Try A Little Tenderness Chords by Otis Redding

Tempo:
101.2 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

Am

C

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness chords
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[Bb] [Bm] [Am] [Gm] [Dm] [G]
[A] [C] [Em] [G] [A]
[D] [G] [Em] Oh, she may be weary.
[C] [Am] [D] Them young girls, they do get weary, [G] weary
[F] [E] dress, yeah.
[Am]
But when she gets weary, [D]
try a [G] little [D] tenderness, [Bb] yeah.
[Gm] [D] You [F] [Bb]
[D] [G]
[Em] know she's waiting, [Am] just [D] anticipating [E] [Bm] for [G]
[F] things that she'll never, [E] never, never,
never possess, yeah.
[Am]
While she's there [D] waiting, and without them, try [Bm] a [G] little tenderness.
[C] [G] That's all you gotta do.
[C]
It's not [B]
sentimental, no, no, no.
[Em] She has [A] her greed and care, yeah, [C] yeah.
But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah.
[A]
It makes it [Am] easier, [D] easier to bear, [G] yeah.
[Em] You won't regret it, no, [Am] no.
Young [D] girls, they don't forget [G] it, no.
[Dm]
[E] Happy and naked, yeah.
[Am] But it's all so easy.
[D] All you gotta do is try, try a little [Bm] tenderness, [G] yeah.
All you [E] gotta do is try, try a little tenderness, [Am] yeah.
Squeeze [Bm] her, don't [C] feed her, [Db]
never [D] leave her.
[Eb] You do [Em] what you gotta [F]
[Gb] do.
[G] Yeah, [F] yeah, yeah.
[E] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't lose her, [Am] you know you [Bm] have to love her.
[C] Don't feed [Db] her, don't [D] feed her.
Don't, man, man, man, [G] don't.
Man, man, man, yeah, [Dm] what you gonna [E] do?
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
Am
2311
C
3211
E
2311
G
2131
D
1321
Am
2311
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To learn Otis Redding - (2020 Remaster) Try A Little Tenderness chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Em, Am, D, G, F, E, Am, D, Bm, G and E of chords. A strategic approach would be to train at 50 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 101. With the song's key of Ab Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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[Bb] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ [G] _
[A] _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Oh, she may be weary.
[C] _ _ [Am] _ [D] Them young girls, they do get weary, [G] _ _ weary _
[F] _ _ _ _ [E] dress, yeah.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
But when she gets weary, [D] _ _ _
try a [G] little [D] tenderness, _ [Bb] yeah.
_ _ [Gm] _ [D] You [F] _ [Bb] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] know she's waiting, _ [Am] _ _ just [D] _ anticipating _ [E] [Bm] for [G] _
[F] things that she'll never, [E] never, never,
never possess, yeah.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
While she's there [D] waiting, and without them, _ try [Bm] a [G] little tenderness.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] That's all you gotta do. _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
It's not _ [B] _ _ _
sentimental, no, no, no.
[Em] She _ _ _ has [A] her greed and _ _ care, yeah, [C] yeah. _ _ _
But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
It makes it [Am] easier, _ _ [D] easier to bear, _ [G] yeah. _ _
[Em] You won't regret it, no, [Am] no.
_ Young [D] girls, they don't forget [G] it, no.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [E] Happy and naked, _ yeah.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ But it's all so easy.
_ [D] _ All you gotta do is try, try a little [Bm] tenderness, [G] _ yeah.
All you [E] gotta do is try, try a little tenderness, [Am] yeah.
Squeeze [Bm] her, don't [C] feed her, [Db]
never [D] leave her.
_ [Eb] You do [Em] what you gotta [F]
[Gb] do.
[G] _ _ Yeah, [F] yeah, yeah. _ _
[E] _ Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't lose her, [Am] you know you [Bm] have to love her.
[C] Don't feed [Db] her, don't [D] feed her.
Don't, man, man, man, [G] don't.
Man, man, man, yeah, [Dm] what you gonna [E] do?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was written by Harry M. Woods, James Campbell and Reginald Connelly.

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