Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding - with lyrics Chords

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99.75 bpm
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G

D

Am

Em

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Try A Little Tenderness  - Otis Redding - with lyrics chords
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[G] [A] [D]
[G] [Em] Oh, she may be [Am] weary.
[D] Them young girls, they do get [G] weary.
Weary, [F]
[E] shaggy dress, yeah, yeah.
[Am] But when she gets weary, [D] try a [G] little [Bm] tenderness, [A#] yeah, yeah.
[Am] [A]
[G] [Em] You know she's waiting, [Am] just [D]
anticipating [Em] [G] a [F] thing that she'll never, [E] never, never, never
possess, yeah, yeah.
[Am]
While she's there [D] waiting, and without them, try [G] a little tenderness.
[C]
[G] That's all you gotta do.
[C]
It's not [B] just sentimental, no, no, no.
[Em]
She has [A] her greed and care, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah.
[A] It makes it 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] Love is [Dm] their own [E] happiness, yeah.
[Am] But it's all so easy.
[D] All you gotta do is try, try a [Bm] little [G] tenderness, yeah.
All you [E] gotta do is let, hold her where you wanna [Am] squeeze [Bm] her.
[C] Don't either, [C#] never leave [D] her.
You [Em] can't stop, stop, stop [G] trying to tenderness, [F] yeah, yeah.
You got to know [E] how to love a man.
And give advice, man.
[Am] You got to [Bm] squeeze her.
Don't [C] either, never [C#] leave.
You got to [D#]
hold her [Em] and rub her soft [F] and very [G] tender, yeah, [F] yeah.
You got to [E] rub her, yeah, man.
Rub her soft and tender.
Don't use her, [Am] no, no.
You got to [C] love her.
Don't either, [C#] don't [D] either.
You got to [G#] drop her, man, and then drop [G] her.
Tenderness her, [F] yeah.
What you, you [E] got to know what to do, man.
Take his advice.
[Am] You gotta [Bm] love her, [C] [C#]
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G
2131
D
1321
Am
2311
Em
121
E
2311
G
2131
D
1321
Am
2311
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Let's start jamming Otis Redding - (2020 Remaster) Try A Little Tenderness chords, practice the chord sequence F, E, Am, D, G, C, Em, G, Em and Am. Ease into the song by practicing at 50 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 100 BPM. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: G Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] Oh, she may be [Am] weary.
_ _ [D] Them young girls, they do get [G] weary.
_ Weary, [F] _ _
_ _ [E] shaggy dress, yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ But when she gets weary, [D] _ _ _ try a [G] little [Bm] tenderness, _ [A#] yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] You know she's waiting, _ [Am] _ _ just [D] _
anticipating [Em] _ [G] a _ [F] thing that she'll never, [E] never, never, never
possess, yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _
While she's there [D] waiting, and without them, _ try [G] a little tenderness.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] That's all you gotta do. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
It's not _ [B] just sentimental, no, no, no.
[Em] _ _ _ _
She has [A] her greed and _ care, yeah, yeah, [C] yeah.
_ But the soft words, [B] they are spoke so gentle, yeah.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ It makes it 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] _ Love is [Dm] their own _ [E] happiness, _ yeah. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ But it's all so easy.
[D] _ All you gotta do is try, try a [Bm] little _ [G] _ tenderness, yeah.
All you [E] gotta do is let, hold her where you wanna [Am] squeeze [Bm] her.
[C] Don't either, [C#] never leave [D] her.
You [Em] can't stop, stop, stop [G] trying to tenderness, [F] yeah, yeah.
You got to know [E] how to love a man.
And give advice, man.
[Am] You got to [Bm] squeeze her.
Don't [C] either, never [C#] leave.
You got to [D#]
hold her [Em] and rub her soft [F] and very [G] tender, yeah, _ [F] yeah.
You got to [E] rub her, yeah, man.
Rub her soft and tender.
Don't use her, [Am] no, no.
You got to [C] love her.
Don't either, [C#] don't [D] either.
You got to [G#] drop her, man, and then drop [G] her.
Tenderness her, [F] yeah.
What you, you [E] got to know what to do, man.
Take his advice.
[Am] You gotta [Bm] love her, [C] _ _ [C#]

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This song was authored by Harry M. Woods, James Campbell and Reginald Connelly.

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