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Raspberry Beret

Raspberry Beret is a song by American musician Prince and his band The Revolution. It was the lead single from the album Around the World in a Day, released in 1985. The song speaks of a young and naive love experience set in a second-hand store, where the narrators crush on a girl wearing a raspberry beret unfolds. It tells nostalgic tales of a first love during the summer, with a breezy vibe and catchy chorus.

Key: A

Introduction: A    G    D/F#    G    D    G    A    

difficulty
very easy |||||
        A                 G             D/F#  
I was working part time in a five-and-dime,
    G                          D  G  A  
My boss was Mr. McGee.
                         G                  D/F#  
He told me several times that he didn' t like my kind,
         G                                 D  G  A  
' Cause I was a bit 2 leisurely.
                      G              D/F#  
Seems that I was busy doing something close 2 nothing,
     G                                          D  G  A  
But different than the day before.
                  G            D/F#  
That' s when I saw her, ooh, I saw her
              G  
She walked in through the out door (out door).

              A     G                D/F#  
She wore a Raspberry beret
     G                         D      G      A  
The kind U find in a second hand store
     G                D/F#  
Raspberry beret
     G                                            D      A  
And if it was warm she wouldn' t wear much more
     G                D/F#  
Raspberry beret
             E      A  
I think I love her

A                    G                            D/F#  
Built like she was, uh, she had the nerve 2 ask me
      G                                    D  G  A  
If I planned 2 do her any harm
                                                 G                      D/F#  
So, look here, I put her on the back of my bike and-a we went riding
G                                          D  G  A  
Down by old man Johnson' s farm
                            G              D/F#  
I said now, overcast days never turned me on
     G                                                        D  G  A  
But something about the clouds and her mixed
              G                 D/F#  
She wasn' t 2 bright but I could tell
                     G  
When she kissed me
She knew how 2 get her kicks

              A     G                D/F#  
She wore a Raspberry beret
     G                         D      G      A  
The kind U find in a second hand store
     G                D/F#  
Raspberry beret
     G                                            D      A  
And if it was warm she wouldn' t wear much more
     G                D/F#  
Raspberry beret
             E      A  
I think I love her

D            A/C#                D          A/C#  
The rain sounds so cool when it hits the barn roof,
NC  
D          A/C#                      D                    A/C#  
Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees
  NC  
          G            F#m                 E  
Listen, they say the first time ain' t the greatest
                    NC  
  G                                          F#m  
I wouldn' t change a stroke ' cause baby I' m the most,
         E  
With a girl as fine as she was then.
(chorus repeated to fade)