Try A Little Tenderness
Otis ReddingVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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Oh, she may be weary;
Them young girls, they do get weary,
Wearing that same old shaggy dress.
But when she gets weary;
Try a little tenderness.
You know, she's waiting; just an-ticipating,
The thing that she'll never, never, never, never posses, yeah, yeah.
But while she's there waiting, and without them,
Try a little tenderness, that's all you got to do.
It's not just sentimental, no, no, no;
She has her griefs and cares.
But the soft words; they are spoke so gentle, yeah,
It makes it easier, easier to bear.
You won't regret it, no, no;
Young girls, they, don't forget it;
Love is their whole happi-ness.
But its all so easy;
All you got to do is try, try a little tenderness yeah.
All you gotta, do is dance, and hold her where you want her.
Squeeze her, don't tease her,
Never leave her, now get to her;
Got, got, got to try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,
You got to know how to love her bad, take this advice, man, you got to...
Squeeze her, don't tease her,
Never leave, you got to hold her,
Brother sometimes(?) try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,
You got to know how to love her bad, don't lose her, no, no.
You got to love her, tease her, always please her.
Got to try, now, now, now, try, try a little tenderness, yeah,
Watch me groove, you got to know what to do, man, take this advice;
You gotta, love her, squeeze, don't you tease my baby...
(Fade)
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Readable chord sheet for Try A Little Tenderness by Otis Redding
-----------------------------................ [G] [Em] [C] [A7] [D] [G] [G] Oh, [Em]she may be weary; [Am] Them young girls,[D7] they do get weary, [G] Wearing that [Fdim]same old shaggy [E7]dress. [Am] But when she gets weary;[D7] Try a little [G]tenderness.[Em] [Am] [D7] [G] You know, [Em]she's waiting;[Am] just an-[D7]ticipating, [Gmaj7] The thing that she'll [Fdim]never, never, [E7]never, never posses, yeah, yeah. [Am] But while she's there waiting,[D7] and without them, Try a little [Gmaj7]tenderness,[C] that's [G]all you got to do.[G7] [C] It's not just s[B7]entimental, no, no, no; [Em] She has her [A7]griefs and cares. [C] But the soft words; [B7]they are spoke so gentle, yeah, [A7] It makes it easier,[Am7] easier to [D7]bear. [G] You [Em]won't regret it, no, no; [Am] Young girls, they,[D7] don't forget it; [G] Love is their [Fdim]whole happi-[E7]ness. [Am] But its all so easy;[D7] All you got to do is try, try a little [G]tenderness yeah. All you gotta,[E7] do is dance, and hold her where you want her. [Am] Squeeze her,[Bm] don't tease her, [C] Never [C#]leave her, [D]now [Eb]get to her; [E] Got, got, got to [F]try a [F#]little [G]tenderness, yeah, yeah, [F] You got to know how to [E7]love her bad, take this advice, man, you got to... [Am] Squeeze her,[Bm] don't tease her, [C] Never [C#]leave, you got to [D]hold her,[Eb] Brother [E]sometimes(?) [F]try a [F#]little [G]tenderness, yeah, yeah, [F] You got to know how to [E7]love her bad, don't lose her, no, no. [Am] You got to [Bm]love her, [C]tease her, [C#]always please her. [D] Go[N.C.]t to try, now, now, now, try, try a little t[G]enderness, yeah, [F] Watch me groove, you got to [E7]know what to do, man, take this advice; You gotta, [Am]love her, [Bm]squeeze, [C]don't you tease my [C#]baby..[D]. (Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: [G] [Em] [C] [A7] [D] [Am] [D7] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] 320003 022000 032010 x02223 xx0232 x02210 xx0212 [Fdim] [E7] [Gmaj7] [G7] [B7] [Am7] [Bm] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] xx0101 020100 3x443x 323000 021200 x02013 x24432 [C#] [Eb] [E] [F] [F#] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] x46664 x68886 022100 133211 244322