Softly As I Leave You Chords

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Softly As I Leave You by Brenda Lee is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords Em7, C, G7, A, Bm7, E7/9-, E7, D, Dm7, F, Dm, F#m, F#m7 and Fdim. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
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Introdução: Em7 C G7 A Bm7 E7/9- 

A       Bm7 
Softly 
        E7        A       Bm7 
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 
Softly 
        E7        A       Bm7 
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    Fdim  A 
As I leave you there 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante