Otis Redding, Try A Little Tenderness (1966)
Key: :[F] (w: Irving King, Harry M. Woods, 1932)
VERSE 1:
[F] Oh she may be
[Dm] weary,
[Gm] those young girls they do get
[C7] weary
[F] Wearing that
[D#] same old shaggy
[D7] dress
[Gm] But when she gets weary,
[C] try a little tender-
[F]-ness
[Ab7] [Gm] [C7]
VERSE 2:
[F] I know she's
[Dm] waiting,
[Gm] just antici-
[C7]-pating
The
[F] thing that she'll
[D#6] never never
[D7] never never possess yeah
[Gm] But while she's there waiting,
[C] try just a little bit of tender-
[F]-ness
[A#] That's all you got to do
[F]
BRIDGE:
[A#] Now it's not just senti-
[A7]-mental, no, no, no
[Dm] She has her griefs and her
[G] cares
[A#] But the soft words, they are
[A7] spoke so gentle
And it
[G] makes it easier, easier to
[C7] bear
VERSE 3:
[F] Oh she won't re-
[Dm]-gret it, no no
[Gm] Them young girls they don't for-
[C]-get it
[F] Love is their
[D#7] whole happi-
[D7]-ness
[Gm] But its all so easy,
[C] all you got to do is try
Try a little tender-
[F]-ness
[D7]
CHORUS:
You've got to
[Gm] squeeze her, never
[Am] tease her,
[A#] never
[B] leave her
You gotta,
[C] You gotta,
[C#] You gotta,
[D] You gotta
[D#] Try a
[E] little
[F] tenderness
[D#7] [D7]
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
