SOFTLY AND TENDERLY

Words: Fanny Crosby
Music: Will L. Thompson

Intro: (D)

Verse One:
(G)Softly and tenderly (C)Jesus is (G)calling,
(Em)Calling for (A7)you and for (D)me;
(G)Patient and loving, He's (C)waiting and watching
(Em)Watching (C)for (G)you and (D)for (G)me. (C)-(G)

Chorus:
Come (D)home [come home], come (G)-(G7)home,
(A)Ye who are (A7)weary, come (D)-(D7)home;
(G)Earnestly, tenderly (C)Jesus is (G)calling,
(Em)Calling, (C)O (G)sinner, (D)come (G)home! (C)-(G)

Verse Two:
(G)Why should we linger when (C)Jesus is (G)pleading,
(Em)Pleading for (A7)you and for (D)-(D7)me?
(G)Why should we wait then, and (C)heed not His (G)mercies,
(Em)Mercies (C)for (G)you and (D)for (G)me? (C)-(G)

[Repeat Chorus]

Verse Three:
(G)Oh, for the wonderful (C)Love He has (G)promised,
(Em)Promised for (A7)you and for (D)-(D7)me;
(G)Though we have sinned, He has (C)mercy and (G)pardon,
(Em)Pardon (C)for (G)you and (D)for (G)me. (C)-(G)

[Repeat Chorus]

He's (G)calling, (C)O (G)sinner, (D)come (G)home. (C)-(G)

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