key: C (chord shapes in the key of D )
Tuning:
D G C F A D
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
