{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1080781,"song":"Try A Little Tenderness","artist":"Otis Redding","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11239118-try-a-little-tenderness-chords-by-otis-redding/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1080781?type=chord","rating":4.97329,"votes":243,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch], [ch]Adim[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]G7/F[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch] G/E[/ch] [ch]C#dim[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Oh, she may be weary;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n Them young girls, they do get weary,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F6[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n Wearing that same old shaggy dress.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n But when she gets weary;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Bb7[/ch], [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/D[/ch]\r\nTry a little tenderness.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n You know, she's waiting; just an-ticipating,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch] [ch]F6[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n The thing that she'll never, never, never, never posses, yeah, yeah.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n But while she's there waiting, and without them,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTry a little tenderness, that's all you got to do.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n It's not just sentimental, no, no, no;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n She has her griefs and cares.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n But the soft words; they are spoke so gentle, yeah,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n It makes it easier, easier to bear.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n You won't regret it, no, no;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n Young girls, they, don't forget it;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F6[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n Love is their whole happi-ness.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n But its all so easy;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAll you got to do is try, try a little tenderness yeah.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAll you gotta, do is dance, and hold her where you want her.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Squeeze her, don't tease her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]B/D#[/ch]\r\n Never leave her, now get to her;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Got, got, got to try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F7[/ch] [ch]E7#9[/ch]\r\n You got to know how to love her bad, take this advice, man, you got to...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Squeeze her, don't tease her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]B/D#[/ch]\r\n Never leave, you got to hold her,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBrother sometimes(?) try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F7[/ch] [ch]E7#9[/ch]\r\n You got to know how to love her bad, don't lose her, no, no.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch]\r\n You got to love her, tease her, always please her.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] (n.[ch]C[/ch]) [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Got to try, now, now, now, try, try a little tenderness, yeah,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F7[/ch] [ch]E7#9[/ch]\r\n Watch me groove, you got to know what to do, man, take this advice;[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou gotta, love her, squeeze, don't you tease my baby...[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Fade)\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\r\n---------------\r\n [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Adim[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]G7/F[/ch] [ch]G/E[/ch] [ch]C#dim[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]F6[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]Am/D[/ch] [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]B/D#[/ch]\r\n [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]E7#9[/ch]\r\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nG, Adim C/E G7/F C/E G/E C#dim D\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Coda]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Fade)\n\n\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\n---------------\n G Adim C/E G7/F G/E C#dim D Em\n Am D7 F6 E7 G/B Bb7 Am/D Gmaj7\n C G7 B7 A7 Am7 Bm A/C# B/D#\n E F F# F7 E7#9\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","chords":["G","Adim","C/E","G7/F","G/E","C#dim","D","Em","Am","D7","F6","E7","G/B","Bb7","Am/D","Gmaj7","C","G7","B7","A7","Am7","Bm","A/C#","B/D#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}