D                   G         D
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
 G                       A
Calling for you and for me
D                        G                   D
See, on the portals he's waiting and watching
G            A            D
Watching for you and for me

   G      A      D
Come home, come home
G                       A
You who are weary come home
D                     G       D
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
G           A            G
Calling, O sinner, come home!
 D                        G        D
 Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading
G                          A7  A
 Pleading for you and for me?
D                        G             D
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies
G           A            D
Mercies for you and for me? 

 D                         G          D
Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing
G                          A
Passing from you and from me
D                       G             D
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming
G          A7  A       D
Coming for you and for me

E                      A           E
4 O for the wonderful love he has promised
A                        B
Promised for you and for me!
E                          A            E
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon
A           B          E
Pardon for you and for me