Try A Little Tenderness
Otis Redding · C
Try A Little Tenderness
Otis Redding
R&B
Real Key
C
Rate
Real Key
C
C
0.2x
120
BPM1
2
3
4
Rhythm
2/4
3/4
4/4
5/4
6/8
7/8
No Accent
Downbeat
Backbeat
All Equal
1 & 3
Intro
[G], [Adim] [C/E] [G7/F] [C/E] [ G/E] [C#dim] [D]
Verse 1
[G] [Em]
Oh, she may be weary;
[Am] [D7]
Them young girls, they do get weary,
[G] [F6] [E7]
Wearing that same old shaggy dress.
[Am] [D7]
But when she gets weary;
[G/B] [Bb7], [Am] [Am/D]
Try a little tenderness.
Verse 2
[G] [Em] [Am] [D7]
You know, she's waiting; just an-ticipating,
[Gmaj7] [F6] [E7]
The thing that she'll never, never, never, never posses, yeah, yeah.
[Am] [D7]
But while she's there waiting, and without them,
[Gmaj7] [C] [G] [G7]
Try a little tenderness, that's all you got to do.
Bridge
[C] [B7]
It's not just sentimental, no, no, no;
[Em] [A7]
She has her griefs and cares.
[C] [B7]
But the soft words; they are spoke so gentle, yeah,
[A7] [Am7] [D7]
It makes it easier, easier to bear.
Verse 3
[G] [Em]
You won't regret it, no, no;
[Am] [D7]
Young girls, they, don't forget it;
[G] [F6] [E7]
Love is their whole happi-ness.
[Am] [D7]
But its all so easy;
[G/B]
All you got to do is try, try a little tenderness yeah.
[E7]
All you gotta, do is dance, and hold her where you want her.
Coda
[Am] [Bm]
Squeeze her, don't tease her,
[C] [A/C#] [D] [B/D#]
Never leave her, now get to her;
[E] [F] [F#] [G]
Got, got, got to try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,
[F7] [E7#9]
You got to know how to love her bad, take this advice, man, you got to...
[Am] [Bm]
Squeeze her, don't tease her,
[C] [A/C#] [D] [B/D#]
Never leave, you got to hold her,
[E] [F] [F#] [G]
Brother sometimes(?) try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,
[F7] [E7#9]
You got to know how to love her bad, don't lose her, no, no.
[Am] [Bm] [C] [A/C#]
You got to love her, tease her, always please her.
[D] (n.[C]) [G]
Got to try, now, now, now, try, try a little tenderness, yeah,
[F7] [E7#9]
Watch me groove, you got to know what to do, man, take this advice;
[Am] [Bm] [C] [A/C#] [D]
You gotta, love her, squeeze, don't you tease my baby...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
[G] [Adim] [C/E] [G7/F] [G/E] [C#dim] [D] [Em]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 xx1212 xx2010 120033 020033 xx2323 xx0232 022000
[Am] [D7] [F6] [E7] [G/B] [Bb7] [Am/D] [Gmaj7]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 xx0212 xx3231 020100 x20033 x13131 xx0210 3x443x
[C] [G7] [B7] [A7] [Am7] [Bm] [A/C#] [B/D#]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 353433 x24242 x02223 x02013 x24432 x42220 xx1442
[E] [F] [F#] [F7] [E7#9]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022100 133211 244322 131211 x7678x
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
Chords Used (29)
Guitar
Ukulele
G
1 / 5
Adim
1 / 4
C/E
1 / 4
G7/F
1 / 4
C#dim
1 / 4
D
1 / 4
Em
1 / 4
Am
1 / 4
D7
1 / 4
F6
1 / 4
E7
1 / 4
G/B
1 / 5
Bb7
1 / 4
Am/D
1 / 4
Gmaj7
1 / 4
C
1 / 4
G7
1 / 4
B7
1 / 4
A7
1 / 4
Am7
1 / 6
Bm
1 / 4
A/C#
1 / 4
B/D#
1 / 4
E
1 / 4
F
1 / 5
F#
1 / 4
F7
1 / 4
E7#9
1 / 4
G/E
1 / 5
Song Info
Real Key
C
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