Chords for Charlie Daniels - George Jones Eulogy - Softly and Tenderly
Tempo:
102.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
C
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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We have a fellow coming out now who had a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for George and George for him.
Like George, Charlie brought music from Tennessee to every corner of the world.
And it's only fitting he should sing for us today.
Mr.
Charlie Daniels.
[B]
[N]
I was still in high school the first time I heard the name George Jones.
At the time he was an up and coming songwriter, but it didn't take long before the powers that be in Nashville took notice of that one of a kind voice and vocal style
and took him into a recording studio to begin one of the most legendary careers in the history of the music business.
George was probably the most imitated country singer of all time.
And you can hear a little bit of the possum in vocal styles of scores of young singers who've come along in the last 50 years or so.
But nobody ever came close to doing it like the man himself.
With young singers who tried to emulate George Jones, it was an affectation.
While with George, it was a God-given natural talent that affected his phrasing, his pronunciation, and the melancholy timbre of a voice that had a quality that touched the solemn emotions hidden deep inside of all of us.
George did things with his voice that nobody else would even think about.
He'd hold on to a word, teasing it, turning it, and make you wonder where he could possibly go with it.
But then just at the right second, he'd turn it loose and you'd just kind of smile and admire.
Billy Sherrill once told me that George was the only person he had ever seen that could make a five-syllable word out of church.
George Jones' voice was the rowdy Saturday night uproar at a backstreet beer joint.
The heartbroken wail of one who wakes up and finds the other side of the bed empty.
The far-off lonesome whistle of a midnight train.
The look in the eyes of a young bride as the ring is placed on her finger.
The memories of a half-asleep old man dreaming about the good old days.
Lost love, lost innocence, good and bad memories, and experiences that were just too much for a human being to deal with.
He sang for us all.
The nonstop partiers, the guy who's always alone, the girl done wrong, the puppy lovers, the extrovert, the introvert,
the guy at the end of the bar who never seems to go home, the happy, the unhappy, and everyone in between.
George had a song for everybody.
He had the quintessential blue-collar voice, and his life was an open book.
He had his problems through the years, but it seemed that every bump in the road only endeared him to his allegiance of fans
and made him seem a little more like one of us, with the same faults and weaknesses as ordinary people.
He never strayed from his roots, never tried to go along with trends or fads or sound like the next big thing coming off Music Row.
He just kept on being George Jones.
And in this modern day of follow the leader, cookie cutter, whatever radio will play sameness,
George stood head and shoulders above the fray, kept right on doing it his way, and we all loved him for it.
Now he's gone home.
He joins the ranks of the greatest of the great.
Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Hank Snow,
Earl Scruggs and Bill Monroe.
But as long as there's a country music, he will be remembered.
We're going to miss you, Mr.
Jones.
[D]
[Am] Softly and tenderly, [G] Jesus [D] is calling, [Bm] calling [E] for you [A] and for me.
[D] See on [C] the portal, [G] he's waiting and [D] watching, watching [G] [D] for you [A] and [D] for me.
[A] [Bm] Come [A] home, [D] come home.
[E] He who will rear me, [Em] come home.
[A]
[D] Earnestly, [C]
tenderly, [G] Jesus is [D] calling, calling, [G] oh [D]
sinner, [A] [D] come home.
[G]
[D]
[G] [D] Why do we linger [C] when [G] Jesus is [D] waiting, [Bm] waiting for [E] you and [A] for me?
[C#] [D] Why do [C] we take [G] any not his [D]
mercies, mercies [G] [D] for you [A] and [D] for me?
[A] [Bm] [A] Come home, come [F#m] home, [D] come home, come home.
[E] All ye who are weary, [Em] come [A]
home.
[D] Earnestly, [C]
tenderly, [G] Jesus [D] is calling, calling, [G] [D] oh sinner, [A] [D] come home.
[A] [Bm] [A] Come home, come home, [D] come home.
[E] All ye who are weary, [Em] come home.
[A]
[Em] [D] Earnestly, [Am]
[C] tenderly, [G] Jesus [D] is calling, calling, [G] [D] oh sinner, [A] [D] come home.
[G]
[D] He's calling, [G] [D]
oh sinner, [A] come home.
[D]
[N]
Like George, Charlie brought music from Tennessee to every corner of the world.
