Try A Little Tenderness Chords by Otis Redding

_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Oh, she may be weary.
_ [Am] _ _ Them young [D] girls, they do get weary
_ wearing [F] that same old [E] shaggy dress, yeah.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ But when she gets weary,
[D] _ _ _ try _ a little [Bm] tenderness, _ [Bb] yeah.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ You [E] know she's waiting,
[Am] _ _ just [D] _
_ anticipating
[Em] _ [G] _ a thing [F] that she'll never, never, [E] never, never possess, yeah.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
While she's there waiting,
[D] without them, _ try _ [G] a little tenderness.
[C] Oh, _ _ _ [G] you gotta do. _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _
It's not _ [B] _ _ sentimental, no, no, no.
_ [Em] _ _ _
She has [A] her greed and _ care, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah. _ _
But the soft [B] words, 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.
_ _ [D] Young girls, they don't forget it.
[G] _ Young is [Dm] their own _ [E] happiness, _ yeah. _
_ _ _ [Am] _ But it's all so easy.
_ _ [D] _ You gotta do it, try, try.
_ [G] _ Yes, _ yes, oh, you [E] gotta do it, man.
Hold her where you wanna [Am] _ [Bm] squeeze her.
Don't tease her, [Db] never [D] leave her.
[Eb] You [Em] can't stop her from the time [G] she'll tenderness, [F] yeah, yeah, yeah.
You gotta know how to [E] love her, man.
You _ _ [Am] gotta squeeze her, [C] don't tease her, never leave her.
You [D] gotta [Eb] hold her and [Em] love her, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You gotta hold [G]
her, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] You gotta hold her, yeah, [E] yeah, yeah.
_ You gotta hold her, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't tease her, you know [Bm] you gotta love her.
Don't tease her, [Db] don't [D] squeeze her.
You gotta [N] stop her, man, and then try to [G] _ tenderness her.
Yeah, what [F] you, you [E] gotta know what to do, man.
Take it and fight it.
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