Chords:
{t:Softly, As I Leave You}
{artist:The Sandpipers}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-wDQHMvsD8
{key: G}
{c: Thanks to Amy Ukena for help with this one}
[F] [G] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [F] [Em]
[C] Softly, [Dm] I will [G] leave you
[C] Softly, [Dm] For my [G] heart would
[C] Break if you should [F] wake and [Dm] see me [G] go [C]
[Dm] So I [G] leave you
{c: key change}
[Eb] Softly [Fm] long be-[Bb]fore you
[Eb] miss me, [Fm] long be-[Bb]fore your
[Eb] arms can beg me to [C] stay for [Ab] one more [Bb] hour [Eb]
[Ab] or one [Bb] more [C] day
[Dm7] After [G] all the [C] years
[Dm] I can't [G] bear the [Am] tears [C] to [F] fall so
[Ab] Softly, as I [Bb] leave you [C] there
{sos}
[C] Softly, [Dm] I will [G] leave you
[C] Softly, [Dm] For my [G] heart would
[C] Break if you should [F] wake and [Dm] see me [G] go [C]
{eos}
[Dm] So I [G] leave you
[Eb] Softly, [Fm] long be-[Bb]fore you
[Eb] miss me, [Fm] long be-[Bb]fore your
[Eb] arms can make me [C] stay for [Ab] one more [Bb] hour [Eb]
[Ab] or one [Bb] more [C] day
[Dm7] After [G] all the [C] years
[Dm] I can't [G] bear the [Am] tears [C] to [F] fall so
[Ab] Softly, [Bb] as I leave you [C] there
[Dm] As I [G] leave you [C] there, [Dm] as I [G] leave you [Ab] there.
[Fm] [Bb] [C]
