Chords:
{t: Try A Little Tenderness }
{key: G}
{artist: Otis Redding}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnPMoAb4y8U
{c: }
[G] [C] [Em] [C] [G] [A7] [D]
[G] Oh, [Em7] she may be weary;
[Am] Them young girls, [D7] they do get weary,
[G] Wearing that [Fmaj7] same old shaggy [E7] dress.
[Am] But when she gets weary,
[D7] Try a little [Bm7] tenderness. [Bb7] [Am] [D7]
[G] You know, [Em] she's waiting, [Am] just an-[D]ticipating,
[Gmaj7] The thing that she'll [F] never, never, [E7] never, never possess, yeah, yeah.
[Am] But while she's there waiting, [D] and without them,
Try a little [G] tenderness, [C] that's all [G] you got to do. [G7]
[C] It's not just [B7] sentimental, no, no, no.
[Em] She has her [A7] griefs and cares.
[C] But the soft words, [Bm7] they are spoke so gentle, [B7] yeah,
[A7] It makes it easier, [Am7] easier to [D] bear.
[G] You [Em7] won't regret it, no, no.
[Am] Young girls, [D] they don't forget it.
[G] Love is their [F] whole happi-[E7]ness, yeah.
[Am] But its all so easy,
[D] All you got to do is try, try a little [G] tenderness yeah.
All you gotta, [E7] do is dance, and hold her where you want her.
{c: could leave out the sharps}
[Am] Squeeze her, [Bm] don't tease her,
[C] Never [C#] leave her, [D] now [D#] get to her;
[Em] Got, got, got to [F] try a [F#] little [G] tenderness, yeah, yeah,
[F7] You got to know how to [E7] love her bad, take this advice, man, you got to
{c: fade to end}
[Am] You got to [Bm] love her, [C] tease her, [C#] always please her.
[Dm] Got to, got to nah, nah, nah try a little [G7] tenderness, yeah,
[F7] Watch me groove, you got to [E7] know what to do, man, take this advice
