When You Were Mine Tabs & Lyrics by Prince

When You Were Mine

guitar tabs lyrics

Prince

Basically, if you want the song broken down to the easiest way here it is.

Verse-E-B-A-B
Chorus-A-B-B/G#
Bridge-C#m-B-A
The song is in 4/4 time and if you have a metronome you can play along with 148 beats per minuete.
e-0-0----------0-0-0-0--0--0--------0-----------------------------------------| R
B-0-0----------4-4-4-4--0--0--------4-----------------------------------------| E
G-1-1----------4-4-4-4--2--2--------4-------------------------- P----| X5
D-2-2------2-4-4-4-4-4--2--2--2-4-2-4--4-2-4-s-6-6-s-4-2----------------------| E

A-2-2--2-4-----2-2-2-2--0--0--------2-----------------------------------------| A
E-0-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------| T
Verse (the "s" stands for slide)

e-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0 R -0-0-0-0-0--------------|
B-0-0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-0 E T -0-0-0-0-0--4--4--4--4--| THEN BACK
G-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2 P X1 H -2-2-2-2-2--4--4--4--4--| TO VERSE
D-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4--x-x-x-x-x--2-2-2-2-2 E E -2-2-2-2-2--4--4--4--4--|
A-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2--x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0 A N -0-0-0-0-0--2--2--2--2--|
E-----------------------4-4-4-4-4---------- T -----------------------|
Chorus

e---9--9------7-7------5-5----7-7----9---9------7-7------5-5--5-5-5-5-5--|
B---9--9------7-7------5-5----7-7----9---9------7-7------5-5--5-5-5-5-5--| THEN BACK
G---9--9------8-8------6-6----8-8----9---9------8-8------6-6--6-6-6-6-6--| TO VERSE
D---11-11----9-9------7-7----9-9----11-11-----9-9--------7-7--7-7-7-7-7--|
A---11-11----9-9------7-7----9-9----11-11-----9-9--------7-7--7-7-7-7-7--|
E-9-9--9----7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7--9-9--9----7-7-7-------5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--|
Bridge

Forgive me if the tab is a little hard to read, im 13 and this is my first tab but i can assure you the
chords are right. If you have any questions or comments e-mail me at [email protected]