Killing Me Softly
- Words and music by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel.
- Sung by Roberta Flack, Fugees, Frank Sinatra, etc
Intro
[Em]
Chorus
[Em] [Am7] [D] [G]
Strumming my pain- with his fin-gers. singing my life- with his words-
[Em] [A/C#] [D]
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
[C] [G] [C]
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
[F] [E] [E] [Esus] [E]
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his so--ong. \
Instrumental
[D7sus] [D7] [D7sus] [D7] [D7sus] [D7] [D7sus] [D7]
Verse
[Am7] [D] [G] [C]
I heard he sang- a good song. I heard he had- a style.
[Am7] [D] [Em] [Em]
And so I came- to see him, to lis-ten for a while.
[Am7] [D7] [G] [B7]
And there he was- this young boy a stranger to- my eyes-^
Chorus
[Em] [Am7] [D] [G]
Strumming my pain- with his fin-gers. singing my life- with his words-
[Em] [A/C#] [D]
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
[C] [G] [C]
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
[F] [E] [E] [Esus] [E]
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his so--ong. \
Verse
[Am7] [D] [G] [C]
I felt all flushed- with fe-ver embarrassed by- the crowd.
[Am7] [D] [Em] [Em]
I felt he found- my let-ters and read- each one out loud.
[Am7] [D7] [G] [B7]
I prayed that he- would finish but he just kept- right on-^
Chorus
[Em] [Am7] [D] [G]
Strumming my pain- with his fin-gers. singing my life- with his words-
[Em] [A/C#] [D]
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
[C] [G] [C]
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
[F] [E] [E] [Esus] [E]
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his so--ong. \
Instrumental
Chorus
[Em] [C] [D] [G] [Em] [A/C#] [D]
[C] [G] [C] [F] [E] [E] [Esus] [E]
Verse
[Am7] [D] [G] [C]
He sang as if- knew me in all my dark- despair.
[Am7] [D] [Em] [Em]
And then he looked- right through me as if I wasn't there.
[Am7] [D7] [G] [B7]
And he just kept- on singing singing clear- and strong-^
1 [Chorus]
[Em] [Am7] [D] [G]
Strumming my pain- with his fin-gers. singing my life- with his words-
[Em] [A/C#] [D]
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
[C] [G] [C]
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
[F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [Esus] [E]
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his soong a ong a ong a onng
2 [Chorus]
[Em] [Am7] [D] [G] [Em] [A/C#] [D] [C] [G] [C]
Whoa------ whoa--- la la la la la- la. Whoa- la-- Whoa- la---
[F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E]
la la lala woa \ lah a lah a\ lah a lah a ahhhh
3[Chorus]
[Em] [Am7] [D] [G]
Strumming my pain- with his fin-gers. singing my life- with his words-
[Em] [A/C#] [D]
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
[C] [G] [C]
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
[F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [Esus] [E]
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his soong a ong a ong a onng
4[Chorus]
[Em] [Am7/E] [D/A] [G]
"He was Strumming my Pa-in, yeahh -Singing my Li-fe, woah-ah"
[Em] [A/C#] [D]
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
[C] [G] [C]
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
[F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [Esus] [E]
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his soong a ong a ong a onng
