Softly as I Leave You( Story, Song and Lyrics) Chords

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_ _ _ _ [B] This next song is a song that [G] we, uh, I'll get to in just a minute.
[B] Uh, it's a song that, uh, [G] it's been around for a number of years,
but nobody's ever really known the true story behind it.
[Ab] And I happened to find out the story from some people down in Florida.
It's the story [Bb] of a man who's dying, [F] he's in the hospital,
_ _ [Ab] and his wife has been sitting by his bedside for three days and three nights. _
[C] And somewhere on the third day between [G] midnight [C] and day,
_ she laid down beside him and dozed off to sleep.
_ And he felt her when she dozed off to sleep,
and at the same time, he felt himself start to die.
_ And he didn't want [F] her to see him die.
_ _ So he took his [C] notepad from the side of the bed, and he wrote,
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_ [Dm] Softly, I will leave _
[G] _ _ [C] you, _
Softly, _ for _ [Gm]
my _ [C] heart would break,
If _ [F] you should wait and _ [C] see me go.
_ _ _ [Bb] So I leave _ [G] you, _ [Eb] softly,
_ _ _ [B] Long before you [Bb] _ _ [Eb] miss me,
_ _ [B] Long before your eyes
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Can _ [Ab] beg me stay
For one [Eb] more _ day.
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_ _ _ [Bb] After _
_ [G] _ all the [C]
years,
_ _ _ [F] I can't [G] bear _ [C] the _ _ [F] tears to fall.
_ _ So [Fm] softly, _ _ _ [F] _ _
I will _ [C] leave you there.
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[G] _ I will leave you.
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