Softly, As I Leave You - Frank Sinatra (1964)
Words & Music by Hal Shaper & A. de Vita, 1962
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kkJvV-gOs
Capo on the 4th fret for original key of "B"
Intro: G Am7 D7 G Am7
G Am7 D7 G Am7
Softly, I will leave you, softly
D7 G
For my heart would break,
C G Am7
If you should wake, and, see me go.
D7 G Cm7 F7 A# Cm7
So I leave you softly, Long before you, miss me,
F7 A# D#
Long before, your arms, can beg me stay,
Dm7 A# F7 G Am7
For one more hour, or, one more day.
D7 G Cm
After all the years,
D7 Em Em7 C
I can't bear the tears, to fall,
D# Cm7 D7 G Am7 D7
So softly, as I leave, you there.
Choir:
G Cm7 F7 A# Cm7
softly, Long before you, miss me,
F7 A# D#
Long before, your arms, can beg me stay,
Dm7 A#
For one more hour,
Outro: Frank Sinatra:
F7 G Am7 D7 G Cm
Or, one more day; After all the years,
D7 Em Em7 C
I can't bear the tears, to fall,
D# Cm7 D7 G Am7 D7
So softly, as I leave, you there.
D7 G Am7 D7
as I leave, you there.
G7 F7 A#
as I leave, you there.
