Killing Me Softly With His Song
Roberta Flack
Chorus
[Em] [Am]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
[D7] [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.
[Fmaj7]
Killing me softly
[E]
with his song.
[Instrumental Break]
[Am7] [D] - [Am7] [D] - [Am7] [D] - [Am7] [D]
Verse
[Am7] [D]
I heard he sang a good song
[G] [C]
I heard he had a style
[Am7] [D]
and so I came to see him
[Em]
and listen for a while.
[Am7] [D7]
And there he was this young boy
[G] [B7]
a stranger to my eyes.
Chorus
[Em] [Am]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
[D7] [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.
[Fmaj7]
Killing me softly
[E]
with his song.
Verse
[Am7] [D]
I felt all flushed with fever
[G] [C]
embarrassed by the crowd.
[Am7] [D]
I felt he found my letters
[Em]
and read each one out loud.
[Am7] [D7]
I prayed that he would finish
[G] [B7]
but he just kept right on.
Chorus
[Em] [Am]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
[D7] [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.
[Fmaj7]
Killing me softly
[E]
with his song.
Verse
[Am7] [D]
He sang as if he knew me
[G] [C]
in all my dark despair.
[Am7] [D]
And then he looked right through me
[Em]
as if I wasn't there.
[Am7] [D7]
And he just kept on singing
[G] [B7]
singing clear and strong.
Chorus
[Em] [Am]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
[D7] [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.
[Fmaj7]
Killing me softly
[E]
with his song.
[Em] [Am] [D7] [G]
Ohhhhh, Ohhhhhh
[Em] [A] [D] [C]
La La La La La La, Ohhhh Ohhhhhh
[G] [C] [Fmaj7] [E]
Lahhhhh Lahhhh
Chorus
[Em] [Am]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
[D7] [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.
[Fmaj7]
Killing me softly
[E]
with his song
(repeat)
