Softly And Tenderly

William Lamartine Thompson

Key - G | Tempo - 120 | Time - 6/8

VERSE 1
G C G
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
G A7/E D
Calling for you and for me
G C G
See on the portals He's waiting and watching
G/B C G/D D7 G
Watching for you and for me

CHORUS
D7 G
Come home, come home
D/A E7 A7 D D7
Ye who are weary, come home
G C G
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
G/B C G/D D7 G
Calling "O sinner, come home"

VERSE 2
G C G
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading
G A7/E D
Pleading for you and for me
G C G
Why should we linger and heed not His mercies
G/B C G/D D7 G
Mercies for you and for me

VERSE 3
G C G
Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing
G A7/E D
Passing from you and from me
G C G
Shadows are gathering, death-beds are coming
G/B C G/D D7 G
Coming for you and for me
VERSE 4
G C G
O for the wonderful love He has promised
G A7/E D
Promised for you and for me
G C G
Tho' we have sinned He has mercy and pardon
G/B C G/D D7 G
Pardon for you and for me

CCLI Song # 28380

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