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Tender As I Wanna Be
Written & Recorded by Toby Keith
[Intro]
|     G|     Em|     C|   D  
[Verse]
I Gknow sometimes you need me to be Emtender
I don't Cgive you much to go on, so I'm a- Cmmazed at how you hold on to me
GBaby girl, I've never been this Dclose before
Never opened Cup that door, I'm still Dfindin' my way
CSomethin' else that lovers do, when GI've been by myself
CNever had to talk about movin' Din with someone else
[Chorus]
Then you Gkiss my face D/F#and it Emmakes me smileD  
Girl, I want to Clay with you right here with you for a Cmlittle whileD  
When I Gfeel that rush, comin' down all Dover me
You're as far Cas I can see BmthaAmt's tenDder as I wanGna be
Tender as I Emwanna be, girl it's so CtenderD  
No Emmaybe it's that hard to Dfind someone to please me
Or Cit could be that real true love Amsometimes don't come Deasy
[Instrumental]
|     G|   Em|   C|     Cm   D  
|     G|   Em|   C|   D  
[Chorus]
Then you Gkiss my face D/F#and it Emmakes me smileD  
Girl, I want to Cstay with you right here with you for a Cmlittle whileD  
When I Gfeel that rush, it's comin' down all Dover me
You're as far Cas I can see BmthaAmt's tenDder as I wanGna be
Tender as I Emwanna be, girl it's so Ctender Das I wanna beG  

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Tender As I Wanna Be

by Toby Keith

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D/F#

Tender As I Wanna Be

Written & Recorded by Toby Keith

[Intro]

G Em C D

| | | |

[Verse]

G Em

I know sometimes you need me to be tender

C Cm

I don't give you much to go on, so I'm a- mazed at how you hold on to me

G D

Baby girl, I've never been this close before

C D

Never opened up that door, I'm still findin' my way

C G

Somethin' else that lovers do, when I've been by myself

C D

Never had to talk about movin' in with someone else

[Chorus]

G D/F# Em D

Then you kiss my face and it makes me smile

C Cm D

Girl, I want to lay with you right here with you for a little while

G D

When I feel that rush, comin' down all over me

C Bm Am D G

You're as far as I can see that's tender as I wanna be

Em C D

Tender as I wanna be, girl it's so tender

Em D

No maybe it's that hard to find someone to please me

C Am D

Or it could be that real true love sometimes don't come easy

[Instrumental]

G Em C Cm D

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G Em C D

| | | |

[Chorus]

G D/F# Em D

Then you kiss my face and it makes me smile

C Cm D

Girl, I want to stay with you right here with you for a little while

G D

When I feel that rush, it's comin' down all over me

C Bm Am D G

You're as far as I can see that's tender as I wanna be

Em C D G

Tender as I wanna be, girl it's so tender as I wanna be

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