Verse 1: 
 
G                   C        G 
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling 
            A           D    D7 
Calling for you and for me 
G                       C           G 
See on the portals He's waiting and watching 
         C   G       D7  G    G7 
Watching for you and for me 
 
Chorus: 
 
     D          G 
Come home, come home 
A                     D     D7 
Ye who are weary come home 
G                   C        G 
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling 
          C G      D    G 
Calling, "O sinner come home" 
 
Verse 2: 
G                        C        G 
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading 
             A           D     D7 
Pleading for you and for me 
G                        C            G 
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies 
        C   G       D   G    G7 
Mercies for you and for me 
 
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Verse 3: 
 
G                         C           G 
Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing 
             A            D    D7 
Passing from you and from me 
G                      C              G 
Shadows are gathering, death-beds are coming 
       C   G       D   G    G7 
Coming for you and for me 
 
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Verse 4: 
 
G                   C           G 
O for the wonderful love He has promised 
             A           D     D7 
Promised for you and for me 
G                            C         G 
Though we have sinned He has mercy and pardon 
       C   G       D   G     G7 
Pardon for you and for me 
 
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