Artist: Johnny Cash
Song: Softly and Tenderly
Album: My Mother’s Hymn Book
Year: 2003
Original key: C
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[Verse 1]
C C F C
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
Am D G G
Calling for you and for me
C C F C
See, on the portals, He's waiting and watching
Am F C G C C
Watching for you and for me
[Chorus]
G G C G C
Come home, come ho--me
D D7 G G7
Ye who are weary, come ho--me
C C F C
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
Am F C G C C C C
Calling, oh sinner, come home
[Verse 2]
C C F C
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading
Am D G G
Pleading for you and for me
C C F C
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies
Am F C G C C
Mercies for you and for me
[Chorus]
G G C G C
Come home, come ho--me
D D7 G G7
Ye who are weary, come ho--me
C C F C
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
Am F C G C C C C
Calling, oh sinner, come home
[Verse 3]
C C F C
O for the wonderful love He has promised
Am D G G
Promised for you and for me
C C F C
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon
Am F C G C C
Pardon for you and for me
[Chorus]
G G C G C
Come home, come ho--me
D D7 G G7
Ye who are weary, come ho--me
C C F C
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
Am F C G C C
Calling, oh sinner, come home