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
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----|
|----------||-----------|----------------------|------|
|----------||-----------|----------------------|------|
|
| 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.
A A N.C.
W W 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)-------------------|
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------|
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------------------|
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)--|
|----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| 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 A
W 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 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)---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| 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 A
W q 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 Gmaj7
W 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 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----------*|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------*|
|
| 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
