Softly And Tenderly by Alan Jackson
Key: BmBm | Capo: 3fr |  Left-Handed 

Intro 
Bm G D A D 
Verse 1
 D                 G        D        Bm           E          A
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me
D                        G           D         Bm        G  D       A   D
See, on the portals, He's waiting and watching, watching for you and for me.

Chorus
    A          D A D
Come home, come home,
E         E7          A    A7
Ye who are weary, come home
D                   G        D
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Bm     G  D       A    D     A
Calling, O sinner, come home

Verse 2
D                        G        D
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
Bm           E           A
Pleading for you and for me?
D                        G            D
Why should we linger and heed not His mercies,
Bm       G   D      A   D
Mercies for you and for me?

Chorus
    A          D A D
Come home, come home,
E         E7          A    A7
Ye who are weary, come home
D                   G        D
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Bm     G  D        A    D    A
Calling, O sinner, come home

Verse 3
D                         G           D
Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
Bm           E           A
Passing from you and from me;
D                      G             D
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
Bm     G   D       A   D   
Coming for you and for me.

Chorus
    A          D A D
Come home, come home,
E         E7          A    A7
Ye who are weary, come home
D                   G        D
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Bm     G  D       A       D   A
Calling, O sinner, come home

Verse 4
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O for the wonderful love He has promised, promised for you and for me
D                            G         D       Bm     G   D       A   D
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon, pardon for you and for me.

Chorus
    A          D A D
Come home, come home,
E         E7          A    A7
Ye who are weary, come home
D                   G        D
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Bm     G  D       A    G   D
Calling, O sinner, come home

A G A

D                   G        D
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Bm     G  D       A    G   D
Calling, O sinner, come home
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