Try A Little Tenderness

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Oh she may be weary
      C                D
Those young girls they do get weary
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Wearing that same old shaggy dress 
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Am                   D
But when she gets weary
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You try a little tenderness
G            Em
I know she's waiting
C      D
Just anticipating
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The thing that you'll never never 
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possess
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no no no but while she's there 
 D
waiting
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Try just a little bit of tenderness
 C  G

That's all you got to do
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C                  /D 
Now it's not just          
/D#  B
sentimental no
    F                      A    /B
But she has her griefs and cares
C                  /D /D#        
But the soft words       they are 
 B
spoke so gentle
yeah yeah yeah
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And it makes it easier to bear
C              G
Oh she won't regret it, no no
Em                    C        D
Them young girls they don't forget 
it
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Love is their whole happiness
yeah yeah yeah
Am             D
But its all so easy
all you got to do is try
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Try a little tenderness
you've got to
A
Hold her
B
Squeeze her
C     C#
Never leave her
D       D#
now get to her
E              F     F# 
got got got to try a little 
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tenderness
              A
you've got to hold her
      B
don't squeeze her
C     C#
never leave her
D
you've got to (break)
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try a little tenderness