Try a Little Tenderness Chords by Otis Redding

[Gm] _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ [Gm] _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Oh, she may be weary.
[C] _ _ [Am] _ [D] Them young girls, they do get weary.
[G] _ _ Wearing [F] the same [E] old shaggy dress, yeah, yeah.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ When she gets weary, _ [D] _ _ _ try a [G] little [Am] [Bm] tenderness, _ [A#] yeah, yeah.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ You know [Em] she's waiting, _ [Am] _ _ just [D] _
anticipating [E] _ [Bm] _ [G] a [F] thing that she'll never, [Cm] [E] never, never, never
possess, yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ _ _ While she's there [D] waiting, and without them, _ try [G] a little _ tenderness.
[C] _
_ _ _ [G] You gotta do. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ It's _ not _ [B] _ _ sentimental, no, no, no.
[Em] _ _ _ _
She has [A] her greed [C#] and _ care, [A] yeah, [C] yeah, yeah.
_ But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ It makes it [Am] easier, _ [D] _ easier to bear.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] You won't regret it, [Am] no, no.
_ _ [D] Young girls, they don't forget it.
[G] _ _ Love [Dm] is their own _ _ [E] happiness, _ yeah. _
_ _ [Am] But it's all so easy.
_ [D] _ All you gotta do is try, [Bm] try a little [G] tenderness, _ _ yeah.
All you [E] gotta do is let, hold her when you [Am] wanna squeeze [Bm] her.
[C] Don't leave her, [C#] never [D] leave her.
[D#] You're not [Em] _ _ [F] _ [F#] _
[G] living it, she's dead, dead, [F] dead.
You gotta [E] double check her, baby.
_ _ Don't lose her, [Am] you know you are [Bm] the [C] lover.
She's [C#] a ghost, [D] she's a ghost.
You gotta commit that, that, [G] that.
Try a little tenderness, [Dm] yeah.
What you, you, [E] you gotta do is let her. _ _ _ _ _ _ _