Tenderness

Intro 
E    B    
F#m  C#m  B 

              E                  B 
Just a little tenderness, at the end of the day 
   F#m                    C#m             B 
Is all a woman needs, to take her fears away, yeah 

Interlude 
E    B    F#m    C#m  B 

 
C#m                    F#m   G#m 
Cold, cold di world so cold,     mi waash someone to have and to hold 
C#m                                 F#m7  G#m 
   Ina di night, when di feelings a bite, hug mi up, squeeze mi up, mek mi feel right 
C#m                              F#m7      G#m 
   Forget di problems, everybody have dem,     tonight mi just naah feature 
    A                        B 
Dem I, just want to lay with you... 
          F#m            F#m9       A     N.C. 
And be an island in this sea of confusion 


              E                  B 
Just a little tenderness, at the end of the day 
   F#m7                   C#m 
Is all a woman needs, to take her fears away 
B             E                     B 
Just a little tenderness, with the lights down low 
          F#m7                          C#m            B            E   B 
When the world is just two people, and love is all we need to know 


C#m                   F#m   G#m 
   Everybody's got an idea,     of what's right, what's right for me 
C#m                       F#m       G#m 
    I'm just tryin' to survive and,     live my life positively 
C#m                        F#m     G#m 
     This one wants to educate me,     that one wants to dominate me 
C#m                          F#m          G#m 
   The other one, tryin' to wear me down,     talkin' outta both sides of the mouth 
A                         B 
I, just want to lay with you, oh... 
          F#m7                      A 
And be an island in this sea of confusion 


 
              E                  B 
Just a little tenderness, at the end of the day 
   F#m7                   C#m 
Is all a woman needs, to take her fears away 
B             E                     B 
Just a little tenderness, with the lights down low 
          F#m7                          C#m            Bsus4  B 
When the world is just two people, and love is all we need to know 

Interlude 
F#m7    E    B    F#m7 

 
    A                         B 
And I, just want to lay with you, oh... 
          F#m7                      A        A 
And be an island in this sea of confusion......... 


              E                  B 
Just a little tenderness, at the end of the day 
   F#m7                   C#m 
Is all a woman needs, to take her fears away 
B             E                     B 
Just a little tenderness, with the lights down low 
          F#m7                          C#m            Bsus4  B 
When the world is just two people, and love is all we need to know 


Outro 
E                  B 
Tenderness, at the end of the day 
   F#m7                   C#m 
Is all a woman needs, to take her fears away 
A             E                   B 
Just a little tenderness, hnmmm, deep in the night 
          F#m7                         C#m                B          F#m9 
When the world is just two people, and everything's gonna be alright...