Softly And Tenderly Chords

KeyF# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays477

Softly And Tenderly by Glen Campbell is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, F#7, B, Bbm, G#m, G#, C#, C#7, G#7, G, G7, C, D, Bm, Am, D7, A and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F#
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro   F# F#7 B F# B F# B Bbm G#m F# 

verse 1 

F#         F#7      B         F# 
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling 
            G#         G#m  C# 
Calling for you and for me 
F#           F#7        B            F# 
Patient and loving He's watching and waiting 
        B   F#      B   F#  B  F# 
Waiting for you and for me  


Refrain 1 


     C#    C#7  F# 
Come home  come home  
C#         G#         C#   C#7 
Ye who are weary come home 
F#        F#7       B       F# 
Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling 
          C#     C#7  B   Bbm G#m F# 
Calling O sinner come home 

          F#7       B           F# 
O for the wonderful love he has promised  
             G#          G#m  C#      
Promised for you and for me  
F#             F#7           B         F#             
Though we have sinned He has mercy and pardon 
           C#          F#  B F# 
Pardon for you and for me 

Refrain 2 
  
     B   C#      F#   
Come home   come home  
G#7        G#         C#  C#7          
Ye who are weary come home.... 
F#        F#7      B        F#  
Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling 
        B F#     C#   B    Bbm G#m F# 
Calling O sinner come home 

Riff  G G7 C G C G C G D C Bm Am G 

Outro 

     D  D7      G   C G 
Come home  come home  
A          A7         D  D7 
Ye who are weary come home 
G         G7       C        G 
Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling 
        C G      D    G    C G 
Calling O sinner come home 
             C G      D    C   (walk down to G) G 
He's calling O sinner come home 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante