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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
                             "Softly To Me"
                            (Bryan Maclean)
Intro:
	(electric guitar [dropped D], strumming pattern not shown):
	      Dm                                       Dm9  Dm6/9
	E -------0----------------0------------------0----0--------|
	B -------1----0h1-0---0h1-0------0h1-0---0h1-0----0--------|
	G -------2------2-2-2-2-2-2--------2-2-2-2-2-2----2--------|
	D -3-----3------3-------------3----3---------3----3--------|
	A -0-----0--------------------0--------------0----0--------|
	D -0-----0----------0---------0----0---------0----0--------|
	        C/E  Cmaj7/ E  	              Dm9[2X]
	 / / / /  / / / /   / / / /   / / / /
Verse 1:
	                                        C/E  Cmaj7/ E[1: Dm6/9  2-4: Dm9]
	 I could love you more and more each day for a million years
	                                 C/E  Cmaj7/    E     D  Dsus4  
	And I'd sit around all day just crying happy tears
Chorus:
	To [2: But] daDnce and sing my Dsus2life away (lDife away)
	And Dsus4laughing Dm9with you, my dC/Darling, softly to DmeDsus4  D  Dsus4  
	[1: Cmaj7/            E   Dm9]
	     / / / /  / / / /   / / / /   / / / /
Verse 2:
	Orange, sugar, chocolate, hot cinnamon and lovely things and you
	And darling, you know there was really nothing else that I could do
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
	And my dBmaj7arling you will never know how elegant
	                       Amaj7[x06650]
	    you'll always be to me
	And my dBmaj7arling I was so in love it was evident for anyone
Verse 3:
	To see, and I suppose they already do
	And how come so suddenly everything depends on you
[repeat chorus]
[guitar solo over bridge chords]
Verse 4:
	And if I kissed you once I'd probably do it again
	But then that's not so inconceivable, my friend
Coda:
	D/ / Dsus4/ /   D/ / Dsus4/ /
	       Dm9   C/D*    Dm6/9       *       Dm6/9
	 / / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
	                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ bass tacit
	* rhythm guitar plays figure similar to intro
	 C/E/ / / /  / / / /   Dm9/ / / /   / / / /fade  
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

All chords in this song (12)

Open

XXO231

Minor chord - Sad, melancholic sound

✕ Mute Open Press

Skill · find home

D minor

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Softly To Me

by Love

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm9

Dm6

C/E

Cmaj7

Dsus4

Dsus2

C/D

Bmaj7

Amaj7

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

"Softly To Me"

(Bryan Maclean)

Intro:

(electric guitar [dropped D], strumming pattern not shown):

Dm Dm9 Dm6

E -------0----------------0------------------0----0--------|

B -------1----0h1-0---0h1-0------0h1-0---0h1-0----0--------|

G -------2------2-2-2-2-2-2--------2-2-2-2-2-2----2--------|

D -3-----3------3-------------3----3---------3----3--------|

A -0-----0--------------------0--------------0----0--------|

D -0-----0----------0---------0----0---------0----0--------|

C/E Cmaj7 E Dm9

/ [2X]

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

C/E Cmaj7 E Dm6 Dm9

/ [1: /9 2-4: ]

I could love you more and more each day for a million years

C/E Cmaj7 E D Dsus4

And I'd sit around all day just crying happy tears

Chorus:

D Dsus2 D

To [2: But] dance and sing my life away (life away)

Dsus4 Dm9 C/D D Dsus4 D Dsus4

And laughing with you, my darling, softly to me

Cmaj7 E Dm9

[1: / ]

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 2:

Orange, sugar, chocolate, hot cinnamon and lovely things and you

And darling, you know there was really nothing else that I could do

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

Bmaj7

And my darling you will never know how elegant

Amaj7

[x06650]

you'll always be to me

Bmaj7

And my darling I was so in love it was evident for anyone

Verse 3:

To see, and I suppose they already do

And how come so suddenly everything depends on you

[repeat chorus]

[guitar solo over bridge chords]

Verse 4:

And if I kissed you once I'd probably do it again

But then that's not so inconceivable, my friend

Coda:

D Dsus4 D Dsus4

/ / / / / / / /

Dm9 C/D Dm6 Dm6

* /9 * /9

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ bass tacit

* rhythm guitar plays figure similar to intro

C/E Dm9 fade

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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