Intro:

G5  E5 , C5  A5 , D5 ( G5 )

Verse 1:

G5    E5
 Oh, she may be weary;
A5                D5
 Them young girls, they do get weary,
G5             F5            E5
 Wearing that same old shaggy dress.
A5                       D5
 But when she gets weary;
             G5          E5 , A5  D5
Try a little tenderness.

Verse 2:

G5          E5            A5       D5
 You know, she's waiting; just an-ticipating,
G5                  F5          E5
 The thing that she'll never, never, never, never posses, yeah, yeah.
A5                             D5
 But while she's there waiting, and without them ,
             G5      C5       G5                 G5
Try a little tenderness, that's all you got to do.

Bridge:

C5               B5
 It's not just sentimental, no, no, no;
E5           A5
 She has her griefs and cares.
C5                    B5
 But the soft words; they are spoke so gentle, yeah,
A5                  A5        D5
 It makes it easier, easier to bear.

Verse 3:

G5    E5
 You won't regret it, no, no;
A5                 D5
 Young girls, they, don't forget it;
G5              F5        E5
 Love is their whole happi-ness.
A5                   D5
 But its all so easy;
                                       G5
All you got to do is try, try a little tenderness yeah.
              E5
All you gotta, do is dance, and hold her where you want her.

Coda:

A5           B5
 Squeeze her, don't tease her,
C5      C#5         D5   Eb5
 Never leave her, now get to her;
E5                 F5     F#5     G5
 Got, got, got to try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,
F5                       E5
 You got to know how to love her bad, take this advice, man, you got to...

A5           B5
 Squeeze her, don't tease her,
C5      C#5                D5        Eb5
 Never leave, you got to hold her,
        E5            F5     F#5     G5
Brother sometimes(?) try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,
F5                       E5
 You got to know how to love her bad, don't lose her, no, no.

A5          B5        C5          C#5
 You got to love her, tease her, always please her.
D5 (n.C5 )                                       G5
 Got to try, now, now, now, try, try a little tenderness, yeah,
F5                            E5
 Watch me groove, you got to know what to do, man, take this advice;

           A5        B5       C5                  C#5    D5
You gotta, love her, squeeze, don't you tease my baby...

(Fade)


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol