C          C        F        C
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
Am          D           G  G
Calling for you and for me
C           C             F           C
See, on the portals, He's waiting and watching
Am       F   C       G   C  C
Watching for you and for me


[Chorus]
     G     G      C G C
Come home,   come ho--me
D          D7          G G7
Ye who are weary, come ho--me
C          C         F        C
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
Am       F  C       G    C    C C C
Calling, oh sinner, come home


[Verse 2]
C             C          F        C
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading
Am           D           G  G
Pleading for you and for me
C             C          F            C
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies
Am      F   C       G   C  C
Mercies for you and for me


[Chorus]
     G     G      C G C
Come home,   come ho--me
D          D7          G G7
Ye who are weary, come ho--me
C          C         F        C
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
Am       F  C       G    C    C C C
Calling, oh sinner, come home


[Verse 3]
C         C         F           C
O for the wonderful love He has promised
Am           D           G  G
Promised for you and for me
C              C              F         C
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon
Am     F   C       G   C  C
Pardon for you and for me


[Chorus]
     G     G      C G C
Come home,   come ho--me
D          D7          G G7
Ye who are weary, come ho--me
C          C         F        C
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
Am       F  C       G    C    C
Calling, oh sinner, come home