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.
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!
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,
G C G D7 G
Mercies for you and for me?
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!