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Tenderness Chords by Otis Redding

Tenderness chords by Otis Redding

Guitar chords with lyrics

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)


G             Em
Oh she ...
      C                D
Those young girls they ...
G            F               E7    e-0------
Wearing that same ...
Am                   D
But when she ...
                       G    C  G  D
You try a ...
G            Em
I know ...
C      D
Just a...
    G                 F              E7
The thing that ....
             Am                D
no no no but while ...
                               G    C  G
Try just a little bit ...

That's all you ....

C                  /D /D#  B
Now it's not ...
    F                      A    /B
But she has her ...
C                  /D /D#         B
But the soft words       they ....
yeah yeah yeah
       F        E7
And it makes it ...

C              G
Oh she won't ....
Em                    C        D
Them young girls ...
G             F          E7
Love is ...
yeah ...
Am             D
But its ...
all you got to ...
                   G    C G
Try a little t....

you've ....
A
Hold her
B
Squeeze h..
C     C#
Never ...
D       D#
now get ...
E              F     F#     G          F E7
got got got to ...

              A
you've got ...
      B
don't ...
C     C#
never ...
D
you've got ...
             G          F E7
try a ....

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

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