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(Am)Dig, if U will, the pic ture
of (G)U and I en gaged in a (E)kiss.
The (Am)sweat of your bod y cov ers me.
(G)Can U, my dar ling, (E)can U pic ture this?
(Am)Dream, if U can, a court yard,
an (G)o cean of vi ’lets in bloom.
(Am)An got i mals strike (Dm)cu ri ous pos es.
They feel the heat, U.
the (E)heat be tween (E7)me and (Am)U.
can U just leave me stand ing
a (G)lone in a world that’s so (E)cold?
(Am)May be I’m just 2 de mand ing.
(G)May be I’m just like my (E)fa ther (E7)2 bold.
(Am)May be U’re just like my moth er.
(G)She’s nev er sat is fied.
(Am)Why do we scream at each oth er?
(G)This is what it sounds like when doves cry.
(Am)Touch, if U will, my stom ach.
an (G)Feel how it trem bles in side.
(Am)You’ve got the but ter (Dm)flies all ous tied up.
Don’t make me chase U.
the (E)E be ven (E7)doves have (Am)pride.
can U just leave me stand ing
a (G)lone in a world that’s so (E)cold?
(Am)May be I’m just 2 de mand ing.
(G)May be I’m just like my (E)fa ther (E7)2 bold.
(Am)May be U’re just like my moth er.
(G)She’s nev er sat is fied.
(Am)Why do we scream at each oth er?
(G)This is what it sounds like when doves cry.
when (E7)doves (Am)cry.
This page shows “When Doves Cry” by Prince in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 120 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.