Try A Little Tenderness chords by Otis Redding, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Oh,
Am 
she may be weary
D 
Them young girls they do
G 
get weary
F 
E 
Wearing that same old shaggy dress,
Am 
yeah- yeah
D 
But when she gets weary
Bm 
Bb 
D 
Am 
Try a little tenderness, yeah- yeah
F 
Am 
D 
G 
(Oh my, not)

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Verse 2

You know she's waiting

Just anticipating

For things that she'll never, never, never,

never possess, yeah- yeah

But while she's there waiting,

and without them

Try a little tenderness

(That's all you gotta do)

Verse 3

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

She has her grief and care,

yeah, yeah, yeah

But the soft words, they are spoke so gentle,

Verse 4

yeah

It makes it easier

Easier to bear, yeah

Verse 5

You won't regret it, no, no

Some girls, they don't forget it

Love is their own happiness, yeah

Verse 6
Am 
But it's all so easy
D 
All you gotta do is try,
Bm 
try a little tenderness, yeah
E 
All you gotta do is, man
Am 
Hold her where you want her
Bm 
C 
Squeeze her, don't tease her
C# 
D 
Eb 
Never  leave her, get to her, try, try
E 
Em 
F 
F# 
G 
Just try a little tenderness,
F 
yeah- yeah- yeah
E 
You got to rub her gentle, man
Don't got, don't bruise her, no, no
Am 
Bm 
C 
You got to love her, tease her,
C# 
don't squeeze her
D 
Got to try, now, now, now
G 
Try, try a little tenderness, yeah
F 
Watch her groove,
E 
you got to know what to do, man
Am 
Take this advice