Otis Redding

Try A Little Tenderness

Otis Redding

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Try A Little Tenderness

	  		
Intro G    C/E  G7/F 
         C/E  G/E  C#º  D 

G     Em 
  Oh, she may be weary 
Am                  D7 
   Them young girls, they do get weary 
G              F6              E7 
  Wearing that same old shaggy dress 
Am                         D7 
   But when she gets weary 
             G/B        Bb7  Am  Am/D 
Try a little tenderness 

G           Em 
  You know, she's waiting 
Am        D7 
   Just anticipating 
G7M                       F6 
    The thing that she'll never 
       E7 
Never, never, never posses, yeah, yeah 
Am 
   But while she's there waiting 
D7 
   And without them 
             G7M        C 
Try a little tenderness 
       G                 G7 
That's all you got to do 

C               B7 
  It's not just sentimental, no, no, no 
Em             A7 
   She has her griefs and cares 
C 
  But the soft words 
B7 
They are spoke so gentle, yeah 
A7                    Am7        D7 
   It makes it easier, easier to bear 

G     Em 
  You won't regret it, no, no 
Am                   D7 
   Young girls, they, don't forget it 
G               F6         E7 
  Love is their whole happiness 
Am                     D7 
   But its all so easy 

All you got to do is try 
             G/B 
Try a little tenderness yeah 
              E7 
All you gotta, do is dance 

And hold her where you want her 

Am             Bm 
   Squeeze her, don't tease her 
C       A/C#       D   B/D# 
  Never leave her, now get to her 
E                  F 
  Got, got, got to try 
  F#     G 
A little tenderness, yeah, yeah 
F7                        E7(9+) 
   You got to know how to love her bad 

Take this advice, man, you got to 

Am             Bm 
   Squeeze her, don't tease her 
C       A/C#              D        B/D# 
  Never leave, you got to hold her 
        E         F 
Brother sometimes try 
  F#     G 
A little tenderness, yeah, yeah 
F7                        E7(9+) 
   You got to know how to love her bad 

Don't lose her, no, no 

Am            Bm        C 
   You got to love her, tease her 
A/C# 
Always please her 
D 
  Got to try, now, now, now, try 
             G 
Try a little tenderness, yeah 
F7                             E7(9+) 
   Watch me groove, you got to know 

What to do, man, take this advice 

           Am        Bm 
You gotta, love her, squeeze 
C                  A/C#  D 
Don't you tease my baby 
		  

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