Softly To Me
(Bryan Maclean)

Last Update: 03. oktober 2003

PLEASE NOTE
This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.

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:

   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 ]
             / / / /  / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

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
        / / / /   / / / / 

   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