Key: G 
 
Verse 1: 
G          G  D7 G  Am C     C   G                           
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, 
G           Em6 A7      D                                 
Calling for you and for me; 
G           G  D7   G    Am  C       C    G                  
See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching, 
G        C   G       D7  G                               
Watching for you and for me. 
 
Chorus: 
     D7         D G                                    
Come home, come home, 
D          E7     A7   D A7 D7                                  
Ye who are weary, come home; 
G          G  D7 G   Am C     C   G                           
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, 
G        C G       D7   G                                
Calling, O sinner, come home! 
 
Verse 2: 
G          G  D7 G  Am C     C   G  
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, 
G           Em6 A7      D  
Pleading for you and for me? 
G           G  D7   G    Am  C       C    G    
Why should we linger and heed not His mercies, 
Mercies for you and for me? 
  
Verse 3: 
G          G  D7 G  Am C     C   G  
Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, 
G           Em6 A7      D     
Passing from you and from me; 
G           G  D7   G    Am  C       C    G    
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming, 
G        C   G       D7  G   
Coming for you and for me. 
  
Verse 4:  
G          G  D7 G  Am C     C   G  
O for the wonderful love He has promised, 
G           Em6 A7      D     
Promised for you and for me! 
G           G  D7   G    Am  C       C    G    
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon, 
G        C   G       D7  G   
Pardon for you and for me.