Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling

Key: G {name: Verse 1} G G D7 G Am C C G Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, G Em6 A7 D Calling for you and for me; G G D7 G Am C C G See, on the portals He's waiting and watching, G C G D7 G Watching for you and for me. {name: Chorus} D7 D G Come home, come home, D E7 A7 D A7 D7 Ye who are weary, come home; G G D7 G Am C C G Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, G C G D7 G Calling, O sinner, come home! {name: Verse 2} Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, Pleading for you and for me? Why should we linger and heed not His mercies, Mercies for you and for me? {name: Verse 3} Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, Passing from you and from me; Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming, Coming for you and for me. {name: Verse 4} O for the wonderful love He has promised, Promised for you and for me! Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon, Pardon for you and for me.