Softly And Tenderly chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Artist: Johnny Cash
Song: Softly and Tenderly
Album: My Mother’s Hymn Book
Year: 2003
Original key: C majorC
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Verse 1:
C majorC     C majorC    FF    C majorC
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
A minorAm     D MajorD      G+G G+G
Calling for you and for me
C majorC      C majorC       FF      C majorC
See, on the portals, He's waiting and watching
A minorAm    FF  C majorC    G+G  C majorC C majorC
Watching for you and for me

Chorus:
   G+G   G+G   C majorC G+G C majorC
Come home,  come ho--me
D MajorD     D7D7     G+G G7G7
Ye who are weary, come ho--me
C majorC     C majorC     FF    C majorC
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
A minorAm    FF C majorC    G+G  C majorC  C majorC C C majorC
Calling, oh sinner, come home


Verse 2:
C majorC       C majorC     FF    C majorC
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading
A minorAm      D MajorD      G+G G+G
Pleading for you and for me
C majorC       C majorC     FF      C majorC
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies
A minorAm   FF  C majorC    G+G  C majorC C majorC
Mercies for you and for me


Chorus:
   G+G   G+G   C majorC G+G C majorC
Come home,  come ho--me
D MajorD     D7D7     G+G G7G7
Ye who are weary, come ho--me
C majorC     C majorC     FF    C majorC
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
A minorAm    FF C majorC    G+G  C majorC  C majorC C C majorC
Calling, oh sinner, come home


Verse 3:
C majorC     C majorC     FF      C majorC
O for the wonderful love He has promised
A minorAm      D MajorD      G+G G+G
Promised for you and for me
C majorC       C majorC       FF     C majorC
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon
A minorAm   FF  C majorC    G+G  C majorC C majorC
Pardon for you and for me


Chorus:
   G+G   G+G   C majorC G+G C majorC
Come home,  come ho--me
D MajorD     D7D7     G+G G7G7
Ye who are weary, come ho--me
C majorC     C majorC     FF    C majorC
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
A minorAm    FF C majorC    G+G  C majorC  C majorC