Sometimes It Snows In April Chords & Lyrics Artist: Prince

The first part of the intro can be ad-libbed freely around
some Aadd9, Asus2#11 and Amaj9 chords, before the tempo
starts with the Eadd9 section.

In the choruses, for Aadd9 use the index and middle fingers
at the 2nd fret. and the little finger to play the B on the
3rd string. To play E/G# lift off the middle finger and play
the G# bass with the ring finger, leaving the other two
fingers where they are.
 
INTRO
   Eadd9          F#7add11       Asus2#11
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
   Eadd9          F#7add11       Amaj9
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
VERSE 1
Eadd9           F#7add11               Amaj9
Tracy died soon after a long fought ...civil war,
Eadd9        F#7add11            Asus2#11
Just after I wiped away his last tear,
  Eadd9            F#7add11        Amaj9       Asus2#11
I guess he's better off than he--- was before,
  Eadd9            F#7add11                   Amaj9
A whole lot better off than the fools he left here
 
VERSE 2
  Eadd9           F#7add11                Asus2#11      Aadd9
I used to cry for Tracy, 'cause he was my only friend,
      Eadd9              F#7add11          Amaj9
Those kind of cars don't pass you ...every day,
  Eadd9           F#7add11                Aadd9
I used to cry for Tracy, 'cause I want to see him again,
     Eadd9               F#7add11                 Asus2#11
But sometimes, sometimes life ...ain't always the way
 
CHORUS
Aadd9                E/G#     Aadd9    E/G#
        Sometimes it snows in April,
Aadd9               G#7    F#7sus4      F#7
        Sometimes I feel so bad,  ...so bad,
Aadd9               Bbsus2    Bsus2
        Sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
    F#7add11              Aadd9      E      E6  E9
And all good things, they say, never last
 
VERSE 3
Eadd9               F#7add11          Amaj9
Springtime was al - ways my favourite time of year,
  Eadd9           F#7add11             Asus2#11
A time for lovers holding hands in the rain,
    Eadd9                F#7add11       Asus2#11
Now springtime only re - minds me of ...Tracy's tears,
Eadd9          F#7add11                 Asus2#11
Always cry for love,   ...never cry for pain
 
BRIDGE
                Eadd9            F#7add11           Asus2#11
He----- used to say so strong, un------afraid ...to die,
                           Amaj9           E
Unafraid of the death that left me hypno - tised,
    F#7add11                           Amaj9   Asus2#11
No, staring at his picture I've real - ised...
 
  Eadd9           F#7add11       Asus2#11       Aadd9
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
Eadd9                  F#7add11      Aadd9
No one could cry ...the way my Tracy cried!
 
CHORUS
Aadd9                E/G#     Aadd9   E/G#
        Sometimes it snows in April,
Aadd9               G#7    F#7sus4    F#7
        Sometimes I feel so bad------------,
       Aadd9              Bbsus2    Bsus2
Some - times, sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
     F#7add11             Aadd9      E     E6  E9
But all good things, they say, never last
 
VERSE 4
  Eadd9          F#7add11                Amaj9
I often dream of heaven, and I know that Tracy's there,
  Eadd9            F#7add11         Asus2#11
I know that he has found ...another friend,
Eadd9                F#7add11             Asus2#11
Maybe he's found the answer to all ...the April snow,
Eadd9                 F#7add11         Asus2#11
Maybe one day ...I'll see my Tracy a - gain
 
CHORUS
Aadd9                E/G#     Aadd9     E/G#
        Sometimes it snows in April,
Aadd9               G#7    F#7sus4      F#7
        Sometimes I feel so bad,  ...so bad,
Aadd9               Bbsus2    Bsus2
        Sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
    F#7add11              Aadd9      E
But all good things, they say, never last...
 
[Coda]
    F#7add11              Aadd9      E
And all good things, they say, never last...
    F#7add11       Aadd9              E
And love, it isn't love ...until it's passed