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                             "Softly To Me"
                            (Bryan Maclean)

Intro:

	(electric guitar [dropped D], strumming pattern not shown):

	   Dm (xx0231@1) Dm9 (xx0210@1)                                   Dm6/9
	E-------0----------------0------------------0----0--------| (022100@1)	B-------1----0h1-0---0h1-0------0h1-0---0h1-0----0--------| (x2444x@1)	G-------2------2-2-2-2-2-2--------2-2-2-2-2-2----2--------| (320003@1)	D-3-----3------3-------------3----3---------3----3--------| (xx0232@1)	A-0-----0--------------------0--------------0----0--------| (x02220@1)	D-0-----0----------0---------0----0---------0----0--------| (xx0232@1)
	C/E (x3111x@5)      Cmaj7/E Dm9 (xx0210@1)             [2X]
	 / / / /  / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

Verse 1:

	C/E (x3111x@5)                                      Cmaj7/E [1: Dm6/9  2-4: Dm9]
	 I could love you more and more each day for amillion (x02210@1)years
	C/E (x3111x@5)                               Cmaj7/E    D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)And I'd sit around all day just crying happy tears

Chorus:

	              D (xx0232@1)             Dsus2 (xx0230@1)     D (xx0232@1)To [2: But] dance and sing my life away (life away)
	    Dsus4 (xx0233@1)  Dm9 (xx0210@1)         C/D (x5555x@1)             D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)And laughing with you, my darling, softly to me

	[1: Cmaj7/E            Dm9] (xx0210@1)	     / / / /  / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

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 (x24342@1)And my darling you will never know how elegant
	                      Amaj7[x06650] (x02120@1)	    you'll always be to me
	        Bmaj7 (x24342@1)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 (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)/ / / /   / / / /

	Dm9 (xx0210@1)     C/D* (x5555x@1)   Dm6/9       *       Dm6/9
	 / / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
	                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ bass tacit

	* rhythm guitar plays figure similar to intro

	C/E (x3111x@5)              Dm9 (xx0210@1)               [fade]
	 / / / /  / / / /   / / / /   / / / /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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