Otis Redding, Try A Little Tenderness (1966)
Key: :[G] (w: Irving King, Harry M. Woods, 1932)
VERSE 1:
[G] Oh she may be
[Em] weary,
[Am] those young girls they do get
[D7] weary
[G] Wearing that
[F] same old shaggy
[E7] dress
[Am] But when she gets weary,
[D] try a little tender-
[G]-ness
[Bb7] [Am] [D7]
VERSE 2:
[G] I know she's
[Em] waiting,
[Am] just antici-
[D7]-pating
The
[G] thing that she'll
[F6] never never
[E7] never never possess yeah
[Am] But while she's there waiting,
[D] try just a little bit of tender-
[G]-ness
[C] That's all you got to do
[G]
BRIDGE:
[C] Now it's not just senti-
[B7]-mental, no, no, no
[Em] She has her griefs and her
[A] cares
[C] But the soft words, they are
[B7] spoke so gentle
And it
[A] makes it easier, easier to
[D7] bear
VERSE 3:
[G] Oh she won't re-
[Em]-gret it, no no
[Am] Them young girls they don't for-
[D]-get it
[G] Love is their
[F7] whole happi-
[E7]-ness
[Am] But its all so easy,
[D] all you got to do is try
Try a little tender-
[G]-ness
[E7]
CHORUS:
You've got to
[Am] squeeze her, never
[Bm] tease her,
[C] never
[C#] leave her
You gotta,
[D] You gotta,
[D#] You gotta,
[E] You gotta
[F] Try a
[F#] little
[G] tenderness
[F7] [E7]
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
