• Song:

    The Beautiful Ones

  • Artist:

    Prince

  • Album:

    Purple Rain

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Tuning: Normal (EADGBe)
4/4 (^= 1 beat)

Intro:
Play with effect forgot the name but listen closely to the song and you'll find it.
Kind of a synth sound.
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Verse:
FM7		Bb
Baby, baby, baby
FM7		Bb
What's it gonna be
FM7		Bb
Baby, baby, baby
FM7		Bb
Is it him or is it me? 

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Don't make me waste my      time.		         Don't make me lose my mind baby.

FM7		Bb
Baby, baby, baby
FM7		   Bb
Can't u stay with me tonight
FM7		Bb
Oh baby, baby, baby
FM7		  Bb
Don't my kisses please u right

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U were so hard	to    find.	   The beautiful ones,       they hurt you everytime
 

Paint a perfect picture
Bring to life a vision in one's mind
The beautiful ones
Always smash the picture
Always everytime

Instrumental:
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|--10---10-8------8-5-|------5---6-------|--10---10-8-----8-5-|-----------------|
|--10------8--------6-|------------6-----|--10------8-------6-|-----------------|
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FM7	      Bb
If I told u baby
FM7	          Bb
That I was in love with u
FM7		 Bb
Oh baby, baby, baby
FM7		Bb
If we got married
FM7		Bb
Would that be cool? 

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|--10---10-8------8-5-|-----5---6-------|--10---10-8-----8-5-|--------------14-|
|--10------8--------6-|-----------6-----|--10------8-------6-|-----------------|
|--8-------6----------|-------6---------|--8-------6---------|-----------------|
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   ^    ^     ^   ^     ^   ^   ^   ^      ^     ^   ^   ^     ^  ^   ^   ^
U make me   so           confused		The beautiful ones   U always seem            
to 	lose


Baby, baby,
Baby, baby,
Baby, baby,
Baby,
What's it gonna be baby? 

	      C#
Do u want him? 
		D#
Or do u want me? 
		F
Cause I want u
	     [Riff 1 through the rest of the song]
Said I want u
Tell me, babe
Do u want me? 
I gotta know, I gotta know
Do u want me? 
Baby, baby, baby
Listen to me
I may not know where I'm going (babe)
				[Riff 2]
I said I may not know what I need
One thing, one thing's 4 certain baby
I know what I want, yeah
And if it please u baby
Please u, baby
I'm begging down on my knees
I want u
Yes I do
			[Riff3]
Baby, baby, baby, baby
I want you

Yes I do

[Riff 1]:
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[Riff 2]
Ad lib.
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[Riff 3] Its not perfect you can improvise a bit. This is the essence.

Ad lib.
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I hope you find it useful. 
Cya. 
Sebastiaan.
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