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Dirty Mind Tab

by Prince


"When You Were Mine"
As heard on the Warner Bros. recording DIRTY MIND (1980)


This is the way that I play Prince's little-known gem, "When You Were Mine." I hope the 
are correct and my "arrangement" (if you could call it that) serves a purpose. Sing 
and enjoy....

Key: 

CHORDS USED - : 022100 : X02220 : X02200 : 
: X46654 : 466444

Make up your own strumming rhythm, just make sure you put some feeling into it. All 
are switched after one bar and the tempo is Q=148bpm or something around there. Have fun, 
are it is:

Intro:     x2

VERSES 1-3:
                   
When you were mine
           
I gave you all of my money
                
Time after time
          
U done me wrong
                        
It was just like a dream
             
U let all my friends come over and meet
                   
U were so strange
                  
U didn't have the decency to change the sheets

                          
Oh girl when you were mine
          
I used to let U wear all my clothes
                        
U were so fine (so fine)
                 
Maybe that's the reason that it hurt me so

PRE-CHORUS:
   
I know (I know)
                               
That ur going with another guy
              
I don't care (don't care)
                                     
'Cuz I love you baby, that's no lie
                      
I love you more than I did when you were mine

CHORUS:     x 2

VERSES 4-5

PRE-CHORUS

BRIDGE:       


VERSE 6

PRE-CHORUS

Fade out with verse/chorus progression (   ).


ADDITIONAL LYRICS:

Verses 4-5

When you were mine
You were kinda, sorta my best friend
So I was blind (so blind)
I let you fool around

I never cared (didn't care)
I never was the kind to make a fuss
When he was there
Sleeping in between the two of us


Verse 6

When you were mine
You were all I ever wanted to do
I spend my time
Following him whenever he's with you


HAVE FUN! PLEASE RATE THIS!