Prince — Shockadelica Tab
Shockadelica by Prince from "The Hits/B—sides" NOTE: all parts are transcribed for guitar (EBGDAE from top to bottom) — KB Riff 1, 2, 3 and4 are played during intro and latter part of verses (ie shes got you in a trance) — KB Riff 5 comes in on the first "Shockadelica" on the last syllable — The "Choppy funk Guitar" is the prominent crunchy guitar chord that is played in the part of the verses KB riff 1 KB Riff 2 E————————————————————— ———————8/10——————————————| B————————————————————— ———————————————7/9—————| G—————5/7————————————— ———————————————————————| D———————————4/6——————— ———————————————————————| A————————————————————— ———————————————————————| E————————————————————— ———————————————————————| KB riff 3 ———————————————| ———————————————| ——————7————————| ——————6————————| ——————7————————| ———————————————| KB Riff 4 (backwards strings sound) ———————————————| ———————————————| —————9—————————| —————9—————————| ———————————————| ———————————————| Soft funky guitar during verse ———————————————————————————————| —————————————5—————————————————| —————7p6———7———————————————————| —————6—————— 6—————————————————| ———————————————————————————————| ———————————————————————————————| KB riff 5 ————————————————| ———5————————————| ——————7—————————| ——————6—————————| ——————7—————————| ————————————————| Choppy funk Guitar ——————7—————————| ——————7—————————| ——————7—————————| ——————6—————————| ——————7—————————| ————————————————| — KB Riff 1 played throughout intro verses Verse 2 ———————————————| ———————————————| ———————————————| ———————————————| ———7———9———————| ———————————————| "She got you ." She got you tied up with a golden rope She gonna let you play your guitar (Dist. Guitar) Distorted guitar ———————————————| —————8b9———————| —————8b9———————| ———————————————| ———————————————| ———————————————| —————————————————————————————————————7——9—————————————————————————————9———7—| —————————————————————————————————————7——7—————————————————————————————7———7—| ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————| ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————| ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————| ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|"And when cried enough maybe she'll let you up" A nasty ride in her shockadelicar She'll make you beg her Chorus E Shockadelica Dbm7 Shockadelica A A7 Shockadelica, doobie doobie doobie — this is the basic structure of the song but its not exact, as the song is very loose and funky. Transcribed by FunknFresh