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

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