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Try A Little Tenderness easy guitar chords by
Otis Redding
Otis Redding

1966R&B
Intro 1
G
G

C
A
D

Verse 1
G
Em

Oh, she may be weary
Am
D

And young girls, they do get wearied
G
F
E

Wearing that same old shaggy dress,

yeah, yeah
Am

But when she gets weary
D
Bm
Bb

Try a little tenderness yeah, yeah
Am
D

Verse 2
G
Em

You know she's waiting
Am
D

Just anticipating
G
F

For things that she'll never, never,
E

never, never possess, yeah yeah
Am

But while she's there waiting,
D

and without them
G
C

Try a little tenderness
G

(That's all you gotta do)
Bridge 1
C
B

It's not just sentimental, no, no, no
Em
A

She has her grief and care,

yeah, yeah, yeah
C

But the soft words,
B

they are spoke so gentle, yeah
A

It makes it easier,
C
D

easier to bear, yeah
Verse 3
G
Em
Am

You won't regret it, no, no
D

Young girls, they don't forget it
G
F
E

Love is their whole happi- ness, yeah
Am

But it's all so easy
D

All you gotta do is try, try a little
G

tenderness, yeah
E

All you gotta do is, man,

hold her where you want her
Am
Bm
C

Squeeze her, don't tease her,
C#

never leave her
D
Eb
Em

Get to her, try, try
F
F#

Just try a little
Outro 1
G

Tenderness, yeah, yeah, yeah
F
E

You've got to know how to love her man,

Take this advice, man

Am
Bm

You've got to squeeze her,
C
C#

don't tease her, never leave
D
Eb

You've got to hold her
Em

and rub her softly, man
F
F#
G

Try a little tenderness, yeah yeah, yeah
F
E

You've got to rub her gently man...


Don't bruise her, no, no
Am
Bm

You've got to love her,
C
C#

tease her, don't..., please her
D

Got to try it man, nah nah
G

Try, try a little tenderness, yeah,
F

watch her groove
E

You've gotta to know what to do, man

Take this advice
[Fade out]

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Chords
  • G

  • C

  • A

  • D

  • Em

  • Am

  • F

  • E

  • Bm

    2
  • Bb

  • B

    2
  • C#

    4
  • Eb

    6
  • F#

    2

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