Redding Otis - Tenderness (chords)
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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
GWearing that Fsame old shaggy E7dress
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b---3-1-0 AmBut when she gets weaDry You try a little tenderGness C G DGI know she's Emwaiting
CJust anDticipating
The Gthing that you'll Fnever never posE7sess
no no no but Amwhile she's there Dwaiting
Try just a little bit of tenderGness 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 reGgret it, no no
EmThem young girls they Cdon't forDget it
GLove is their Fwhole happiE7ness
yeah yeah yeah
AmBut its all so Deasy
all you got to do is try
Try a little tenderGness 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