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	Current version of Otis Redding Lyrics Try a Little Tenderness (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/o/otis-redding/try-a-little-tendern...) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Otis Redding Lyrics Try a Little Tenderness (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/o/otis-redding/try-a-little-tendern...) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	[Verse 1:]						oh she may be weary	1
2	Oh, she may be weary,						them young girls they do get wearied	2
3	Young girls, they do get weary,						wearing that same old miniskirt dress	3
4	Wearing that same ol' shabby dress, yeah, yeah.						but when she gets weary	4
5	But when she gets weary,						you try a little tenderness	5
6	Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah.						oh man that	6
7	Oh, yeah, yeah.						un hunh	7
8							i know shes waiting	8
9	[Verse 2:]						just anticipating	9
10	Mmm, you know she’s waiting,						the thing that youl never never possess	10
11	Just anticipating,						no no no	11
12	For things that she'll never,						but while she there waiting	12
13	Never, never, never possess, yeah, yeah.						try just a little bit of tenderness	13
14	But while she’s there waiting without them,						thats all you got to do	14
15	Try                a little tenderness.						now it might be a little bit sentimental no	15
16	(That's all you gotta do.)						but she has her greavs and care	16
17							but the soft words they are spoke so gentle	17
18	[Bridge:]						yeah yeah yeah	18
19	It's not just sentimental, no, no, no.						and it makes it easier to bear	19
20	She has her grief and care, yeah, yeah-yeah.						oh she wont regret it	20
21	But the soft words,						no no	21
22	They are spoke so gentle, yeah.						them young girls they dont forget it	22
23	It makes it easier, easier to bear, yeah.						love is their whole happiness	23
24							yeah yeha yeah	24
25	[Verse 3:]						but its all so easy	25
26	You won’t regret it, no, no.						all you got to do is try	26
27	Young girls they don’t forget it,						try a little tenderness	27
28	Love is their whole happiness, yeah.						yeah	28
29	But it’s all so easy.						damn that hart (hard?)	29
30	All you gotta     do is,						all you got to do is know how to love her	30
31	Try, try a little tenderness, yeah.						you've got to	31
32							hold her	32
33	[Freeform:]						squeeze her	33
34	All you've gotta do is, man,						never leave her	34
35	Hold her where you want her.						now get to her	35
36	Squeeze her, don't tease her,						got got got to try a little tenderness	36
37	Never leave her.						yeah yeah	37
38	Get to her, you gotta, gotta,						lord have mercy now	38
39	Find a little tenderness,						all you got to do is take my advice	39
40	Yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah.						you've got to hold her	40
41	You gotta, nobody love her, man.						don't squeeze her	41
42	Take this advice, man,						never leave her	42
43	You got to squeeze her,						you've got to hold her	43
44	Don't tease her,						and never	44
45	Never leave,						so you got to try a little tenderness	45
46	You got to hold her,						a little tenderness	46
47	Brother, somethin',						a little tenderness	47
48	Try a little tenderness,						a little tenderness	48
49	Yeah, yeah, yeah.						you've got to	49
50	You gotta rub against her, man.						got to got to	50
51	You gotta, gotta, got...						you've gotta hold her	51
52	Don't lose her.						don't squeeze her	52
53	You've got to love her,						never leaver her	53
54	Please her, don't tease her.						you got	54
55	Gotta, got na-na-na						got got got to	55
56	Try, try a little tenderness,						now now now	56
57	Yeah.						got got got to	57
58	[Fade.]						try a little tenderness	58
59	You gotta know what to do.						yeah yeah	59
60	Take this advice,						tenderness	60
61	You gotta love, please...[5]						tenderness	61
62							you got got got	62
63							you got to	63
64	[TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS]						hold her	64
65	[Written by: "Irving King[1]" & Harry M. Woods]						squeeze her	65
66	[Performed by: Otis Redding[2]-1966[3]						never leave her	66
67	[Appears on: Try a Little Tenderness (45 RPM)-1966, Complete & Unbeliveable:						got got got got got got got	67
68	The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul-1966, The Best of Otis Redding-1962,						tenderness	68
69	The Ultimate Otis Redding-1986, Remember Me-1992[4], Love Songs-1998,						oh yeah	69
70	The Essentials-2002, Otis Redding Collector's Edition-2007, et al.]						tenderness	70
71							little tendernes	71
72	[1]"Irving King," was a pseudonym used in the 1920s and 1930s by the British						gotta lord you gotta hold her	72
73	songwriting team of James Campbell and Reginald Connelly. Primarily lyricists,						squeeze her	73
74	they generally worked in collaboration with composers.]						never leave her	74
75							sock it sock it sock it sock it sock it sock it sock it	75
76	[2]Recorded initially on December 8, 1932, by the Ray Noble Orchestra (with						tenderness	76
77	vocals by Val Rosing) followed by both Ruth Etting and Bing Crosby in 1933.						got to	77
78	Subsequent covers include, Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart, Frankie						got to	78
79	Laine, Percy Sledge, Al Jarreau, Nina Simone, Etta James, Tina Turner, Three						try a little tenderness	79
80	Dog Night, John Miles, Andrew Strong, Aretha Franklin, Three Dog Night, Michael						a little tenderness X2	80
81	Bublé, Pawn Shoppe Heart, Paul Giamatti & Andre Braugher, John Farnham, Tom						you gotta gotta you gotta	81
82	Jones, and Sam Cooke. In one of the more unusual versions of this song, Jack						yeah gotta	82
83	Webb (better known as the "Just the facts, please," detective in the Dragnet						oh lord	83
84	radio and TV series) spoke the lyrics over an instrumental background, and this						you gotta	84
85	rendition was included in the first of Rhino Records' Golden Throats compilations.]						hold her	85
86							squeeze	86
87	[3]Redding was backed on this version by Booker T. & the MG's, and the						never leave	87
88	instrumentation was arranged by Isaac Hayes.]						get to her	88
89							sock it to her	89
90	[4]Transcribed from the track on this album.]						with a little tenderness	90
91							little tenderness	91
92	[5]Redding would get carried away with the "freeform" part of this song and it						little tenderness	92
93	would change from version to version, and act to act. So depending on which						you gotta hold her	93
94	track you are listening to, it could be very different. (ed. For an excellent						squeeze her	94
	cover, check out the Paul Giamatti/Andre Braugher version from the 2000 film, Duets.]						never leave
1							tenderness	1
2							little tenderness	2
3							tenderness	3

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