If I Was Your Girlfriend Chords by Prince

Tempo:
96.3 bpm
Chords used:

Db

Ab

Gb

Fm

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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If I Was Your Girlfriend chords
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[Db]
[Db]
[Ebm] Oh, [Db] mama, [Fm]
[C] [Ab] I [Eb] love [Db] you.
[Ab]
[Fm] [Ab] [Db] [Ab] [Db]
[Gb] I'm sure, my friend.
[Ab] Would you remember?
Tell me all the [Db] things you forgot when [Bb] I was your man.
Hey, hey, [Gb] when [Ab] I was your man.
[Bbm] If I was your best friend, would you let me [Ab] take care of you?
[Abm] Do all the things that only a [Bb] best friend can.
Oh, the [Gb] [Ab] only best friends can.
[Gb]
[Ab]
[Fm] [Ab] If I was [Db] your best [Eb] friend, [Db]
would [Gb] [Ebm] you let me take care of you?
[Gb] [Fm] If [Ab] [Db]
[Gb] I was your best friend, would [C] you let me dress you?
[Ab] I mean, help me pick out your clothes before [Bbm] we go out.
Not that you're helpless, but [Ab] sometimes, sometimes,
those are the [Db] things that being in love's about.
[Bbm]
If [Gb] I [Ebm] was your one and [Gb] only friend, [Eb] would you [Fm] run to me?
[Db] Somebody had you, even if [Eb] somebody [Db] was me. Thank [Gb] you.
[Eb] So [Db] tell my trip on out, [Ab] happy we could [Db] be.
[Ab] [Db] Please.
[Gb] [Ebm] [Gb] [Ab]
[Fm] [Ab] If [Db] I wasn't your friend.
[Gb]
If I [Fm]
[Ab] [Db] wasn't your friend.
[Gb] Let me wash your hair.
[Db] Maybe breakfast [Fm] sometime.
[Ab] Well, then can we just hang out?
I mean, [Db] can we go to a movie?
Cause I,
[C] [Db] cause to me, [Eb] baby, [C] that would be [F] so nice.
[Gb] [F] [Ab] Woo!
[Bbm]
[Ebm] [Gb] [Fm] Baby, can I dress you?
I mean, help me pick out your clothes before we go out.
[Bbm] Listen, girl, [Ebm] I ain't saying you're helpless.
[Fm] Sometimes, sometimes, those are the [Ab] things that [Eb] being in [Bb] love's [Gb] about.
[Eb] I'm sure that you know [Db] what I'm saying to you.
[Fm]
Maybe you think I'm being a little sensitive, but I, [Db] say I want you.
[Ebm] All of the [Bb] things you are [Fm] to me, surely, [Db] surely you can [Bbm] see.
Is it really necessary for me to go out of the room just because you want to undress?
[D]
We don't have to make children to make [Db] love.
[Ab] [Gb] And we don't have to make love.
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To learn Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: Ab, Db, Gb, Fm, Ab, Gb, Ab, Db and Fm. A strategic approach would be to train at 48 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 96. With an eye on the song's key Db Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Ebm] Oh, [Db] mama, _ _ [Fm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _ I [Eb] love [Db] _ _ _ _ you.
_ [Ab] _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ _ I'm sure, my friend.
[Ab] Would you remember?
_ Tell me all the [Db] things you forgot when [Bb] I was your man.
_ _ Hey, hey, [Gb] when [Ab] I was your man.
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] If I was your best friend, would you let me [Ab] take care of you?
[Abm] Do all the things that only a [Bb] best friend can.
_ Oh, the [Gb] _ [Ab] only best friends can.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Fm] _ _ [Ab] If I was [Db] your best [Eb] friend, [Db]
would [Gb] [Ebm] you let me take care of you?
_ _ [Gb] _ [Fm] If _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Gb] I was your best friend, would [C] you let me dress you?
_ [Ab] I mean, help me pick out your clothes before [Bbm] we go out.
_ Not that you're helpless, but [Ab] sometimes, sometimes,
those are the [Db] things that being in love's about.
[Bbm]
If [Gb] I [Ebm] was your one and [Gb] only friend, [Eb] would you [Fm] run to me?
[Db] Somebody had you, even if [Eb] somebody [Db] was me. Thank _ _ [Gb] _ you.
[Eb] So [Db] tell my trip on out, [Ab] happy we could [Db] be.
_ [Ab] [Db] Please.
_ [Gb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
[Fm] _ _ [Ab] If [Db] I wasn't your friend.
[Gb] _
If I _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Db] wasn't your friend. _
[Gb] Let me wash your hair.
[Db] _ Maybe breakfast [Fm] sometime.
[Ab] Well, then can we just hang out?
I mean, [Db] can we go to a movie?
Cause I, _
_ [C] _ [Db] cause to me, [Eb] baby, [C] that would be [F] so nice.
[Gb] _ [F] [Ab] Woo!
_ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Gb] [Fm] Baby, can I dress you?
I mean, help me pick out your clothes before we go out.
_ [Bbm] Listen, girl, [Ebm] I ain't saying you're helpless.
[Fm] Sometimes, sometimes, those are the [Ab] things that [Eb] being in [Bb] love's [Gb] about.
[Eb] I'm sure that you know [Db] what I'm saying to you.
_ [Fm]
Maybe you think I'm being a little sensitive, but I, [Db] say I want you.
_ [Ebm] _ All of the [Bb] things you are [Fm] to me, _ surely, [Db] surely you can [Bbm] see.
Is it really necessary for me to go out of the room just because you want to undress?
_ [D] _
We don't have to make children to make [Db] love.
[Ab] [Gb] And we don't have to make love.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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