Key: C
Introduction:
C C7 F C
1. Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
D G G7
calling for you and for me.
C C7 F C
See, on the portals he's waiting and watching,
F C G C
Watching for you and for me,
G C C7
Come home, come ho…me,
D D7 G G7
ye who are weary, come ho….me !
C C7 F C
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
F C G C
calling, o sinner, come home.
C C7 F C
2. Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
D G G7
pleading for you and for me ?
C C7 F C
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies,
F C G C
mercies for you and for me?
G C C7
Come home, come ho…me,
D D7 G G7
ye who are weary, come ho….me !
C C7 F C
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
F C G C
calling, o sinner, come home.
C C7 F C
3. O for the wonderful love he has promised,
D G G7
promised for you and for me !
C C7 F C
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon,
F C G C
pardon for you and for me.
G C C7
Come home, come ho…me,
D D7 G G7
ye who are weary, come ho….me !
C C7 F C
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
F C G C
calling, o sinner, come home.