Chords for Otis Redding "Try A Little Tenderness" Live 1967
Tempo:
121.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
F
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[B] [Em]
[D] [A] [D]
[G] [Em] Oh, she may be weary, [Am]
[D] them young girls they do [G] get weary,
[F] wearing that same [E] old miniskirt dress, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] But when she gets weary, [D]
you try your [G] little tenderness, [Em] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] Oh, [D] man,
[G] now [Em]
I know she's waiting, [Am]
[D] just [G] anticipating,
for
[F] things that she'll [E] never, never, never, never, never, never possess, no, [Am] no.
But while she's there waiting, [D]
try [G] just a little bit of [C] tenderness,
[G] that's all you got to do.
[F] [C]
Now, it might be [B]
a little bit sentimental, no, no, [Em] no,
but she has [A] her grief and pain, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah, yeah.
But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[A]
And it makes it [Am]
[D] easier to [G] bear,
[Em] those who regret [Am] it, no, no.
[D] Young girls, they don't forget [G] it, love is [F] all [E] happiness, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] But it's all so easy, [D] all you got to do is try, [G] try, tenderness, [F]
yeah, yeah, yeah.
[E] All you got to do is try, try, [F] [B] [C]
[C#] [D] [D#] [E]
tenderness, [G] [F]
[E] yeah, yeah, yeah.
All you got to do [F] is try, [Bm] [C] try, tenderness, [C#] yeah, [G] yeah, yeah.
[G#] All you got to do is try, try, [G] tenderness, yeah, yeah, yeah.
All [F] you got to do is try, try, tenderness, [E] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] [Bm] All you got to [C] do is try, [C#] try, [D]
[G] [F] tenderness, [E]
yeah, yeah, yeah.
All you [Am] got to [Bm] do [C] is try, try, tenderness, [C#] yeah, [D] yeah, yeah.
[D#] [E] [G]
[B] [Em]
[D] [A] [D]
[G] [Em] Oh, she may be weary, [Am]
[D] them young girls they do [G] get weary,
[F] wearing that same [E] old miniskirt dress, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] But when she gets weary, [D]
you try your [G] little tenderness, [Em] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] Oh, [D] man,
[G] now [Em]
I know she's waiting, [Am]
[D] just [G] anticipating,
for
[F] things that she'll [E] never, never, never, never, never, never possess, no, [Am] no.
But while she's there waiting, [D]
try [G] just a little bit of [C] tenderness,
[G] that's all you got to do.
[F] [C]
Now, it might be [B]
a little bit sentimental, no, no, [Em] no,
but she has [A] her grief and pain, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah, yeah.
But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[A]
And it makes it [Am]
[D] easier to [G] bear,
[Em] those who regret [Am] it, no, no.
[D] Young girls, they don't forget [G] it, love is [F] all [E] happiness, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] But it's all so easy, [D] all you got to do is try, [G] try, tenderness, [F]
yeah, yeah, yeah.
[E] All you got to do is try, try, [F] [B] [C]
[C#] [D] [D#] [E]
tenderness, [G] [F]
[E] yeah, yeah, yeah.
All you got to do [F] is try, [Bm] [C] try, tenderness, [C#] yeah, [G] yeah, yeah.
[G#] All you got to do is try, try, [G] tenderness, yeah, yeah, yeah.
All [F] you got to do is try, try, tenderness, [E] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] [Bm] All you got to [C] do is try, [C#] try, [D]
[G] [F] tenderness, [E]
yeah, yeah, yeah.
All you [Am] got to [Bm] do [C] is try, try, tenderness, [C#] yeah, [D] yeah, yeah.
[D#] [E] [G]
Key:
G
D
F
Am
E
G
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F
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Oh, she may be weary, [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] them young girls they do [G] get weary, _
_ _ _ [F] wearing that same [E] old _ _ miniskirt dress, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] But _ _ _ when she gets weary, [D] _ _ _
_ you try _ your [G] little _ tenderness, [Em] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] _ _ _ Oh, [D] man, _
_ _ _ [G] _ now _ [Em] _
I know she's waiting, [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] just _ _ [G] anticipating,
for _
_ _ _ [F] _ things that she'll [E] never, never, never, never, never, never possess, no, [Am] no.
_ _ But while she's there waiting, [D] _ _ _ _ _
try _ _ [G] just a little bit of [C] tenderness,
_ _ _ [G] that's all you got to do.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ Now, it might be _ [B] _
_ a little bit sentimental, no, no, [Em] no,
_ but _ she has _ [A] her grief and pain, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah, yeah.
But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
And it makes it _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] easier to _ [G] bear, _
_ _ [Em] those who regret [Am] it, no, no.
_ _ [D] Young girls, they don't forget [G] it, _ love is [F] all _ [E] happiness, _ _ _ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] _ But it's all so easy, _ [D] _ all you got to do is try, _ [G] try, _ _ tenderness, [F]
yeah, yeah, yeah.
[E] All you got to do is try, try, [F] _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ [D#] _ _ [E] _
tenderness, _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ yeah, yeah, yeah.
All you got to do [F] is try, _ [Bm] _ [C] try, tenderness, [C#] yeah, [G] yeah, yeah.
[G#] All you got to _ do is try, try, [G] tenderness, yeah, yeah, yeah.
All [F] you got to do is try, try, tenderness, [E] yeah, yeah, yeah. _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [Bm] All you got to [C] do is try, [C#] try, [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] tenderness, _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
yeah, yeah, yeah.
All you [Am] got to _ [Bm] do [C] is try, try, tenderness, [C#] yeah, [D] yeah, yeah.
[D#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Oh, she may be weary, [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] them young girls they do [G] get weary, _
_ _ _ [F] wearing that same [E] old _ _ miniskirt dress, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] But _ _ _ when she gets weary, [D] _ _ _
_ you try _ your [G] little _ tenderness, [Em] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] _ _ _ Oh, [D] man, _
_ _ _ [G] _ now _ [Em] _
I know she's waiting, [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] just _ _ [G] anticipating,
for _
_ _ _ [F] _ things that she'll [E] never, never, never, never, never, never possess, no, [Am] no.
_ _ But while she's there waiting, [D] _ _ _ _ _
try _ _ [G] just a little bit of [C] tenderness,
_ _ _ [G] that's all you got to do.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ Now, it might be _ [B] _
_ a little bit sentimental, no, no, [Em] no,
_ but _ she has _ [A] her grief and pain, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah, yeah.
But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
And it makes it _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] easier to _ [G] bear, _
_ _ [Em] those who regret [Am] it, no, no.
_ _ [D] Young girls, they don't forget [G] it, _ love is [F] all _ [E] happiness, _ _ _ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am] _ But it's all so easy, _ [D] _ all you got to do is try, _ [G] try, _ _ tenderness, [F]
yeah, yeah, yeah.
[E] All you got to do is try, try, [F] _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ [D#] _ _ [E] _
tenderness, _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ yeah, yeah, yeah.
All you got to do [F] is try, _ [Bm] _ [C] try, tenderness, [C#] yeah, [G] yeah, yeah.
[G#] All you got to _ do is try, try, [G] tenderness, yeah, yeah, yeah.
All [F] you got to do is try, try, tenderness, [E] yeah, yeah, yeah. _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [Bm] All you got to [C] do is try, [C#] try, [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] tenderness, _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
yeah, yeah, yeah.
All you [Am] got to _ [Bm] do [C] is try, try, tenderness, [C#] yeah, [D] yeah, yeah.
[D#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _