Try A Little Tenderness Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G Em C A7 D G

Verse 1

G Oh, Emshe may be weary;

Am Them young girls,D7 they do get weary,

G Wearing that Fdimsame old shaggy E7dress.

Am But when she gets weary;D7

Try a little Gtenderness.Em Am D7

Verse 2

G You know, Emshe's waiting;Am just an-D7ticipating,

G7M The thing that she'll Fdimnever, never, E7never, never posses, yeah, yeah.

Am But while she's there waiting,D7 and without them,

Try a little G7Mtenderness,C that's Gall you got to do.G7

Bridge

C It's not just sB7entimental, no, no, no;

Em She has her A7griefs and cares.

C But the soft words; B7they are spoke so gentle, yeah,

A7 It makes it easier,Am7 easier to D7bear.

Verse 3

G You Emwon't regret it, no, no;

Am Young girls, they,D7 don't forget it;

G Love is their Fdimwhole happi-E7ness.

Am But its all so easy;D7

All you got to do is try, try a little Gtenderness yeah.

All you gotta,E7 do is dance, and hold her where you want her.

Coda

Am Squeeze her,Bm don't tease her,

C Never C♯leave her, Dnow D♯get to her;

E Got, got, got to Ftry a F♯little Gtenderness, yeah, yeah,

F You got to know how to E7love her bad, take this advice, man, you got to...

Am Squeeze her,Bm don't tease her,

C Never C♯leave, you got to Dhold her,D♯

Brother Esometimes(?) Ftry a F♯little Gtenderness, yeah, yeah,

F You got to know how to E7love her bad, don't lose her, no, no.

Am You got to Bmlove her, Ctease her, C♯always please her.

D GoC.t to try, now, now, now, try, try a little tGenderness, yeah,

F Watch me groove, you got to E7know what to do, man, take this advice;

You gotta, Amlove her, Bmsqueeze, Cdon't you tease my C♯baby..D.

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

G Em C A7 D Am D7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

Fdim E7 G7M G7 B7 Am7 Bm

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

C♯ D♯ E F F♯

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE