Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 14:09:34 +0000
From: Gary Perkin
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: 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 the
verse.
[D]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [G]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [D]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [D]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
b) Next phrase, played on the CD on I don't know what instrument...
[D]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [G]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [D]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [D]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Verse 1: (Sung over the intro)
[D]Please be [G]gentle with [D]me,[D]
'cos I've [D]been on a [G]long, hard, losing [D]streak,[D]
And I've [A]been down in the dumps, I've been [G]well and truly humped,
And my [A]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, and
an "A" riff, which is exactly the same but (predictably!) up two
frets.
Verse 2: (Turn up the distortion!)
[D]Please [D2]be [Gsus4]gentle [G]with [D]me[D2],[D][D2]
yes my [D]singing [D2]has [Gsus4]gone flat out [G]of [D]ke[D2]y,[D][D2]
Oh I've [Asus4]been down in [A]the [Asus4]bin, c[A]rawled back [Gsus4]out back i[G]n [Gsus4]again,[G]
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] I [G]say to my[D]self,[C] have [G]I been [D]cursed?
[C] Cos [G]things are [D]bad can they get [C]worse? (can they get [A]worse?)
Verse 3:
[D]Please be [G]gentle with [D]me,[D] yes my
[D]backside, is [G]hanging, out in the [D]breeze[D]
Oh I've [A]been down in the dumps, I've [G]been well and truly humped,
And my [A]clothes don't seem to fit,
G (DDDD D2D2D2 x 2)
yes my haircuts looking shit.
Solo (sort of):
[F#m]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [Bm]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [F#m]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [Bm]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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] I [G]say to my[D]self,[C] have [G]I been [D]cursed?
[C] Cos [G]things are [D]bad can they get [C]worse? (can they get [A]worse?)
Final part-verse: (different chord sequence)
[D]Please, be [G]gentle with [Bm]me, be [A]gentle with [D]me
Tab to play under above phrase:-
[D]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [G]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [Bm]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [A]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Outro:
C G (D Dsus4 x 4)
Please, be gentle with me
CHORDS:
[6][5][4][3][2][1]
C x 3 2 0 1 0
D x x 0 2 3 2
D2 x x 0 2 3 0
Dsus4 x x 0 2 3 3
A 0 0 2 2 2 0
A2 0 0 2 2 0 0
Asus4 0 0 2 2 3 0
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
Gsus4 3 2 0 0 1 3
[F#m] [2] [4] [4] [2] [2] [2]
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
From: Gary Perkin
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: 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 the
verse.
[D]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [G]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [D]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [D]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]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [G]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [D]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [D]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]Please be [G]gentle with [D]me,[D]
'cos I've [D]been on a [G]long, hard, losing [D]streak,[D]
And I've [A]been down in the dumps, I've been [G]well and truly humped,
And my [A]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, and
an "A" riff, which is exactly the same but (predictably!) up two
frets.
Verse 2: (Turn up the distortion!)
--------
[D]Please [D2]be [Gsus4]gentle [G]with [D]me[D2],[D][D2]
yes my [D]singing [D2]has [Gsus4]gone flat out [G]of [D]ke[D2]y,[D][D2]
Oh I've [Asus4]been down in [A]the [Asus4]bin, c[A]rawled back [Gsus4]out back i[G]n [Gsus4]again,[G]
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] I [G]say to my[D]self,[C] have [G]I been [D]cursed?
[C] Cos [G]things are [D]bad can they get [C]worse? (can they get [A]worse?)
Verse 3:
--------
[D]Please be [G]gentle with [D]me,[D] yes my
[D]backside, is [G]hanging, out in the [D]breeze[D]
Oh I've [A]been down in the dumps, I've [G]been well and truly humped,
And my [A]clothes don't seem to fit,
G (DDDD D2D2D2 x 2)
yes my haircuts looking shit.
Solo (sort of):
---------------
[F#m]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [Bm]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [F#m]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [Bm]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] I [G]say to my[D]self,[C] have [G]I been [D]cursed?
[C] Cos [G]things are [D]bad can they get [C]worse? (can they get [A]worse?)
Final part-verse: (different chord sequence)
-----------------
[D]Please, be [G]gentle with [Bm]me, be [A]gentle with [D]me
Tab to play under above phrase:-
[D]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [G]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [Bm]1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [A]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 me
CHORDS:
-------
[6][5][4][3][2][1]
C x 3 2 0 1 0
D x x 0 2 3 2
D2 x x 0 2 3 0
Dsus4 x x 0 2 3 3
A 0 0 2 2 2 0
A2 0 0 2 2 0 0
Asus4 0 0 2 2 3 0
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
Gsus4 3 2 0 0 1 3
[F#m] [2] [4] [4] [2] [2] [2]
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
