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Intro:         A        Bm7       E7       A  Bm7  
ASoftly,       Bm7I will E7leave you, Asoftly,      Bm7for my E7heart would Abreak, 
If you should Dwake, and, see me Ago.Bm7  
So I E7leave you, Asoftly,      DmLong beG7fore you, Cmiss G7me,
Long before, your Carms, can beg me Fstay,
For one more Em7hour,   Cor, G7one more Aday.Bm7  
After E7all the Ayears,     DmI can't E7bear the F#mtears, F#m7to    Dfall,
So Fsoftly,     Dm7as I E7leave, you Athere.Bm7  E7  
Musical Interlude (+1 semitone)
         A#              Cm7             F7         A#        Cm7for my F7heart would A#break, 
If you should D#wake, and, see me A#go.Cm7  
So I F7leave you A#softly,       D#mLong beG#7fore you, C#miss G#7me,
Long before, your C#arms,   can beg me F#stay,
For one more Fm7hour,    C#or, G#7one more A#day.Cm7  
After F7all the Ayears,      DmI can't F7bear the F#mtears, F#m7to   fD#all,
So F#softly,      D#m7as I F7leave, you A#there.Cm7  F7  
Outro:
As I F7leave, you A#there, Cm7  
Barre Chords
     131211    131111      113331      33543[xx7865]     688766  
As I F7leave,    Fm7you,     thA#ere.Cm7  F7  A#  

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Softly As I Leave You

by Vic Damone

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

Em7

F#m

F#m7

Dm7

Cm7

D#m

G#7

Fm7

D#m7

A Bm7 E7 A Bm7

Intro:

A Bm7 E7 A Bm7 E7 A

Softly, I will leave you, softly, for my heart would break,

D A Bm7

If you should wake, and, see me go.

E7 A Dm G7 C G7

So I leave you, softly, Long before you, miss me,

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 E7 F#m F#m7 D

After all the years, I can't bear the tears, to fall,

F Dm7 E7 A Bm7 E7

So softly, as I leave, you there.

Musical Interlude (+1 semitone)

A# Cm7 F7 A# Cm7 F7 A#

for my heart would break,

D# A# Cm7

If you should wake, and, see me go.

F7 A# D#m G#7 C# G#7

So I leave you softly, Long before you, miss me,

C# F#

Long before, your arms, can beg me stay,

Fm7 C# G#7 A# Cm7

For one more hour, or, one more day.

F7 A Dm F7 F#m F#m7 D#

After all the years, I can't bear the tears, to fall,

F# D#m7 F7 A# Cm7 F7

So softly, as I leave, you there.

Outro:

F7 A# Cm7

As I leave, you there,

Barre Chords

131211 131111 113331 33543 688766

[xx7865]

F7 Fm7 A# Cm7 F7 A#

As I leave, you, there.

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