[00:00]Etta James - Try a Little Tenderness (Matriarch of the Blues)
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[00:01.91]It's not just sentimental
[00:10.47]She has her grief and care
[00:19.35]But the soft words, they are spoke so gentle
[00:28.16]It makes it easier, easier to bare
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[00:36.79]Oh, she may be weary
[00:44.16]Young girls they do get wearied
[00:48.60]Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yeah
[00:57.22]But when she's weary, try a little tenderness
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[01:08.10]Oh, that's all you got to do now
[01:14.54]You know she's waiting
[01:19.54]Just anticipating the things that she'll
[01:25.72]Never, never possess, oh no, no
[01:32.22]But while she's waiting there
[01:37.16]All you gotta do is try a little tenderness, oh yeah
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[01:49.85]It's not just sentimental, no, no, no
[01:58.47]She's had, she's had her grief and care
[02:07.29]But the soft words, they are spoke so gentle
[02:16.47]It makes it easier, easier to bare
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[02:24.22]Oh, you won't regret it, no, no
[02:29.54]Young girls, they don't forget it
[02:32.85]Love, love, love is their only happiness, oh yeah, yeah
[02:42.16]But it's all so easy, all you've got to do is try a little tenderness
[02:53.04]Oh, tenderness
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[02:59.66]All you have to do is try a little tenderness
[03:07.29]All you have to do, oh baby, be nice
[03:14.91]Try a little tenderness
[03:20.41]Squeeze her, don't leave her, try a little tenderness
[03:29.60]Try a little tenderness, baby
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[03:45.41]If you try, try a little tenderness
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[03:56.35]Love is their only happiness
[04:03.85]Try, try a little tenderness, try a little tenderness
[04:16.91]Hug me, squeeze me, don't leave me
[04:21.23]Try a little tenderness
[04:29.91]Young girls they do get wearied
[04:35.97]Try a little tenderness
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