«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)
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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
