Start Wearing Purple Chords & Tabs
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Start Wearing Purple – Gogol Bordello
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Tabbed by: Kushal Ranjan
Email: sporkman7@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard – EADGBe
e|------0-0-----0-------0-------0-------0-0-----0-------0-------0------------|
B|------1-1-----1-------1-------1-------1-1-----1-------1-------1------------|
G|------2-2-----2-------2-------2-------2-2-----2-------2-------2------------|
D|----------2--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
A|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0------------------------|
E|--------------------------0-------------------------------0----------------|
Start wearin' purple...
e|------5-------5-------5---12---5---| |------5-------5--------5-------5---|
B|------5-------5-------5--(12)--5---| |------5-------5--------5-------5---|
G|--2-------5-------4----------------|x2 |--2-------5-------4--------5-------|
D|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
now...
e|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
B|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
G|------1-------1-------1-------1---|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------2-----------------------|
E|--0---------------0-------0-------|
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sanity and wits...
e|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---12--0------------|
B|------0-------0-------0---12--0-------0-------0-------0-------0------------|
G|------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1------------|
D|----------2-------2-----------------------2-------2------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-------------------------------0----------------------------------------|
...time
e|------0-------0-------0-------7---|--5--|
B|------0-------0-------0-----------|-----|
G|------1-------1-------1-----------|-----|
D|----------2-------2---------------|-----|
A|----------------------------------|-----|
E|--0-----------------------0-------|-----|
Verses and Choruses:
Use these shapes for Am and E. You can try to add a flat 7th to the E for emphasis.
Am E E7 E7
e|-5-|-4-|-4-|-4-|
B|-5-|-5-|-5-|-3-|
G|-5-|-4-|-4-|-4-|
D|---|---|-0-|-2-|
A|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
The chords follow a reggae style rhythm, like:
1 E & a 2 E & a 3 E & a 4 E & a
------Am-Am-------Am-Am-------Am-Am-------Am-Am
And the chord pattern:
Am
Start wearing purple, wearing purple
E/E7
Start wearing purple for me now
All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, I promise
Am
It's just a matter of time
Am
I know you since you were a-twenty, I was twenty,
E/E7
and thought that some years from now
a purple little little lady would be perfect
Am
for dirty old and useless clown.
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So that's more or less the entire song. If you want to solo(?), you can get
away with A harmonic/natural minor and E phrygian, phrygian dominant, or Arabic.
Key: A minor
Tempo: 97 bpm
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| () ghost note (play softly)
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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