And it's only fitting he should sing for us today.
Mr.
Charlie Daniels.
[B]
[N]
I was still in high school the first time I heard the name George Jones.
At the time he was an up and coming songwriter, but it didn't take long before the powers that be in Nashville took notice of that one of a kind voice and vocal style
and took him into a recording studio to begin one of the most legendary careers in the history of the music business.
George was probably the most imitated country singer of all time.
And you can hear a little bit of the possum in vocal styles of scores of young singers who've come along in the last 50 years or so.
But nobody ever came close to doing it like the man himself.
With young singers who tried to emulate George Jones, it was an affectation.
While with George, it was a God-given natural talent that affected his phrasing, his pronunciation, and the melancholy timbre of a voice that had a quality that touched the solemn emotions hidden deep inside of all of us.
George did things with his voice that nobody else would even think about.
He'd hold on to a word, teasing it, turning it, and make you wonder where he could possibly go with it.
But then just at the right second, he'd turn it loose and you'd just kind of smile and admire.
Billy Sherrill once told me that George was the only person he had ever seen that could make a five-syllable word out of church.
George Jones' voice was the rowdy Saturday night uproar at a backstreet beer joint.
The heartbroken wail of one who wakes up and finds the other side of the bed empty.
The far-off lonesome whistle of a midnight train.
The look in the eyes of a young bride as the ring is placed on her finger.
The memories of a half-asleep old man dreaming about the good old days.
Lost love, lost innocence, good and bad memories, and experiences that were just too much for a human being to deal with.
He sang for us all.
The nonstop partiers, the guy who's always alone, the girl done wrong, the puppy lovers, the extrovert, the introvert,
the guy at the end of the bar who never seems to go home, the happy, the unhappy, and everyone in between.
George had a song for everybody.
He had the quintessential blue-collar voice, and his life was an open book.
He had his problems through the years, but it seemed that every bump in the road only endeared him to his allegiance of fans
and made him seem a little more like one of us, with the same faults and weaknesses as ordinary people.
He never strayed from his roots, never tried to go along with trends or fads or sound like the next big thing coming off Music Row.
He just kept on being George Jones.
And in this modern day of follow the leader, cookie cutter, whatever radio will play sameness,
George stood head and shoulders above the fray, kept right on doing it his way, and we all loved him for it.
Now he's gone home.
He joins the ranks of the greatest of the great.
Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Hank Snow,
Earl Scruggs and Bill Monroe.
But as long as there's a country music, he will be remembered.
We're going to miss you, Mr.
Jones.
[D]
[Am] Softly and tenderly, [G] Jesus [D] is calling, [Bm] calling [E] for you [A] and for me.
[D] See on [C] the portal, [G] he's waiting and [D] watching, watching [G] [D] for you [A] and [D] for me.
[A] [Bm] Come [A] home, [D] come home.
[E] He who will rear me, [Em] come home.
[A]
[D] Earnestly, [C]
tenderly, [G] Jesus is [D] calling, calling, [G] oh [D]
sinner, [A] [D] come home.
[G]
[D]
[G] [D] Why do we linger [C] when [G] Jesus is [D] waiting, [Bm] waiting for [E] you and [A] for me?
[C#] [D] Why do [C] we take [G] any not his [D]
mercies, mercies [G] [D] for you [A] and [D] for me?
[A] [Bm] [A] Come home, come [F#m] home, [D] come home, come home.
[E] All ye who are weary, [Em] come [A]
home.
[D] Earnestly, [C]
tenderly, [G] Jesus [D] is calling, calling, [G] [D] oh sinner, [A] [D] come home.
[A] [Bm] [A] Come home, come home, [D] come home.
[E] All ye who are weary, [Em] come home.
[A]
[Em] [D] Earnestly, [Am]
[C] tenderly, [G] Jesus [D] is calling, calling, [G] [D] oh sinner, [A] [D] come home.
[G]
[D] He's calling, [G] [D]
oh sinner, [A] come home.
[D]
[N]
Key:
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A
G
C
Bm
D
A
G
We have a fellow coming out now who had a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for George and George for him.
_ Like George, Charlie brought music from Tennessee to _ every corner of the world.
And it's only fitting he should sing for us today.
Mr.
