Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 14:09:34 +0000From: Gary PerkinTo: guitar@olga.netSubject: CRD: /s/supernaturals/please_be_gentle_with_me.crd"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 theverse.D G D D1 & 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 G D D1 & 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 G D DPlease be gentle with me,D G D D'cos I've been on a long, hard, losing streak,A GAnd I've been down in the dumps, I've been well and truly humped,AAnd my clothes don't seem to fit,G (DDDD D2D2D2 x 2)and my haircuts looking shit.NB For the "A-G" part above, use the same "G" riff from the intro, andan "A" riff, which is exactly the same but (predictably!) up twofrets.Verse 2: (Turn up the distortion!)--------D D2 Gsus4 G D D2 D D2Please be gentle with me,D D2 Gsus4 G D D2 D D2yes my singing has gone flat out of key,Asus4 A Asus4 A Gsus4 G Gsus4 GOh I've been down in the bin, crawled back out back in again,And my clothes don't seem to fit, and my haircuts looking...(The Asus4/A might well be A/A2, or a combination of all three,but with all the distortion, who can tell?!?)Bridge:-------C G D C G DI say to myself, have I been cursed?C G D C ACos things are bad can they get worse? (can they get worse?)Verse 3:--------D G D DPlease be gentle with me, yes myD G D Dbackside, is hanging, out in the breezeA GOh I've been down in the dumps, I've been well and truly humped,AAnd my clothes don't seem to fit,G (DDDD D2D2D2 x 2)yes my haircuts looking shit.Solo (sort of):---------------F#m Bm F#m Bm1 & 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 usesome sort of effect. Alternatively, play it on a keyboard...Bridge:-------C G D C G DI say to myself, have I been cursed?C G D C ACos things are bad can they get worse? (can they get worse?)Final part-verse: (different chord sequence)-----------------D G Bm A DPlease, be gentle with me, be gentle with meTab to play under above phrase:-D G Bm A1 & 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 G (D Dsus4 x 4)Please, be gentle with meCHORDS:-------6 5 4 3 2 1===========C x 3 2 0 1 0D x x 0 2 3 2D2 x x 0 2 3 0Dsus4 x x 0 2 3 3A 0 0 2 2 2 0A2 0 0 2 2 0 0Asus4 0 0 2 2 3 0G 3 2 0 0 3 3Gsus4 3 2 0 0 1 3F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
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