Try A Little Tenderness chords by Otis Redding

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice


Artist:otis redding
Song title:try a little tenderness
Submitted by: Konig

(Chords are mostly A augmentedA and E MajorE barre forms, except for the E minorEm which is
open and the E7E7 which is a C7C7 form moved up four frets. The ascending
part (A augmentedA through G+G) is an A augmentedA barre form. /D indicates bass notes)


G+G       E minorEm
Oh she may be weary
   C majorC        D MajorD
Those young girls they do get weary
G+G      FF        E7E7  e-0-------|
Wearing that same old shaggy dress b---3-1-0-|
A minorAm          D MajorD
But when she gets weary
            G+G  C majorC G+G D MajorD
You try a little tenderness

G+G      E minorEm
I know she's waiting
C majorC   D MajorD
Just anticipating
  G+G         FF       E7E7
The thing that you'll never never possess
       A minorAm        D MajorD
no no no but while she's there waiting
                G+G  C majorC G+G
Try just a little bit of tenderness

That's all you got to do

C majorC         /D /D# BB
Now it's not just     sentimental no
  FF           A augmentedA  /B
But she has her griefs and cares
C majorC         /D /D#     BB
But the soft words    they are spoke so gentle
yeah yeah yeah
    FF    E7E7
And it makes it easier to bear

C majorC       G+G
Oh she won't regret it, no no
E minorEm          C majorC    D MajorD
Them young girls they don't forget it
G+G       FF     E7E7
Love is their whole happiness
yeah yeah yeah
A minorAm       D MajorD
But its all so easy
all you got to do is try
          G+G  C majorC G+G
Try a little tenderness

you've got to
A augmentedA
Hold her
BB
Squeeze her
C majorC   C#C#
Never leave her
D MajorD    D#D#
now get to her
E MajorE       FF   F#F#   G+G     FF E7E7
got got got to try a little tenderness

       A augmentedA
you've got to hold her
   BB
don't squeeze her
C majorC   C#C#
never leave her
D MajorD
you've got to (break)
       G+G     FF E7E7
try a little tenderness