Softly and Tenderly (Melody Maker

Softly And Tenderly
Melody Maker Key of "G"
**bend down from "G" to "F"

-3   3  -2  -2 -2** -2  3 -2  2   2  -1
Soft-ly and ten-der-ly Je-sus is call-ing

-2   -2  -2  -3   3  -2  3    -3    3 -2
Call-ing for you and for me ; See, on the

-2  -2**  -2    3  -2   2    2   -1
por-tals He's wait-ing and watch-ing,
 
-2    -2   4  -3  -2   3  -2
watch-ing for you and for me.

chorus

-1     3   -3  -23-3   3  3   3   -3 -3
Come home, Come home, ye who are wea-ry

4     -4   -3   3  -2  -2 -2** -2   3 -2
come home; Ear-nest-ly ten-der-ly, Je-sus

2    2  -1    -2   -2   4  -3 -2    3   -2
is call-ing _ Call-ing, O Sin-ner come home!

verse 2
Why sould we tar-ry when Je-sus is plead-ing, 
Plead-ing for you and for me? Why sould we 
lin-ger and heed not His mer-cies, 
Mer-cies for you and for me?

verse 3
Time is not fleet-ing, the mo-ments are pass-ing, 
Pass-ing from you and from me; Shad-ows are 
gath-er-ing, death beds are com-ing,
Com-ing for you and for me.

verse 4
O for the won-der-ful love He has prom-ised, 
Prom-ised for you and for me; Tho we have sinned 
He has mer-cy and par-don, Par-don for you and for me.