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Try A Little Kindness

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[Intro]
|        D|    D   C   G| (x4)
[Verse 1]
If you Dsee your brother Gstanding by the Droad
With a heavy Aload Gfrom the seeds he Dsowed
And if you Dsee your sister Gfalling by the Dway
Just stop and Asay G"you're going the wrong Dway"
[Chorus]
You've got to Atry a little kindness, yes, Gshow a little Dkindness
Just Gshine your light for Deveryone to Asee
And if you Gtry a little kindness then you'll Doverlook the Bmblindness
                    G               A        G       A(D)
Of the narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets
[Instrumental]
|        D|    D   C   G| (x4)
[Verse 2]
  DDon't walk aGround the down and Dout, lend a helping Ahand Ginstead of Ddoubt
And the Dkindness that you Gshow every Dday will help someAone Galong their Dway
[Chorus]
You've got to Atry a little kindness, yes, Gshow a little Dkindness
Just Gshine your light for Deveryone to Asee
And if you Gtry a little kindness then you'll Doverlook the Bmblindness
Of the Gnarrow-minded Apeople on the Gnarrow-Aminded DstreetsC  G  D  
You've got to Atry a little kindness, yes, Gshow a little Dkindness
Just Gshine your light for Deveryone to Asee
And if you Gtry a little kindness then you'll Doverlook the Bmblindness
                    G               A        G       A(D)
Of the narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets
Ending
|        D|    D   C   G| x2
| D  

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Try A Little Kindness

by Glen Campbell

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

D D C G

| | | (x4)

[Verse 1]

D G D

If you see your brother standing by the road

A G D

With a heavy load from the seeds he sowed

D G D

And if you see your sister falling by the way

A G D

Just stop and say "you're going the wrong way"

[Chorus]

A G D

You've got to try a little kindness, yes, show a little kindness

G D A

Just shine your light for everyone to see

G D Bm

And if you try a little kindness then you'll overlook the blindness

G A G A D

()

Of the narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets

[Instrumental]

D D C G

| | | (x4)

[Verse 2]

D G D A G D

Don't walk around the down and out, lend a helping hand instead of doubt

D G D A G D

And the kindness that you show every day will help someone along their way

[Chorus]

A G D

You've got to try a little kindness, yes, show a little kindness

G D A

Just shine your light for everyone to see

G D Bm

And if you try a little kindness then you'll overlook the blindness

G A G A D C G D

Of the narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets

A G D

You've got to try a little kindness, yes, show a little kindness

G D A

Just shine your light for everyone to see

G D Bm

And if you try a little kindness then you'll overlook the blindness

G A G A D

()

Of the narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets

Ending

D D C G

| | | x2

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