Softly As I Leave You Chords by Elvis Presley

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_ _ Now this next song, ladies and gentlemen, what I'd like to do is a _ song we've been doing a lot here, and it's a true story.
And I'd like to share the story with you.
The song has been around for a long time, but there's a story behind it I'd like to share with you.
_ _ It's the story of a man _ _ _ who is in a hospital and he's dying. _
And his wife has been sitting by his bedside for _ three days and three nights.
_ _ Somewhere in the third day, between midnight and day, she lay down beside him and dozed off to sleep.
_ _ _ Well, he felt her when she dozed off to [C] sleep, _ _ and at the same time he felt [Fm] himself [C] start to [G] die.
[C] _ _ _ So he didn't want her to see him _ _ [F] [C] pass away. _ _
_ _ So he took his notepad from the side of the bed _ and he wrote,
Softly, _ [Dm] _ I will [G] _
leave [C] you, softly, _ _ _
[F] _ [G] for my heart [C] will break. _
If you should _ [E] _ [Fm] _ wake, and see me [C] _ go, _ so [G] _ _ _ I'd leave you, [Eb] softly,
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Softly, [Eb] long before _ _ _ [Ab] you miss [Eb] me, long before your [Cm] arms can beg me [Bb] stay,
Long before _
_ [Eb] your _ arms can beg [Ab] me stay, _ for [Eb] one more hour,
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_ softly, _ _ _ _ _ I will _ _ [C] leave you [Bm] there, [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] I will _ [G] leave _ you _ _ _ _ _ there. _ _
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