Charlie Daniels. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was still in high school the first time I heard the name George Jones. _ _
_ At the time he was an up and coming songwriter, but it didn't take long before the powers that be in Nashville took notice of that one of a kind voice and vocal style
and took him into a recording studio to begin one of the most legendary careers in the history of the music business.
_ George was probably the most imitated country singer of all time.
And you can hear a little bit of the possum in vocal styles of scores of young singers who've come along in the last 50 years or so.
But nobody ever came close to doing it like the man himself.
_ _ With _ _ _ _ _ _ _ young singers who tried to emulate George Jones, it was an affectation.
While with George, it was a God-given natural talent that affected his phrasing, his pronunciation, and the melancholy timbre of a voice that had a quality that touched the solemn emotions hidden deep inside of all of us. _
George did things with his voice that nobody else would even think about.
He'd hold on to a word, teasing it, turning it, and make you wonder where he could possibly go with it.
But then just at the right second, he'd turn it loose and you'd just kind of smile and admire. _
Billy Sherrill once told me that George was the only person he had ever seen that could make a five-syllable word out of church. _ _ _
_ _ _ George Jones' voice was the rowdy Saturday night uproar at a backstreet beer joint.
The heartbroken wail of one who wakes up and finds the other side of the bed empty.
The far-off lonesome whistle of a midnight train.
The look in the eyes of a young bride as the ring is placed on her finger.
_ The memories of a half-asleep old man dreaming about the good old days.
Lost love, lost innocence, good and bad memories, and experiences that were just too much for a human being to deal with.
He sang for us all.
The nonstop partiers, the guy who's always alone, the girl done wrong, the puppy lovers, the extrovert, the introvert,
the guy at the end of the bar who never seems to go home, the happy, the unhappy, and everyone in between.
_ George had a song for everybody.
He had the quintessential blue-collar voice, and his life was an open book.
He had his problems through the years, but it seemed that every bump in the road only endeared him to his allegiance of fans
and made him seem a little more like one of us, with the same faults and weaknesses as ordinary people. _
He never strayed from his roots, never tried to go along with trends or fads or sound like the next big thing coming off Music Row.
He just kept on being George Jones.
And in this modern day of follow the leader, cookie cutter, whatever radio will play sameness,
George stood head and shoulders _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
above the fray, kept right on doing it his way, and we all loved him for it.
Now he's gone home.
He joins the ranks of the greatest of the great.
_ _ Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Hank Snow,
Earl Scruggs and Bill Monroe.
But as long as there's a country music, he will be remembered.
We're going to miss you, Mr.
Jones. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Softly and tenderly, [G] _ Jesus [D] is calling, _ _ _ [Bm] calling [E] for you [A] and for me. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] See on [C] the portal, _ _ [G] he's waiting _ and [D] watching, _ _ _ watching [G] _ [D] for you [A] and [D] for me. _ _ _
[A] _ [Bm] Come [A] _ home, _ _ _ _ [D] come home. _ _
_ _ _ [E] He who will rear me, [Em] come _ home.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Earnestly, [C] _
tenderly, _ [G] Jesus is [D] calling, _ _ _ calling, [G] oh [D]
sinner, _ [A] [D] come home.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] Why _ do we linger [C] when [G] Jesus is [D] waiting, _ _ [Bm] waiting _ for [E] you and [A] for me? _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] Why do [C] we take _ _ [G] any not his [D] _
mercies, _ _ mercies [G] [D] for you [A] and [D] for me? _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Bm] [A] Come home, come _ [F#m] home, [D] come home, come home.
[E] All ye who are weary, [Em] come _ _ _ [A]
home.
_ _ _ [D] _ Earnestly, [C] _
_ tenderly, [G] _ Jesus [D] is calling, _ _ calling, [G] [D] oh sinner, _ [A] [D] come home. _ _
_ [A] _ [Bm] [A] Come home, come home, _ [D] come _ _ _ _ home.
[E] All ye who _ are weary, _ [Em] come _ home.
[A] _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ Earnestly, _ [Am] _
[C] tenderly, _ [G] Jesus _ [D] is calling, _ _ _ _ calling, [G] [D] oh sinner, _ [A] [D] come home.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] He's calling, [G] _ [D]
oh sinner, _ _ [A] come home. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ Like George, Charlie brought music from Tennessee to _ every corner of the world.
And it's only fitting he should sing for us today.
