Try a Little Tenderness

[Intro]
 
C, Dm    F    C     F   G/E  F#m    G
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
C    Am
 Oh, she may be weary;
Dm                G
 Them young girls, they do get weary,
C             A#              A
 Wearing that same old shaggy dress.
Dm                       G
 But when she gets weary;
             C          Eb , Dm
Try a little tenderness.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C          Am            Dm       G
 You know, she's waiting; just an-ticipating,
C                      A#            A
 The thing that she'll never, never, never, never posses, yeah, yeah.
Dm                             G
 But while she's there waiting, and without them,
             C          F       C
Try a little tenderness, that's all you got to do.
 
 
[Bridge]
 
F              E
 It's not just sentimental, no, no, no;
Am           D
 She has her griefs and cares.
F                    E
 But the soft words; they are spoke so gentle, yeah,
D                   Dm         G
 It makes it easier, easier to bear.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
C    Am
 You won't regret it, no, no;
Dm                 G
 Young girls, they, don't forget it;
C              A#          A
 Love is their whole happi-ness.
Dm                   G
 But its all so easy;
                                       C
All you got to do is try, try a little tenderness yeah.
              A
All you gotta, do is dance, and hold her where you want her.
 
 
[Coda]
 
Dm           Em
 Squeeze her, don't tease her,
F      D          G   E
 Never leave her, now get to her;
A                 A#    B     C
 Got, got, got to try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,
A#                      A
 You got to know how to love her bad, take this advice, man, you got to...
 
Dm           Em
 Squeeze her, don't tease her,
F      D                 G        E
 Never leave, you got to hold her,
        A            A#    B     C
Brother sometimes(?) try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah,
A#                      A
 You got to know how to love her bad, don't lose her, no, no.
 
Dm          Em        F          D
 You got to love her, tease her, always please her.
G (n.F)                                       C
 Got to try, now, now, now, try, try a little tenderness, yeah,
A#                           A
 Watch me groove, you got to know what to do, man, take this advice;
 
           Dm        Em       F                  D     G
You gotta, love her, squeeze, don't you tease my baby...
 
(Fade)
 
 
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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