...TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS... by Otis Redding
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*from 'The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul' (1966)*


Intro:

G  Em, C  A7, D (G)

Verse 1:

G    Em
 Oh, she may be weary;
Am                D7
 Them young girls, they do get weary,
G             Fdim            E7
 Wearing that same old shaggy dress.
Am                       D7
 But when she gets weary;
             G          Em, Am  D7
Try a little tenderness.

Verse 2:

G          Em            Am       D7
 You know, she's waiting; just an-ticipating,
Gmaj7                  Fdim          E7
 The thing that she'll never, never, never, never posses, yeah, yeah.
Am                             D7
 But while she's there waiting, and without them,
             Gmaj7      C       G                 G7
Try a little tenderness, that's all you got to do.

Bridge:

C               B7
 It's not just sentimental, no, no, no;
Em           A7
 She has her griefs and cares.
C                    B7
 But the soft words; they are spoke so gentle, yeah,
A7                  Am7        D7
 It makes it easier, easier to bear.

Verse 3:

G    Em
 You won't regret it, no, no;
Am                 D7
 Young girls, they, don't forget it;
G              Fdim        E7
 Love is their whole happi-ness.
Am                   D7
 But its all so easy;
                                       G
All you got to do is try, try a little tenderness yeah.
              E7
All you gotta, do is dance, and hold her where you want her.

Coda:

Am           Bm
 Squeeze her, don't tease her,
C      C#         D   D#
 Never leave her, now get to her;
E                 F     F#     G
 Got, got, got to try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,
F                       E7
 You got to know how to love her bad, take this advice, man, you got to...

Am           Bm
 Squeeze her, don't tease her,
C      C#                D        D#
 Never leave, you got to hold her,
        E            F     F#     G
Brother sometimes(?) try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,
F                       E7
 You got to know how to love her bad, don't lose her, no, no.

Am          Bm        C          C#
 You got to love her, tease her, always please her.
D (n.C)                                       G
 Got to try, now, now, now, try, try a little tenderness, yeah,
F                            E7
 Watch me groove, you got to know what to do, man, take this advice;

           Am        Bm       C                  C#    D
You gotta, love her, squeeze, don't you tease my baby...

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       Em      C       A7      D       Am      D7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  022000  032010  x02223  xx0232  x02210  xx0212

  Fdim     E7     Gmaj7    G7      B7      Am7     Bm

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0101  020100  3x443x  323000  021200  x02013  x24432

   C#      D#      E       F       F#

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x46664  x68886  022100  133211  244322


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)