Love - Softly To Me Chords & Tabs

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                             "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
chorus:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/love/softly_to_me_crd.html ]
              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

[1: Cmaj7/E            Dm9 ]
     / / / /  / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

Verse 2

[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

[repeat chorus]

[guitar solo over bridge chords]

Verse 4

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