Try A Little Kindness
Glen Campbell (Curt Sapaugh, Bobby Austin, 1969)
As performed by Jann Arden w/Doane USchool
Intro (Play 4x)
A G↓ D↓
|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-2---0---|
4 |---0-----0-----0-|-----0---3---2---|
4 |-----------------|---------2---2---|
|-2-----2-----2---|---2-----0---2---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro (Play tab above or chords below)
| [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
| [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
If you | [A] see your brother | [D] standing by the | [A] road | [A]
With a heavy | [E7] load | [D] from the seeds he's | [A] sowed | [A]
And if you | [A] see your sister | [D] falling by the | [A] way | [A]
Just stop and | [E7] say, | [D] you're going the wrong | [A] way | [A↓]
Chorus
You got to | [E7] try a little | kindness |
| [D] Show a little | [A] kindness
Just | [D] shine your light for | [A] everyone to | [E7] see | [E7↓]
[A↓] And [A↓] if [A↓] you | [D] try a little | kindness
Then you'll | [A] overlook the | [F#m] blindness
Of a | [D] broken-hearted | [E7] people on the | [D] broken [E7] hearted
Instrumental (Play like Intro)
| [A] streets | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
| [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
| [A] Don't you walk a- | [D] round down and | [A] out | [A]
Lend a helping | [E7] hand | [D] instead of | [A] doubt | [A]
And the | [A] kindness that you | [D] show every | [A] day | [A]
Will help some- | [E7] one | [D] along their | [A] way | [A↓]
Chorus
You got to | [E7] try a little | kindness |
| [D] Show a little | [A] kindness
Just | [D] shine your light for | [A] everyone to | [E7] see | [E7↓]
[A↓] And [A↓] if [A↓] you | [D] try a little | kindness
Then you'll | [A] overlook the | [F#m] blindness
Of a | [D] broken-hearted | [E7] people on the | [D] broken [E7] hearted |
| [A] streets [A↓] You [A↓] got [A↓] to |
| [E7↓] Try a little | kindness |
| Show a little | kindness
Just | shine your light for | everyone to | [E7] see | [E7↓]
[A↓] And [A↓] if [A↓] you | [D] try a little | kindness
Then you'll | [A] overlook the | [F#m] blindness
Of a | [D] broken-hearted | [E7] people on the | [D] broken [E7] hearted |
Outro (Play like Intro)
| [A] streets | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
| [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A↓]
#Play along with Jann Arden and Doane USchool in this key (Key of A).
#Here is the original Glen Campbell version in the key of E.
#Last Updated 05/05/20 JJ
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Glen Campbell (Curt Sapaugh, Bobby Austin, 1969)
As performed by Jann Arden w/Doane USchool
Intro (Play 4x)
A G↓ D↓
|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-2---0---|
4 |---0-----0-----0-|-----0---3---2---|
4 |-----------------|---------2---2---|
|-2-----2-----2---|---2-----0---2---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro (Play tab above or chords below)
| [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
| [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
If you | [A] see your brother | [D] standing by the | [A] road | [A]
With a heavy | [E7] load | [D] from the seeds he's | [A] sowed | [A]
And if you | [A] see your sister | [D] falling by the | [A] way | [A]
Just stop and | [E7] say, | [D] you're going the wrong | [A] way | [A↓]
Chorus
You got to | [E7] try a little | kindness |
| [D] Show a little | [A] kindness
Just | [D] shine your light for | [A] everyone to | [E7] see | [E7↓]
[A↓] And [A↓] if [A↓] you | [D] try a little | kindness
Then you'll | [A] overlook the | [F#m] blindness
Of a | [D] broken-hearted | [E7] people on the | [D] broken [E7] hearted
Instrumental (Play like Intro)
| [A] streets | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
| [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
| [A] Don't you walk a- | [D] round down and | [A] out | [A]
Lend a helping | [E7] hand | [D] instead of | [A] doubt | [A]
And the | [A] kindness that you | [D] show every | [A] day | [A]
Will help some- | [E7] one | [D] along their | [A] way | [A↓]
Chorus
You got to | [E7] try a little | kindness |
| [D] Show a little | [A] kindness
Just | [D] shine your light for | [A] everyone to | [E7] see | [E7↓]
[A↓] And [A↓] if [A↓] you | [D] try a little | kindness
Then you'll | [A] overlook the | [F#m] blindness
Of a | [D] broken-hearted | [E7] people on the | [D] broken [E7] hearted |
| [A] streets [A↓] You [A↓] got [A↓] to |
| [E7↓] Try a little | kindness |
| Show a little | kindness
Just | shine your light for | everyone to | [E7] see | [E7↓]
[A↓] And [A↓] if [A↓] you | [D] try a little | kindness
Then you'll | [A] overlook the | [F#m] blindness
Of a | [D] broken-hearted | [E7] people on the | [D] broken [E7] hearted |
Outro (Play like Intro)
| [A] streets | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
| [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A↓]
#Play along with Jann Arden and Doane USchool in this key (Key of A).
#Here is the original Glen Campbell version in the key of E.
#Last Updated 05/05/20 JJ
Visit UkeboxLessons