Mr.
Charlie Daniels. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was still in high school the first time I heard the name George Jones. _ _
_ At the time he was an up and coming songwriter, but it didn't take long before the powers that be in Nashville took notice of that one of a kind voice and vocal style
and took him into a recording studio to begin one of the most legendary careers in the history of the music business.
_ George was probably the most imitated country singer of all time.
And you can hear a little bit of the possum in vocal styles of scores of young singers who've come along in the last 50 years or so.
But nobody ever came close to doing it like the man himself.
_ _ With _ _ _ _ _ _ _ young singers who tried to emulate George Jones, it was an affectation.
While with George, it was a God-given natural talent that affected his phrasing, his pronunciation, and the melancholy timbre of a voice that had a quality that touched the solemn emotions hidden deep inside of all of us. _
George did things with his voice that nobody else would even think about.
He'd hold on to a word, teasing it, turning it, and make you wonder where he could possibly go with it.
But then just at the right second, he'd turn it loose and you'd just kind of smile and admire. _
Billy Sherrill once told me that George was the only person he had ever seen that could make a five-syllable word out of church. _ _ _
_ _ _ George Jones' voice was the rowdy Saturday night uproar at a backstreet beer joint.
The heartbroken wail of one who wakes up and finds the other side of the bed empty.
The far-off lonesome whistle of a midnight train.
The look in the eyes of a young bride as the ring is placed on her finger.
_ The memories of a half-asleep old man dreaming about the good old days.
Lost love, lost innocence, good and bad memories, and experiences that were just too much for a human being to deal with.
He sang for us all.
The nonstop partiers, the guy who's always alone, the girl done wrong, the puppy lovers, the extrovert, the introvert,
the guy at the end of the bar who never seems to go home, the happy, the unhappy, and everyone in between.
_ George had a song for everybody.
He had the quintessential blue-collar voice, and his life was an open book.
He had his problems through the years, but it seemed that every bump in the road only endeared him to his allegiance of fans
and made him seem a little more like one of us, with the same faults and weaknesses as ordinary people. _
He never strayed from his roots, never tried to go along with trends or fads or sound like the next big thing coming off Music Row.
He just kept on being George Jones.
And in this modern day of follow the leader, cookie cutter, whatever radio will play sameness,
George stood head and shoulders _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
above the fray, kept right on doing it his way, and we all loved him for it.
Now he's gone home.
He joins the ranks of the greatest of the great.
_ _ Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Hank Snow,
Earl Scruggs and Bill Monroe.
But as long as there's a country music, he will be remembered.
We're going to miss you, Mr.
Jones. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Softly and tenderly, [G] _ Jesus [D] is calling, _ _ _ [Bm] calling [E] for you [A] and for me. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] See on [C] the portal, _ _ [G] he's waiting _ and [D] watching, _ _ _ watching [G] _ [D] for you [A] and [D] for me. _ _ _
[A] _ [Bm] Come [A] _ home, _ _ _ _ [D] come home. _ _
_ _ _ [E] He who will rear me, [Em] come _ home.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Earnestly, [C] _
tenderly, _ [G] Jesus is [D] calling, _ _ _ calling, [G] oh [D]
sinner, _ [A] [D] come home.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] Why _ do we linger [C] when [G] Jesus is [D] waiting, _ _ [Bm] waiting _ for [E] you and [A] for me? _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] Why do [C] we take _ _ [G] any not his [D] _
mercies, _ _ mercies [G] [D] for you [A] and [D] for me? _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Bm] [A] Come home, come _ [F#m] home, [D] come home, come home.
[E] All ye who are weary, [Em] come _ _ _ [A]
home.
_ _ _ [D] _ Earnestly, [C] _
_ tenderly, [G] _ Jesus [D] is calling, _ _ calling, [G] [D] oh sinner, _ [A] [D] come home. _ _
_ [A] _ [Bm] [A] Come home, come home, _ [D] come _ _ _ _ home.
[E] All ye who _ are weary, _ [Em] come _ home.
[A] _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ Earnestly, _ [Am] _
[C] tenderly, _ [G] Jesus _ [D] is calling, _ _ _ _ calling, [G] [D] oh sinner, _ [A] [D] come home.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] He's calling, [G] _ [D]
oh sinner, _ _ [A] come home. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _