Otis Redding - Try a little tenderness
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Tabbed by: Al-Zahran
Hello! I'm kinda new to this sorta thing, but I decided to give this gorgeous song a
Most of the credit should go to Reda Woodcock who posted the bass tabs on here- sorry I
ask before I used them, but thanks anyway. I just sort of dressed them up to make the guitar parts.
OK, here they are for your enjoyment.
Bm Ooh Eshe may be weary Am
And them young gDirls they do get weary
G Wearing that same oFld shaggy dreEss
Am But when they get weary D
TDry a little teBmnderness Em Am D
G You know she's Ewaiting
Am Just antDicipating
The thiGng that she'll never, Fnever, possess,no,nEo
Am But Amwhile she's there waiting
D Go to her and try a Dlittle bit of Gtenderness C G
C It's not juBmst sentimental yeah, yeah
Em She has - her greavAmes and care
C But the soft words [they] aBmre spoken so gentle
Am But, oh, that makes it easier, easier to bear, yeah D
Play these power chords nice and light and really short. Listen to the song for timing.
G E Am D
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--------------9--9------------------7--7-----|
D|--5--5--5-----9--9-----7--7--7------7--7-----|
A|--5--5--5-----7--7-----7--7--7------5--5-----|
E|--3--3--3--------------5--5--5---------------|
G F E
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------10--10----9--9--9----9--9-----|
D|--5--5--5------10--10----9--9--9----9--9-----|
A|--5--5--5------ 8---8----7--7--7----7--7-----|
E|--3--3--3------------------------------------|
Am D
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------7--7--7----7--7--------|
D|--7--7--7----7--7-----7--7--7----7--7--------|
A|--7--7--7----7--7-----5--5--5----5--5--------|
E|--5--5--5----5--5----------------------------|
Bm E
e|--2-----------7------------------------------|
B|--3-----------9------------------------------|
G|--4--x-16-----9--x-16------------------------|
D|--4-----------9------------------------------|
A|--2-----------7------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
(This is the fast bit leading up to the peak of the song:)
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--2---4---5---6---7---8---9---10--11---------|
D|--2---4---5---6---7---8---9---10--11---------|
A|--0---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9----------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
(The peak- the bit Donkey sings in Shrek)
G F E
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--12----10----9------------------------------|
D|--12----10----9------------------------------|
A|--10----8-----7------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
You probably repeat the fast bit and do the chorus again that's the two last bits.
The End! You have yourself a beauty!
From Al-Zahran
(P.S. Thanks again Reda Woodcock.)