Verse
[Am] [D] [G] [C]
I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style
[Am] [D] [Em]
And so I came to see him, to listen for a while
[Am] [D] [G] [B7]
And there he was, this young boy, a stranger to my eyes
Chorus
[Em] [Am]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
[D] [G]
Singing my life with his words
[Em] [A]
Killing me softly with his song
[D] [C]
Killing me softly with his song
[G] [C]
Telling my whole life with his words
[F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E]
Killing me softly with his song
Verse
[Am] [D] [G] [C]
I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd
[Am] [D] [Em]
I felt he'd found my letters and read each one out loud
[Am] [D] [G] [B7]
I prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on
Chorus
[Em] [Am]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
[D] [G]
Singing my life with his words
[Em] [A]
Killing me softly with his song
[D] [C]
Killing me softly with his song
[G] [C]
Telling my whole life with his words
[F] [C]
Killing me softly with his song
Bridge
[Em] [A]
La la la la la laaa laa la la la la
[D] [G]
La la la la la laaa laa la la la la
[Em] [A]
La la la la la laaa laa la la la la
[D] [C]
La la la la la laaa laa la la la la
[G] [C]
La la la la la laaa laa la la la la
[F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E]
La la la la la Hey yay Hey ya hey ya
Chorus
[Em] [Am]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
[D] [G]
Singing my life with his words
[Em] [A]
Killing me softly with his song
[D] [C]
Killing me softly with his song
[G] [C]
Telling my whole life with his words
[F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E]
Killing me with his song
