Chorus
[Em] [Am]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
[D7] [G]
Singing my life with his words
[Em] [A/C#]
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
[Am7/D] [D] [Am7/D] [D] [Am7/D] [D] [Am7/D] [D]
Oooo -ooo oooo -ooo oooo -ooo
Verse 1
[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]
to 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/C#]
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 2
[Am7] [D]
I felt all flushed with fever,
[Gmaj7] [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
[Gmaj7] [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/C#]
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 3
[Am7] [D]
He sang as if he knew me
[Gmaj7] [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
[Gmaj7] [B7]
Singing clear and strong
Chorus
[Em] [Am]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
[D7] [G]
Singing my life with his words
[Em] [A/C#]
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
Interlude
[Em] [Am]
Ooooh oh ohhh
[D7] [G]
Oh oh oh ohhh oh oh oh ohhh
[Em] [A/C#]
La la la, la la la
[D] [C]
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
[G] [C] [Fmaj7]
La aaa ah aaaah
[E]
La ah-ah ah-ah aah
Chorus
[Em] [Am]
Strumming my pain with his fingers
[D7] [G]
Singing my life with his words
[Em] [A/C#]
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]
Ending
[Em] [Am]
He was strumming my pain
[D7] [G]
Yeah, he was singing my life
[Em] [A/C#]
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
