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Version 1Softly, As I Leave You - Frank Sinatra (1964) Words & Music by Hal Shaper & A. de Vita, 1962 --.-/watch?ds49au1kkJvV-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 Bb Cm7 So I leave you softly, Long before you, miss me, F7 Bb Eb Long before, your arms, can beg me stay, Bb Cm7 F7 G Am7 For one more hour, or, one more day. D7 G Am7 After all the years, D7 Em Em7 C I can't bear the tears, to fall, Eb Cm7 F7 G Am7 D7 So softly, as I leave, you there. [Choir] G Cm7 F7 Bb Cm7 softly, Long before you, miss me, F7 Bb Eb Long before, your arms, can beg me stay, Bb For one more hour, [Outro] Cm7 F7 G Am7 D7 G Am7 Or, one more day; After all the years, D7 Em Em7 C I can't bear the tears, to fall, Eb Cm7 F7 G Am7 D7 So softly, as I leave, you there. D7 G Am7 as I leave, you there. D7 G as I leave, you there.