«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]
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Verse 1:
C/E Cmaj7/E [1: Dm6/9 2-4: Dm9]
I could love you more and more each day for a million years
C/E Cmaj7/E D Dsus4
And I’d sit around all day just crying happy tears
Chorus:
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 ]
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Verse 2:
Orange, sugar, chocolate, hot cinnamon and lovely things and you
And darling, you know there was really nothing else that I could do
[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:
To see, and I suppose they already do
And how come so suddenly everything depends on you
[repeat chorus]
[guitar solo over bridge chords]
Verse 4:
And if I kissed you once I’d probably do it again
But then that’s not so inconceivable, my friend
Coda:
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
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Dm9 C/D * Dm6/9 * Dm6/9
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ bass tacit
* rhythm guitar plays figure similar to intro
C/E Dm9 [fade]
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— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
