Try a Little Tenderness - The Commitments - Lyrics Chords

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[E] _ _ [C] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _
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[E] _ _ Oh, she [C#m] may be weary, _ [F#m] _ and young girls they do [B] get weary,
_ _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ wearing [D] that same _ old [C#] shaggy _ dress.
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But when she gets weary, _ _ _ _
[A] _ [B] _ _ try _ _ a little _ [E] tenderness.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ You [C#m] know she's waiting, [F#m] _ _ just [B] _ _ anticipating [E] the _ things [D] that she never, never, [C#] never, never possesses.
Yeah, _ _ _ [F#m] _ but while she's there waiting without [B] them, _ _ _ try a [E] little tenderness. _ _
_ [A] That's all you gotta do.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ It's _ _ [A] _ _
not _ just _ [G#] sentimental, _ no, no.
_ _ _ [C#m] _
She has her grief and her [F#] pain, _ yeah, yeah. _
_ [A] _ But the soft words, _ [G#] they all spoke so gentle. _ _
It makes it [F#] easier, _ _ _ easier [F#m] to bear.
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ You [B] won't [C#m] regret it, no, no.
_ [F#m] Young girls, they [B] never forget it.
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ [G#] _
[D] Lonely [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ happiness.
_ _ _ But [F#m] it is so, so easy.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
All you [E] gotta do [G] is try a [E] little tenderness.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] Squeeze her, [G#] tease her, [A] never leave her.
[A#] You got to, [B] you got to, [C] you got to, [C#m] you got to, [D] try [D#] a little [E]
tenderness.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ Yeah, yeah.
_ [F#]
Squeeze her, [G#] tease her, [A] never [A#] leave her.
[B] You got to, you [C] got to, you [C#m] _ [D] got to, [D#] you got to, try a [E] little _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ tenderness.
_ [F#] _
[G#m] Squeeze her, [A] tease her, never [A#] leave her.
You [B] got to, you got [G] to, you got to, yeah, [E]
yeah, _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ yeah.
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