[Verse 1]
G Am7/G G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
Soft - ly and ten - der - ly Je - sus is calling,
G A7/E D
Calling for you and for me;
G Am7 G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
See, on the por - tals he's waiting and watching,
G/B C G/D D7 G
Watching for you and for me.
[Refrain]
D7 D G
Come home (come home), come home (come home);
D/A D/F# E7 A7 D A7/E D7/F#
You who are weary come home;
G Am7 G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
Earnestly, ten - der - ly, Je - sus is calling,
G/B C G/D D7 G
Calling, O sinner, come home!
[Verse 2]
G Am7/G G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
Why should we tar - ry when Jesus is pleading,
G A7/E D
Pleading for you and for me?
G Am7/G G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
Why should we ling - er and heed not his mercies,
G/B C G/D D7 G
Mercies for you and for me?
[Refrain]
D7 D G
Come home (come home), come home (come home);
D/A D/F# E7 A7 D A7/E D7/F#
You who are weary come home;
G Am7 G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
Earnestly, ten - der - ly, Je - sus is calling,
G/B C G/D D7 G
Calling, O sinner, come home!
[Verse 3]
G Am7/G G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
G A7/E D
Passing from you and from me;
G Am7/G G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
sha - dows are gath - er - ing, deathbeds are coming,
G/B C G/D D7 G
Coming for you and for me.
[Refrain]
D7 D G
Come home (come home), come home (come home);
D/A D/F# E7 A7 D A7/E D7/F#
You who are weary come home;
G Am7 G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
Earnestly, ten - der - ly, Je - sus is calling,
G/B C G/D D7 G
Calling, O sinner, come home!
[Verse 4]
G Am7/G G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
O for the won - der - ful love he has promised,
G A7/E D
Promised for you and for me!
G Am7/G G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon,
G/B C G/D D7 G
Pardon for you and for me.
[Refrain]
D7 D G
Come home (come home), come home (come home);
D/A D/F# E7 A7 D A7/E D7/F#
You who are weary come home;
G Am7 G G/B D7/A G C6 C C/G G
Earnestly, ten - der - ly, Je - sus is calling,
G/B C G/D D7 G
Calling, O sinner, come home!
C G
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