Please be gentle with me by
View chords used in this chart
Intro: (roughly)
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a) Opening bass riff which continues through the intro and most of the
verse.
D G D D
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 G D D
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)
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D G D D
Please be gentle with me,
D G D D
'cos I've been on a long, hard, losing streak,
A G
And I've been down in the dumps, I've been well and truly humped,
A
And 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, and
an "A" riff, which is exactly the same but (predictably!) up two
frets.
Verse 2: (Turn up the distortion!)
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D D2 Gsus4 G D D2 D D2
Please be gentle with me,
D D2 Gsus4 G D D2 D D2
yes my singing has gone flat out of key,
Asus4 A Asus4 A Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Oh 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:
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C G D C G D
I say to myself, have I been cursed?
C G D C A
Cos things are bad can they get worse? (can they get worse?)
Verse 3:
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D G D D
Please be gentle with me, yes my
D G D D
backside, is hanging, out in the breeze
A G
Oh I've been down in the dumps, I've been well and truly humped,
A
And my clothes don't seem to fit,
G (DDDD D2D2D2 x 2)
yes my haircuts looking shit.
Solo (sort of):
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F#m Bm F#m Bm
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:
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C G D C G D
I say to myself, have I been cursed?
C G D C A
Cos things are bad can they get worse? (can they get worse?)
Final part-verse: (different chord sequence)
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D G Bm A D
Please, be gentle with me, be gentle with me
Tab to play under above phrase:-
D G Bm A
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:
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C G (D Dsus4 x 4)
Please, be gentle with me
CHORDS:
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6 5 4 3 2 1
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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
How to play Please be gentle with me by
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.