"When You Were Mine", by Mitch Ryder - 1983
(Prince)




Transcribed by Gary Wahlgren
San Diego, CA




             B     F#      E     B       riff played over verses
Intro:	D -4-4-4----------------------|--------------------------------
	A -2-2-2--4-4-4--2-2-2--4-4-4-|-----0-2-4~------0-2-4-4-4-6-4-2 
	E --------2-2-2--0-0-0--2-2-2-|-2-2--------2-2-----------------
           Guitar #1    2X                 Guitar #2 2X with guitar #1 




 
[B]When you were [F#]mine...[E], 
I gave you [F#]all of my money              
[B]Time after [F#]time...[E], 
You [F#]done me wrong 
[B]It's just like a [F#]train...[E],
You let all my [F#]friends, come over and [B]eat 


        
And you were so [F#]strange...[E],
You didn't have the [F#]decency to change the [B]sheets      F#            B
Oh girl, when you were [F#]mine...[E], 
I used to let you [F#]wear, all my [B]clothes 
You were so fine...[E],
Maybe that's the [F#]reason that it hurt me [B]so 




CHORUS:	I know, that you're [F#]going with another [E]guy[F#]yyy 
	[B]Don't care, 'cause I [F#]love you, baby, [E]that's no [F#]lie... 
	[E]I love you more than I [F#]did, when you were [B]mine 




Intro: riff




[B]When you were [F#]mine...[E], 
You were kinda-[F#]sorta my best friend 
[B]So I was [F#]blind...[E],
I let you [F#]fool around 
[B]I never [F#]cared...[E], 
I never was the [F#]kind to make a fuss 
[B]When he was [F#]there...[E], 
Sleeping in be-[F#]tween the two of us 




CHORUS 




[B]When you were [F#]mine...[E], 
You were all I [F#]ever wanted to [B]do 
Now I spend my [F#]time...[E], 
Following him [F#]when he's with you 




CHORUS 




Intro riff & out-tro




[E]Love you more than I [F#]did, when you were [B]mine, (oh no)[F#] 

Love you more than I did, when you were mine, (oh no) 
Love you more than I did, when you were mine, (oh girl) 
Love you more than I did, when you were mine, (oh girl) 
Love you, love you more than I did, when you were mine, (oh girl)