Try A Little Tenderness Chords by Etta James

[Bb] _ _ _ _ It's not just _ [A] _ sentimental, _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ she has her grief [G] and care. _ _ _
_ [B] _ [Bb] _ _ But the soft _
[C] [Bb] words, [A] they are spoke so gentle.
_ [G] _ It makes it easier, _ [Gm] _ easier to [C] bear.
_ _ _ Oh, _ [F] _ _
_ she [Dm] may be weary, _ [Bb] _
_ young girls they do [F] get weary. _
_ _ Wearing _ that [D] same old shaggy dress.
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Gm] But when she's [F] weary, _ [C] _
_ _ [Fm] her [Am] little _ _ _ _ [F] tenderness.
_ Oh, [Gm] that's all you gotta do [F] now. _ _ _ _
_ You know she's waiting, [Bb] _
_ _ just [Gm] anticipating _ [F] the _ _ things that [A] she never, [D] never possessed.
Oh, no, no.
[F] _ [Bb] _
_ But while she's [F] waiting there, [Gm] _ _ [C] all you [Am] gotta [F] do is try a little _ tenderness.
[Bb] _ _ Oh, [F] yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ It's not just _ _
[A] sentimental, no, no, no. _ _
[Dm] _ _ She's had, [F] she's had [G] her grief and care. _ _ _
[Bb] But _ the soft words, [A] they are spoke [Em] so gentle. _ _
[G] _ _ It makes it [Dm] easier, _
[Gm] easier to [C] bear. _ _ _
[F] Oh, [Gm] you won't regret [C] it, [F] no, no.
[Bb] _ _ Young girls, they don't [F] forget [E]
[F] it.
_ _ Love, [Cm] _ [Dm] _
[Gb] love, love is [Dm] their own happiness.
Oh, yeah.
[Gm] _ _ But it's also easy. _
_ _ All you [F] got to do [Bb] is try a [F] little tenderness.
_ [Bb] _ _ Oh, [F] tenderness.
_ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ All you [Bb] have to do is try a [F] little tenderness.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] All you have to [Bb] do, oh, babe, [F] be nice.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] Try [F] a little tenderness.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Am] [F] Squeeze her, [Bb] don't leave her. _
[F] Try a little [Bb] tenderness. _ _ _
[F] Try a little _ [C] [Bb] tenderness. _
[F] Young _ girls, [Bb] _ [Gm] you won't [F] regret _ _ [Bb] _ it. _
[F] _ Oh, no, they don't [Bb] forget it. _
Try, [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ try [F] a little tenderness.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] Love _ is their own [F] happiness.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] Try, _ _ [Bb] try a [F] little [A] tenderness.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] Try a little [Eb] [Dm] tenderness.
[Bb] _ _ _
[F] Hold her, squeeze [Eb] her, don't [Bb] leave her. _
[F] Try a little [Cm] [Bb] tenderness. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Dm] Young [A] girls, if [Eb] you get weary, _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] [F] One [Bb] more _ _ [F] tenderness, _ _ [Bb] oh, yeah. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _