Chords for Otis Redding "Try A Little Tenderness" Live 1967 (Reelin' In The Years Archives)
Tempo:
138.4 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
Right now we're gonna [G] do a song that we love to do.
song is a [Dm] rocker.
[G] [C#] [Bm]
Oh man, [G] [Em] oh, she may be [Am] weary
But [D] young girls, they do get [G] weary
that same [Em] old [E] shaggy dress
But when she gets weary
[D] Try a [E] little [Bm] tenderness
song is a [Dm] rocker.
[G] [C#] [Bm]
Oh man, [G] [Em] oh, she may be [Am] weary
But [D] young girls, they do get [G] weary
that same [Em] old [E] shaggy dress
But when she gets weary
[D] Try a [E] little [Bm] tenderness
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Right now we're gonna [G] do _ a song that we love to do.
_ This _ _ song is a [Dm] rocker.
[G] _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
Oh man, [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] oh, _ she may be [Am] weary _ _
But _ [D] young girls, they do get [G] weary
_ _ _ _ [F] Wearing that same [Em] old [E] _ _ shaggy dress
_ Yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah _ _
But _ when she gets weary
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ Try _ a [E] little [Bm] tenderness _ _
[Em] Yeah, yeah, _ [Dm] yeah _
Oh man, I _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ know she's [Am] waiting
_ _ [D] Just _ _ [G] anticipating
_ _ _ [F] For things that she'll [E] never, never, never possess No, [Am] no
_ _ _ But while she's there [D] waiting
_ _ _ Try _
_ _ [G] just a little bit of [C] tenderness _
_ [G] That's all you got to _ [F] do
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ Or it might be _ [B] _ a little bit sentimental No, [Em] no
_ _ She has [Am] her [F#m] grief and care _
[A] Yeah, [C] yeah, _ yeah
But the song works
[B] Yeah, y'all smoke so gentle
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[A] _ _ _ _
And it makes it _ [Am] _ easy _
[D] Not to bear
[Bm] _ [G] _ _
Oh, she won't regret it [Am] No, no
Young [D] girls, they don't forget [G] it _ No
[F] _ _ Try [E] a little tenderness _
Yeah, yeah, [Am] _ _ yeah
Cause it's all so easy
[D] _ All you got to do is try
Try [G] a little _ _ tenderness
Yeah, yeah, man
[E] All you got to do when _ everybody gets [Am] up
Get on [G] up, [C] get on up, get [C#] on up, get on [D] up, get on [D#] up
I got [E] to get [F] you in
[G] Try a little tenderness
[F] A little tenderness
[E] I need a tenderness
A little tenderness
[Am] You got to hold [G] up A [C] speeder [C#] Every [D] meter
Get [D#] to [Em] a
A [F] _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ loop
You [Am] got to hold [G] up A [C] speeder [C#] Every [Dm] meter
Got [Am] to, got to, [G] na, na, na Got to
Try a little tenderness _
[F] _ _ _ [E] Get a tenderness
I need, got to
[Am] You got [G] to hold up [C] A speeder [C#] Every [Dm] meter
Got [N] to, got to, na, na, na
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ [D#] _ _
[E] _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'll start all over again
[Am] One and a half minutes to go
for Otis [G]
Redding Go ahead
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] I got to [Am] try
[Bm] A _
[C] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ [D#] _ _
[E] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ [F] little tenderness
A [E] little tenderness
I _
[Am] need, got to hold [Bm] up
A [C] speeder [C#] Every [D] meter
[D#] Get to [E] a _
[F] _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] [C] A speeder
[C#] Every [A#] meter
Got to, got to, [G] na, na, na
I got to, got to, na, na, na
Get _ _ [F] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ on it _ _
[Am] Otis [G] [C] Redding
_ [C#] Go [D] _
_ [D#] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] on
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I am Otis
[A] [Bm] And Otis [C] Redding
[C#] You [D] got to [D#] hold up
A [E] _ [F] _
[F#] little [G] _ tenderness
[F] Get a tenderness
I [E] need a tenderness
Got [Em] to [Am] get that [Em] Hold up [C] Speeder
[C#] Every _ [D] _ _ [D#] meter
[E] Get [F] to a
[F#m] A [G] _ _ _ [F] loop
Get a tenderness
_ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Em] Hold up [C] Hold up [C#] Hold up
[D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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_ [C#] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[D#m] _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[E] Welcome to the
[C] _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _
[D#] _ [E] _ _ [F] _ [F#] [G] Internet _
[F] Hold _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] up
[C] Hold [C#] up
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ [D#] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Hold up _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ This _ _ song is a [Dm] rocker.
