Chords for Elvis Presley - Softly, As I Leave You

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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 was 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 laid down beside him and dozed off to sleep. _ _ _
Well, he felt her when she dozed off to sleep, [C] _ _
and at the same time [Fm] he felt himself start [C] to die.
[G] _ [C] _
_ _ So he didn't want her to see him _ [Fm] pass [C] away. _ _ _ _
_ So he took his notepad from the side of the bed and he wrote_
Softly, _ [Dm] _ I [G] will leave [C] you, softly, _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ for [G] my heart [C] will break.
If you should _ _
[Fm] _ wake, and see [C] me go, _ _ [D] [G] so _ _ _ I leave you.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ Softly, [Ab] long [Gb] before _
_ _ [Eb] you miss me, long [Ab] before your _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ arms can [Ab] beg me stay.
For _ _ [Cm] _
one more hour, _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ after all the [Dm] years. _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] I can't bear the [G] tears, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ [D]
so _ softly, _ _ _ _ _ _ I will _ _ [C]
leave [Bm] them.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ I [G] will _ leave _
[Cm] _ you.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Thank you, Lord Cain.
Thank you very much. _ _ _ _
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