Key: G
Introduction: Em7 C G7 A Bm7
A Bm7 E7 A Bm7
Softly I will leave you softly
E7 A
For my heart would break
D A Bm7
If you should wake and see me go
E7 A Dm7
So I leave you softly
G7 C Dm7
Long before you miss me
G7 C F
Long before your arms can beg me stay
Em7 C G7 A Bm7
For one more hour or one more day
E7 A Dm
After all the years
E7 F#m F#m7 D
I can't bear the tears to fall
F Dm7 E7 A Bm7 E7
So softly as I leave you there
A Bm7 E7 A Bm7
Softly I will leave you softly
E7 A
For my heart would break
D A Bm7
If you should wake and see me go
E7 A Dm7
So I leave you softly
G7 C Dm7
Long before you miss me
G7 C F
Long before your arms can beg me stay
Em7 C G7 A Bm7
For one more hour or one more day
E7 A Dm
After all the years
E7 F#m F#m7 D
I can't bear the tears to fall
F Dm7 E7 A Bm7
So softly, as I leave you there
E7 A Bm7
As I leave you there,
E7 A FºA
As I leave you there
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