Chords
Softly As I Leave You

Key: A

Introduction:  A   Bm7   E7   A   Bm7  

difficulty
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 A               Bm7                 E7                 A             Bm7                 E7                   A 
Softly,             I will leave you, softly,           for my heart would break,
                             D                                 A         Bm7 
If you should wake, and, see me go.
           E7                 A               Dm                 G7               C       G7 
So I leave you, softly,           Long before you, miss me,
                                     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                   E7             F#m       F#m7   D 
After all the years,         I can't bear the tears, to       fall,
       F             Dm7           E7                 A             Bm7   E7 
So softly,         as I leave, you there.
Musical Interlude (+1 semitone)
 A#             Cm7                 F7                 A#         Cm7                   F7                   A# 
                                                                                          for my heart would break,
                             D#                               A#           Cm7 
If you should wake, and, see me go.
           F7               A#             D#m                 G#7             C#     G#7 
So I leave you softly,             Long before you, miss me,
                                     C#                                 F# 
Long before, your arms,     can beg me stay,
                           Fm7     C#         G#7           A#         Cm7 
For one more hour,       or, one more day.
             F7           A             Dm                   F7             F#m     F#m7     D# 
After all the years,           I can't bear the tears, to     fall,
       F#           D#m7           F7                 A#           Cm7  F7 
So softly,           as I leave, you there.
           F7                 A#         Cm7 
As I leave, you there,
Barre Chords
           F7               Fm7               A#                 Cm7                 F7                   A# 
As I leave,       you,         there.