[Intro]
Alright, now
How you feelin'?
It's been alright, huh?
How 'bout a tune?
Right now we gonna sing a song
It's one of my favorites
I'll let it introduce itself
It goes something like this
[Verse 1]
Oh, she may be weary
And young girls, they do get wearied
Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yeah, yeah, yeah
But when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
I know she's waiting
Just anticipating
A thing that she'll never, never, never
Possess, no, no, no
But whilе she's there waiting
Try just a littlе bit of tenderness (That's all a gentleman's got to do)
[Verse 3]
Now, it might be a little bit sentimental, no, no
She has her grief and care, yeah, yeah, yeah
But the soft words, they are spoke so gentle, yeah
And it makes it easier, easier to bear
Oh, she won't regret it, no, no
Some young girls, they don't want any
Love is their whole happiness, yes, yes, yes, yes
[Outro]
But it's all so easy
All you gotta do is try, try a little tenderness, yeah, tell me
All you gotta do is know how to love her
You got to hold her, squeeze her, never leave her
Get to her, try, try, try
Just try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
Lord, have mercy now, all you got to do is just take my advice
You got to hold her, Lord squeeze her, never leave her
You got to hold her, you gotta be strong
Just try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
Lord, have mercy now, all you got to do is take my advice
You got to hold her, Lord squeeze her, never leave her
You got to, got to nah-nah-nah, got to
Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
Lord, have mercy now, all you got to do is just take my advice
You got to hold her, and squeeze her, never leave her
Sock it, sock it, to her
You got to try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
Lord, have mercy now
Otis Redding, Otis Redding
Can't hear you
You wanna hear some more of Otis?
Help me, help me, convince me
We got to hear some more of Otis
Come on
Clap
Squeeze her, never leave
You got to hold her, I never told you
Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
Lord have mercy, got to, got to
You got to hold her, and squeeze her, hold her, I never told you
Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
Lord, have mercy now, all you got to do is take my advice
You got to hold her, squeeze her, never leave her
Hold her, never told, try a little
Otis Redding released Try a Little Tenderness (Live) on Mon Jul 10 1967.