[G] _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
Oh man, [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] oh, _ she may be [Am] weary _ _
But _ [D] young girls, they do get [G] weary
_ _ _ _ [F] Wearing that same [Em] old [E] _ _ shaggy dress
_ Yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah _ _
But _ when she gets weary
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ Try _ a [E] little [Bm] tenderness _ _
[Em] Yeah, yeah, _ [Dm] yeah _
Oh man, I _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ know she's [Am] waiting
_ _ [D] Just _ _ [G] anticipating
_ _ _ [F] For things that she'll [E] never, never, never possess No, [Am] no
_ _ _ But while she's there [D] waiting
_ _ _ Try _
_ _ [G] just a little bit of [C] tenderness _
_ [G] That's all you got to _ [F] do
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ Or it might be _ [B] _ a little bit sentimental No, [Em] no
_ _ She has [Am] her [F#m] grief and care _
[A] Yeah, [C] yeah, _ yeah
But the song works
[B] Yeah, y'all smoke so gentle
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[A] _ _ _ _
And it makes it _ [Am] _ easy _
[D] Not to bear
[Bm] _ [G] _ _
Oh, she won't regret it [Am] No, no
Young [D] girls, they don't forget [G] it _ No
[F] _ _ Try [E] a little tenderness _
Yeah, yeah, [Am] _ _ yeah
Cause it's all so easy
[D] _ All you got to do is try
Try [G] a little _ _ tenderness
Yeah, yeah, man
[E] All you got to do when _ everybody gets [Am] up
Get on [G] up, [C] get on up, get [C#] on up, get on [D] up, get on [D#] up
I got [E] to get [F] you in
[G] Try a little tenderness
[F] A little tenderness
[E] I need a tenderness
A little tenderness
[Am] You got to hold [G] up A [C] speeder [C#] Every [D] meter
Get [D#] to [Em] a
A [F] _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ loop
You [Am] got to hold [G] up A [C] speeder [C#] Every [Dm] meter
Got [Am] to, got to, [G] na, na, na Got to
Try a little tenderness _
[F] _ _ _ [E] Get a tenderness
I need, got to
[Am] You got [G] to hold up [C] A speeder [C#] Every [Dm] meter
Got [N] to, got to, na, na, na
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ [D#] _ _
[E] _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'll start all over again
[Am] One and a half minutes to go
for Otis [G]
Redding Go ahead
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] I got to [Am] try
[Bm] A _
[C] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ [D#] _ _
[E] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ [F] little tenderness
A [E] little tenderness
I _
[Am] need, got to hold [Bm] up
A [C] speeder [C#] Every [D] meter
[D#] Get to [E] a _
[F] _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] [C] A speeder
[C#] Every [A#] meter
Got to, got to, [G] na, na, na
I got to, got to, na, na, na
Get _ _ [F] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ on it _ _
[Am] Otis [G] [C] Redding
_ [C#] Go [D] _
_ [D#] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] on
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I am Otis
[A] [Bm] And Otis [C] Redding
[C#] You [D] got to [D#] hold up
A [E] _ [F] _
[F#] little [G] _ tenderness
[F] Get a tenderness
I [E] need a tenderness
Got [Em] to [Am] get that [Em] Hold up [C] Speeder
[C#] Every _ [D] _ _ [D#] meter
[E] Get [F] to a
[F#m] A [G] _ _ _ [F] loop
Get a tenderness
_ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Em] Hold up [C] Hold up [C#] Hold up
[D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [C#] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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[D#m] _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[E] Welcome to the
[C] _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _
[D#] _ [E] _ _ [F] _ [F#] [G] Internet _
[F] Hold _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] up
[C] Hold [C#] up
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[C] _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ [D#] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Hold up _ _
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