From: "Phillip C. Saunders" <phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:12:11 -0500 Subject: Otis_Redding/Try.A.Little.Tenderness.CRD Artist:otis redding song title:try a little tenderness (Chords are mostly A and E barre forms, except for the Em which is open and the E7 which is a C7 form moved up four frets. The ascending part (A through G) is an A barre form. /D indicates bass notes)

^GOh she may be ^Emweary Those ^Cyoung girls they ^Ddo get weary G F E7 e-0-------| Wearing that same old shaggy dress b---3-1-0-| ^AmBut when she gets wea^Dry You try a little tender^Gness ^C ^G ^D

^GI know she's ^Emwaiting ^CJust an^Dticipating The ^Gthing that you'll ^Fnever never pos^E7sess no no no but ^Amwhile she's there ^Dwaiting Try just a little bit of tender^Gness ^C ^G

That's all you got to do C /D /D# B Now it's not just sentimental no F A /B But she has her griefs and cares C /D /D# B But the soft words they are spoke so gentle yeah yeah yeah

And it ^Fmakes it ^E7easier to bear ^COh she won't re^Ggret it, no no ^EmThem young girls they ^Cdon't for^Dget it ^GLove is their ^Fwhole happi^E7ness yeah yeah yeah ^AmBut its all so ^Deasy all you got to do is try Try a little tender^Gness ^C ^G

you've got to

^AHold her ^BSqueeze her ^CNever ^C#leave her ^Dnow get ^D#to her ^Egot got got to ^Ftry a ^F#little ^Gtenderness ^F ^E7

you've got to ^Ahold her don't ^Bsqueeze her ^Cnever ^C#leave her ^Dyou've got to (break) try a little ^Gtenderness ^F ^E7

lyrics by devries@eden.rutgers.edu chords by phillip@princeton.edu

Otis Redding - Try a little tenderness