C       Em/B  F        G        C        Em/B
Softly,       I will leave you, softly
F        G           C      Em/B
 For my heart would break,
             F     G            C   Em/B
If you should wake, and, see me go.

F     G         Eb     Eb/G  Ab     Bb        Eb    Eb/G
 So I leave you softly,      Long before you, miss  me,
Ab      Bb         Eb        Eb/G     Ab    Bb
 Long before, your arms, can beg me stay,
             Eb    Eb/G Ab  G         C   Em/B
For one more hour,      or, one more day.


[Chorus]
F      G        C     Em/B
 After all the years,
F       G        Am     Am/G    F
 I can't bear the tears,    to fall,
   Ab      Bb                C      Em/B  F G
So softly,    as I leave, you there.

C  Em/B F G  x4


[Verse]
Eb   Eb/G Ab  Bb          Eb           Eb/G
 Softly,     Long before you, kiss  me,
Ab      Bb         Eb        Eb/G     Ab    Bb
 Long before, your arms, can beg me stay,
             Eb    Eb/G Ab  G         C   Em/B
For one more hour,      or, one more day.


[Chorus]
F      G        C     Em/B
 After all the years,
F       G        Am     Am/G    F
 I can't bear the tears,    to fall,
   Ab      Bb                C      Em/B
So softly,    as I leave, you there.
F G           C         Em/B
  as I leave, you there.
F G                 C
  as I leave, you there.