u T 12 11 A 11 x 11 9 11 12 12 12 x 11 9 11 12 12 B
g U V U V I g UU j k V j UU j k V j mp 0 2 0 2 T 2 3 2 3 A 4 4 4 4 B
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Cbm/B D/B Cbm/B D/B 78 Hgg W V V k V V V V W V V k V V V V u V u u V u T 4 2 4 2 (2) 4 2 4 2 A B 2 0
g g V V j k } V V V V V V V k V V V V I u u u u u u T 6 7 7 A 11 x 11 9 11 12 12 11 7 B sl. g U V U V I g UU j k V j UU j k V j 0 2 0 2 T 2 3 2 3 A 4 4 4 4 B
Cbm/B G 82 Hgg W V V k V V V V W V V k V V V u V u u V u V 4 2 4 2 (2) T 5 A 2 B 3 (3) g W I g V V j k } V V V k l W c u V V 3 T 3 6 7 4 A x 11 9 B 3 3
V V V W V g U I g UU j j k V V k W V u u V u p mp 0 19 12 15 T 2 19 3 4 4 A 11 9 B P 3
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Fb G Fb G Fb 86 Hgg V V V V V V V V V V V V V W V u V V u V V u V V u V V u T A 4 5 4 5 4 B 2 (2) 3 (3) 2 (2) 3 (3) 2
g W W W W W I g gW c W c gW c W c gW c V V V V V V V V V V 2 3 2 3 2 T 2 3 2 3 2 A 3 4 3 4 3 B 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 W V W V W V W V W V g I g gW V W V gW V W V gW V V u V u V u V u V u 14 15 14 15 14 T 2 3 2 3 2 A 3 4 3 4 3 B 2 3 2 3 2 D/B Cbm/B D/B Cbm/B G 91 Hgg V V V V W V V k V V V V W V V k V V V V u u V u u V u V 4 2 4 2 (2) 4 2 4 2 (2) T 5 A 2 2 B 3 (3) V gg V V k V k j k j k W I W V V } u W c u V V P.M. [[[[[[[ 7 3 T 3 6 7 9 4 A 9 9 9 x B 3 3 W V g V U V U I g j k V j UU j k V j UU W V V u 2 0 2 0 15 T 3 2 3 2 3 A 4 4 4 4 4 B 3
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Fb G Fb G 96 Hgg V V V V V V V V V V V V V u V V u V V u V V u V T A 4 5 4 5 B 2 (2) 3 (3) 2 (2) 3 (3)
g W W W W I g gW c W c gW c W c V V V V V V V V 2 3 2 3 T 2 3 2 3 A 3 4 3 4 B 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 W V W V W V W V g I g gW V W V gW V W V V u V u V u V u 14 15 14 15 T 2 3 2 3 A 3 4 3 4 B 2 3 2 3 Fb E`/G Gb5 100 g H g V W eU U gU V u T 4 A 6 (6) 6 B 2 g W I g gW k V Gtr III 2 T 2 A 3 B 2
W V eU U ggU g eU U gU I g gW V U U ggU V u 14 15 (15) 16 T 2 16 (16) 16 3 A 17 (17) 18 B 18 (18) 18 2 15 (15) 16
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E`/G Gb5 104 g H g gU eU U gW W gW W
T A B 6 (6) 6 6 6 6
gg k ck ck ck c k ck ck ck c I } } } } } } } } mf This is a distorted guitar, not T A B x x x x x x x x
ggU eU U ggU U g gU eU U gU U I gggU U U ggU U 15 (15) 16 (16) T 16 (16) 16 (16) A 17 (17) 18 (18) B 18 (18) 18 (18) 15 (15) 16 (16)
G Wah/Whammy Mayhem
109 g H g gV V fV gV j k gV V fV gV k V V V gV V fV gV V V V gV V fV gV gV u gV p mf p mf
T A 6 4 5 6 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 B 4 4 gg I } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } T A B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
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T A 6 4 5 6 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 4 4 4 6 (6) B 4 4 6 c gg k eV W U I } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } gV Ve V W U T A 6 6 8 (8) B 4 4 6 (6) x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x eV W U g eeV W U I g gVeV V V W U VfeV VeV W U
Gtr II 11 (11) T 11 (11) 6 6 8 (8) A 6 8 6 8 (8) B 4 8 4 6 (6) 6 H Relax I "Into" Darling Nikki E`5 eeU 118 gg eU U U U U I eeU U U U U Gtr II T (8) (8) (8) (8) A (8) (8) (8) (8) B (6) (6) (6) (6)
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