Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding | Guitar Chords | VChords

[Intro]
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G  | C  
A7 | D7 

[Verse 1]
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G        Em7
 Oh, she may be weary
Am7          D7
   And young girls they do get weary
G             F7             E7
 Wearing that same old shaggy  dress, yeah yeah
Am7
   But when she gets weary
D7                   Bm7       A#7
  Try a little tenderness, yeah   yeah
Am7              D7
   Oh my god, not

[Verse 2]
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G         Em7
 You know she's waiting
Am7       D7
   Just anticipating
G                F7                   E7
 For things that she'll never, never, never, never
Possess, yeah yeah
Am7                          D7
   While she's there waiting,  and without them
             G         C       G
Try a little tenderness That's all you gotta do

[Verse 3]
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C         B7
 It's not just sentimental, no, no, no
Em7                 A7
   She has her grief  and care, yeah yeah yeah
C                    B7
 But the soft words, they are spoke so gentle, yeah
A7                   Am7          D7
  It makes it easier,   easier to bear, yeah

[Verse 4]
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G   Em7
 You   won't regret it, no, no
Am7           D7
   Some girls they don't forget it
G             F7       E7
Love is their own happiness, yeah
Am7
   But it's all so easy
D7                                     Bm7
  All you gotta do is try, try a little   tenderness, yeah
             E7
All you gotta  do is, man, hold her where you want her

[Outro]
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Am7            Bm7            C      C#
   Squeeze her,   don't tease her, never leave her
D    D#     E
 Get to her, try,
     F     F#     G7
Just try a little tenderness, ooh yeah yeah yeah
F7                       E7
  You got to know how to love her, man, you'll be surprised, man
             Am7            Bm7                C           C#
You've got to   squeeze her,   don't tease her, never leave
             D        D#            E
You've got to hold her  and rub her softly
      F  F#  G7
Try a little tenderness, ooh yeah yeah
F7                         E7
  You've got to rub her gentle man, all you gotta do
Don't got, don't bruise her, no no
Am7              Bm7            C          C#
   You've got to love her, tease her, don't  squeeze her
D
 Gotta try nah nah nah, try
             G7                      F7
Try a little tenderness, yeah, watch her groove
                E7
You've gotta to know what to do, man
Take this advice

[Fade Out]
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          Am7      Bm7           C         C#
You got to   love, squeeze, don't tease my baby
     D      D# E F F#
Love her, no