Chords for Otis Redding - Try a little tenderness (Lyrics in description)
Tempo:
100.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
D
E
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [E]
[A] [D]
[G] [Em] Oh, she may be weary, [Am] [D] them young girls they do get weary,
[G] wearing [F] that same old [E] shaggy dress, yeah, yeah.
[Am] But when she gets weary, [D] try [Bm] a little tenderness, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
[Am] You [A]
[G] [Em] know she's waiting, [Am] just [D]
anticipating,
[G] a [F] thing that she'll never, [E] never, never, never possess, yeah, yeah.
[Am] While she's there [D] waiting, without them, try [G] a 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, yeah.
But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah.
[A] It makes it easier, [D] easier to bear.
[G] [Em] You won't regret it, [Am] no, no.
[D] Young girls, they don't forget [G] it.
[Dm]
[E] Happiness, yeah.
[Am] But it's all so easy.
[D]
All you gotta do is try a [Bm] little [G] tenderness, yeah.
All [E] you gotta do is, man, hold her, man, you know [Am] her.
Squeeze [Bm] her, don't [C] feed [Db] her, never leave [Eb] her.
Get to [Em] her, not [G] give her that, [F] that, that, that.
You got the [E] trouble, just bear it.
Don't lose her, [Am] no, no.
You find a [C] lover,
[A] [D]
[G] [Em] Oh, she may be weary, [Am] [D] them young girls they do get weary,
[G] wearing [F] that same old [E] shaggy dress, yeah, yeah.
[Am] But when she gets weary, [D] try [Bm] a little tenderness, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
[Am] You [A]
[G] [Em] know she's waiting, [Am] just [D]
anticipating,
[G] a [F] thing that she'll never, [E] never, never, never possess, yeah, yeah.
[Am] While she's there [D] waiting, without them, try [G] a 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, yeah.
But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah.
[A] It makes it easier, [D] easier to bear.
[G] [Em] You won't regret it, [Am] no, no.
[D] Young girls, they don't forget [G] it.
[Dm]
[E] Happiness, yeah.
[Am] But it's all so easy.
[D]
All you gotta do is try a [Bm] little [G] tenderness, yeah.
All [E] you gotta do is, man, hold her, man, you know [Am] her.
Squeeze [Bm] her, don't [C] feed [Db] her, never leave [Eb] her.
Get to [Em] her, not [G] give her that, [F] that, that, that.
You got the [E] trouble, just bear it.
Don't lose her, [Am] no, no.
You find a [C] lover,
Key:
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[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Oh, she may be weary, [Am] _ _ _ [D] them young girls they do get weary,
[G] _ _ wearing [F] that same old [E] shaggy dress, yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ _ _ But when she gets weary, [D] _ _ _ _ try [Bm] a little tenderness, _ _ [Bb] yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ You [A] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] know she's waiting, _ [Am] _ _ just [D] _ _
anticipating,
[G] _ _ a [F] thing that she'll never, [E] never, never, never possess, yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ While she's there [D] waiting, without them, try _ [G] a 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, yeah.
_ _ But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ It makes it easier, _ _ [D] easier to bear. _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] You won't regret it, [Am] no, no.
_ [D] Young girls, they don't forget [G] it.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[E] Happiness, _ yeah.
_ _ [Am] But _ _ it's all so easy.
_ [D] _
All you gotta do is try a [Bm] little _ [G] tenderness, yeah.
All [E] you gotta do is, man, hold her, man, you know [Am] her.
Squeeze [Bm] her, don't [C] feed [Db] her, never leave [Eb] her.
Get to [Em] her, not _ _ [G] give her that, [F] that, that, that.
You got the [E] trouble, just bear it.
_ Don't lose her, [Am] no, no.
You find a [C] lover,
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Oh, she may be weary, [Am] _ _ _ [D] them young girls they do get weary,
[G] _ _ wearing [F] that same old [E] shaggy dress, yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ _ _ But when she gets weary, [D] _ _ _ _ try [Bm] a little tenderness, _ _ [Bb] yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ You [A] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] know she's waiting, _ [Am] _ _ just [D] _ _
anticipating,
[G] _ _ a [F] thing that she'll never, [E] never, never, never possess, yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ While she's there [D] waiting, without them, try _ [G] a 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, yeah.
_ _ But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ It makes it easier, _ _ [D] easier to bear. _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] You won't regret it, [Am] no, no.
_ [D] Young girls, they don't forget [G] it.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[E] Happiness, _ yeah.
_ _ [Am] But _ _ it's all so easy.
_ [D] _
All you gotta do is try a [Bm] little _ [G] tenderness, yeah.
All [E] you gotta do is, man, hold her, man, you know [Am] her.
Squeeze [Bm] her, don't [C] feed [Db] her, never leave [Eb] her.
Get to [Em] her, not _ _ [G] give her that, [F] that, that, that.
You got the [E] trouble, just bear it.
_ Don't lose her, [Am] no, no.
You find a [C] lover,