Please Be Gentle With Me chords by Supernaturals

Chords with lyrics

"Please be gentle with me" by
   "The Supernaturals" from the album
   "It doesn't matter anymore" on
   "Food Records".
   Transcribed by Gary Perkin, November 1997.
   Not many words with the CD, so this is what they sound like to me.


   Intro: (roughly)
   ------

   a) Opening bass riff which continues through the intro and most of the
    verse.


    D MajorD        G+G        D MajorD        D MajorD
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
   e---------------------------------------------------------------------
   B---------------------------------------------------------------------
   G---------------------------------------------------------------------
   D---------------------------------------------------------------------
   A--5-5---5-5-5---5-----------------5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5----
   E------------------3-3---3-3-3---3------------------------------------

   b) Next phrase, played on the CD on I don't know what instrument...

    D MajorD        G+G        D MajorD        D MajorD
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
   e------8-----7---------8-----7---------8-----7---------8-----7--------
   B---------------------------------------------------------------------
   G---------------------------------------------------------------------
   D------------------5--------------------------------------------------
   A--5-------------------------------5---------------5------------------
   E---------------------------------------------------------------------


   Verse 1: (Sung over the intro)
   --------

   D MajorD     G+G      D MajorD D MajorD
   Please be gentle ...

        D MajorD     G+G         D MajorD    D MajorD
   'cos I've been on a long, ...

       A augmentedA                 G+G
   And I've been down in the ...

      A augmentedA
   And my clothes don't ...

      G+G        (DDDD D2D2D2 x 2)
   and my haircuts ...

   NB For the "A-G" part above, use the same "G" riff from the intro, and
   an "A" riff, which is exactly the same but (predictably!) up two
   frets.


   Verse 2: (Turn up the distortion!)
   --------

   D MajorD   D2 Gsus4Gsus4 G+G  D MajorD D2 D MajorD D2
   Please be ...

      D MajorD    D2 Gsus4Gsus4     G+G D MajorD D2 D MajorD D2
   yes my singing has gone ...

       Asus4Asus4    A augmentedA  Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA      Gsus4Gsus4   G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
   Oh I've been down in the bin, crawled ....

   (The Asus4/A might well be A/A2, or a combination of all three,
   but with all the distortion, who can tell?!?)


   Bridge:
   -------

   C majorC G+G    D MajorD  C majorC   G+G   D MajorD
   I say to myself, have I ...

   C majorC  G+G     D MajorD        C majorC          A augmentedA
   Cos things are bad ....


   Verse 3:
   --------

   D MajorD     G+G      D MajorD D MajorD
   Please be gentle ...

   D MajorD      G+G          D MajorD   D MajorD
   backside, is hanging, out ....

       A augmentedA              G+G
   Oh I've been down in the dumps, ...

      A augmentedA
   And my clothes don't ....

      G+G        (DDDD D2D2D2 x 2)
   yes my haircuts ....


   Solo (sort of):
   ---------------

    F# minorF#m       B minorBm       F# minorF#m       B minorBm
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
   e---------------------------------------------------------------------
   B--------7-------------------------------7----------------------------
   G------------6-----4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-----------6-----4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6----
   D--7-------------7-----------------7-------------7--------------------
   A---------------------------------------------------------------------
   E---------------------------------------------------------------------

   Bend each note up a semitone and down again as it's played, and use
   some sort of effect. Alternatively, play it on a keyboard...


   Bridge:
   -------

   C majorC G+G    D MajorD  C majorC   G+G   D MajorD
   I say to myself, have ....

   C majorC  G+G     D MajorD        C majorC          A augmentedA
   Cos things are bad can they ....


   Final part-verse: (different chord sequence)
   -----------------

   D MajorD     G+G      B minorBm   A augmentedA      D MajorD
   Please, be gentle with....

   Tab to play under above phrase:-

    D MajorD        G+G        B minorBm       A augmentedA
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
   e------8-----7---------8-----7---------7-----5---------10----9--------
   B---------------------------------------------------------------------
   G----------------------------------4----------------------------------
   D------------------5-------------------------------7------------------
   A--5------------------------------------------------------------------
   E---------------------------------------------------------------------


   Outro:
   ------

   C majorC     G+G     (D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 x 4)
   Please, be ...


   CHORDS:
   -------

       6 5 4 3 2 1
       ===========

   C majorC    x 3 2 0 1 0

   D MajorD    x x 0 2 3 2

   D2   x x 0 2 3 0

   Dsus4Dsus4  x x 0 2 3 3

   A augmentedA    0 0 2 2 2 0

   A2   0 0 2 2 0 0

   Asus4Asus4  0 0 2 2 3 0

   G+G    3 2 0 0 3 3

   Gsus4Gsus4  3 2 0 0 1 3

   F# minorF#m   2 4 4 2 2 2

   B minorBm   x 2 4 4 3 2