Try a Little Tenderness

Oh, (Bm)she may get weary,

(Em)them young girls,

(A)they do get (D)weary,

wearing (C)that same old (B7)shabby dress,

yeah. (Em)But when she gets weary,

(A)try a little (D)tenderness.

(Em)Oh, baby, mmm.

(D)You (Bm)know she's waiting,

(Em)just (A)(D)anticipating the thing

(C)that she'll never, (B7)never, never, never possess,

yeah, yeah.

(Em)But while she's waiting

(A)and without them,

try (D)a little tenderness.

(G)That's (D)all you gotta do.

(G)It's not just

(F#)sentimental, no, no, no.

(Bm)She has her grief

(Em)and care, yeah, yeah, yeah.

(G)But the soft words,

(F#)they are spoke so gentle, yeah,

yeah, (E7)it makes it easier,

easier to bare,

(A7)yeah, yeah, yeah.

(D)You (Bm)won't regret it, no;

(Em)young (A)girls, they don't forget it.

(D)Love (C)is their whole

(B7)happiness, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

(Em)But it's all so easy.

(A)All you got to do is try,

try a (D)little tenderness, yeah.

All you got to

(B7)do is, man, hold her where you want her.

(Em)Squeeze (F#m)her, don't tease (G)her, (E)never leave her,

(A)get to (F#)her, got to (B7)try,

(C)try a (C#)little (D)tenderness,

oh yeah.

(C7)You got to know (B7)how to love her,

man. Get to her.

You got to (Em)squeeze (F#m)her, don't tease (G)her,