Chords with lyrics
Softly, As I Leave You - Frank Sinatra (1964)
Words & Music by Hal Shaper & A. de Vita, 1962
https://www.youtube.com/watch v=u1kkJvV-gOs
Intro: G+G Am7Am7 D7D7 G+G Am7Am7
G+G Am7Am7 D7D7 G+G Am7Am7
Softly, I will leave you, softly
D7D7 G+G
For my heart would break,
C majorC G+G Am7Am7
If you should wake, and, see me go.
D7D7 G+G Cm7Cm7 F7F7 A#A# Cm7Cm7
So I leave you softly, Long before you, miss me,
F7F7 A#A# D#D#
Long before, your arms, can beg me stay,
Dm7Dm7 A#A# F7F7 G+G Am7Am7
For one more hour, or, one more day.
D7D7 G+G C minorCm
After all the years,
D7D7 E minorEm E minor 7Em7 C majorC
I can't bear the tears, to fall,
D#D# Cm7Cm7 D7D7 G+G Am7Am7 D7D7
So softly, as I leave, you there.