Softly As I Leave You (2-harp version)

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU 2-harp version
W: Hal Shaper
M: A. Savata
Frank Sinatra
Key: C 
Harps: C, Eb

C:
 1   2  -1  -2”   2   -1
 4   5  -4  -5    5   -4
Soft-ly, I will leave you,

 2   3   -2” -3”  3    -2”    3
 5   6   -5  -6   6    -5     6
Soft-ly, for my heart would break, 

4  -3    4     -3”
7  -7    7     -6
If you should wake,

 3  -2” -3” 3
 6  -5  -6  6
And see me go.

-2”2   2   -1
-5 5   5   -4
So I leave you,

Eb:

 1   2    -1  -2” 2    -1    2    3
 4   5    -4  -5  5    -4    5    6
Soft-ly, long be-fore, you, miss, me,

 -2” -3” 3    -2”  3
 -5  -6  6    -5   6
Long be-fore your arms, 

 4  -3  4   -3”
 7  -7  7   -6
can beg me stay,

 3   -2”   -3”   3
 6   -5    -6    6
For, one, more, hour, 

-2” 2    -1
-5  5    -4   
or one, more, 

C:
 2
 5
day, 


-1 -2”  3  -2”   3
-4 -5   6  -5    6
Af-ter all the years, 

-2”-3”   3   -3    4   4   4
-5 -6    6   -7    7   7   7
I can't bear the tears to fall

Eb:

-3” -3” -3” -3”-3” 3   -2”   2
-6  -6  -6  -6 -6  6   -5    5
So soft-ly, as I leave you there, 

C:

-2”-3” 3   -2”   3
-5 -6  6   -5    6
As I leave you there,

-2”-3” 3   -4    4
-5 -6  6   -8    7
As I leave you there.

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