xRASPBERRY BERET Written by Prince As performed by Hindu Love Gods Transcribed by Dan Amrich ([email protected]) For this version, I've used the Hindu Love Gods recording from their self-titled album (Giant, 1990). Hindu Love Gods was a side project of Warren Zevon with Bill Berry, Mike Mills and Peter Buck from REM. They approach it from a blues/garage rock context, so it's all power chords. It's also a lot of fun to play this way. Enjoy. Intro (x2) E ----------------------0---------------------------------------| B ----------------------0---------------------------------------| G --------------------------------------------------------------| D --------------------2----2-2-2--------------------------------| A --9-9----7-7------2------2-2-2------2-1----------2-1----------| E --7-7-0--5-5-0--0--------0-0-0--0-2-----4-2--0-2-----4-2------| Verses (the same for all of them) E -----------------------------------0------------| B -----------------------------------0------------| G ------------------------------------------------| D --------------------------------2-------2-2-2---| A ------9---9------7--7---------2---------2-2-2---| E ------7---7---0--5--5--0-0--0-----------0-0-0---| I was workin part-time in a five & dime E --------------------------------------------------------------| B --------------------------------------------------------------| G --------------------------------------------------------------| D --------------------------------------------------------------| A ------7---7---7---7---7-7-7--9--------------------------------| E ------5---5---5---5---5-4-5--7--------------------------------| My boss was Mr. McGhee END OF REFRAIN E --------------------------------------------------------------| B --------------------------------------------------------------| G --------------------------------------------------------------| D --------------------------------------------------------------| A -------------4--4--4--4---9-----------------------------------| E -------------2--2--2--2---7-----------------------------------| I think I looooooooove her And there you have it. Use the intro riff for the part at the end of the chorus. Hindu Love Gods delete the bridge altogether, so if you have the original Prince version, you can figure it out. LYRICS (there are slight, one-word variations between the original Prince phrasing and these): V1 I was workin' part-time in the five and dime My boss was Mr. McGhee He told me several times that he didn't like my kind 'Cause I was a bit too leisurely I was always busy doin' somethin' close to nothin' But different from the time before That's when I saw her, ooh, I saw her She walked in through the out door, out door REFRAIN She wore a raspberry beret The kind you find in a second hand store Raspberry beret And when it was warm, she didn't wear much more Raspberry beret I think I love her V2 Now, built the way she was, she had the nerve to ask me If I meant to do her any harm So I put her on the back of my bike and we went ridin' Down by old man Johnson's farm Now, rainy days never turned me on But somethin' about the way the clouds and her mixed She wasn't too bright but when she kissed me I knew she knew how to give a kiss REFRAIN x2 and fade Dan [email protected]
