Prince - Kiss

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Here's how to play Kiss by Prince, which can be played on acoustic or electric guitar.

The chords are based on a 12 bar blues in the key of A, a chord progression used in thousands of songs, which you can learn more about here

We also look at something called chord substitutions, which is a posh term for changing more basic chords for more interesting ones to make the whole thing sound cooler.

The intro chord is an E9 chord, which on the original recording uses a wha pedal going from heel to toe

You can also check out my tutorial for Purple Rain by Prince here.

Kiss - Original music video

Here's a great acoustic cover of Kiss by KT Tunstall, who I'm a massive fan of! This should give you all some more ideas.

Kiss - KT Tunstall Cover

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And one I found on YouTube by IraPerezTV - love it! (her version is in the key of B if you want to jam along!)

Kiss - Ira Perez Cover

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Here's just a quality acoustic min-set by the Purple One himself, sadly he doesn't do Kiss, but it really gives you the vibe of how his songs can be done on acoustic, it's amazing!

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