Be Kind To Me Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays520

Be Kind To Me by Michael Hurley is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Be Kind to Me ~ Michael Hurley 
from "Armchair Boogie" 

G 
Told you once and I told you twice: 

Why be mean when you can be nice? 
     C              G 
Come on, be kind to me! 
          D          C    G 
Can’t you see I’m in misery? 

G 
I hardly feel like a mustard seed 

‘cause your love is what I need 
     C              G 
Come on, be kind to me! 
          D          C    G 
Can’t you see I’m in misery? 

G 
I’m the ace of hearts and she’s my queen, 

the best old girl you ever seen 
     C              G 
Come on, be kind to me! 
          D          C    G 
Can’t you see I’m in misery? 

G 
I told you, child, when you were sixteen, 

I wanted you, girl, to be my queen 
     C              G 
Come on, be kind to me! 
          D          C    G 
Can’t you see I’m in misery? 

G 
A bull frog sitting on a lily pond 

And I was holding her in my arms 
     C              G 
Come on, be kind to me! 
          D          C    G 
Can’t you see I’m in misery? 

G 
I call you on the telephone 

Tell me why you’re never home 
     C              G 
Come on, be kind to me! 
          D          C    G 
Can’t you see I’m in misery? 

The same chord progression repeats twice for the 'mouth trumpet'  
solo. During the second progression the vocals return and the  
song ends like this: 

C              G 
    Be kind to me! 
          D          C                                           
Can't you see I’m in mi-i---ser-er-er---ree-eeeeee-eeee? 

end on G 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante