Otis Redding, Try A Little Tenderness (1966)
Key: :[E] (w: Irving King, Harry M. Woods, 1932)
VERSE 1:
[E] Oh she may be
[C#m] weary,
[F#m] those young girls they do get
[B7] weary
[E] Wearing that
[D] same old shaggy
[C#7] dress
[F#m] But when she gets weary,
[B] try a little tender-
[E]-ness
[G7] [F#m] [B7]
VERSE 2:
[E] I know she's
[C#m] waiting,
[F#m] just antici-
[B7]-pating
The
[E] thing that she'll
[D6] never never
[C#7] never never possess yeah
[F#m] But while she's there waiting,
[B] try just a little bit of tender-
[E]-ness
[A] That's all you got to do
[E]
BRIDGE:
[A] Now it's not just senti-
[G#7]-mental, no, no, no
[C#m] She has her griefs and her
[F#] cares
[A] But the soft words, they are
[G#7] spoke so gentle
And it
[F#] makes it easier, easier to
[B7] bear
VERSE 3:
[E] Oh she won't re-
[C#m]-gret it, no no
[F#m] Them young girls they don't for-
[B]-get it
[E] Love is their
[D7] whole happi-
[C#7]-ness
[F#m] But its all so easy,
[B] all you got to do is try
Try a little tender-
[E]-ness
[C#7]
CHORUS:
You've got to
[F#m] squeeze her, never
[G#m] tease her,
[A] never
[A#] leave her
You gotta,
[B] You gotta,
[C] You gotta,
[C#] You gotta
[D] Try a
[D#] little
[E] tenderness
[D7] [C#7]
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
