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.
          F
Killing me softly
         E
with his song.

[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
and listen for a while.
Am7          D7
And there was this young boy
G          B7
a stranger to my eyes.

[Refrain]
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.
          F
Killing me softly
         E
with his song.

[Verse 2]
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.

[Refrain]
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.
          F
Killing me softly
         E
with his song.

[Verse 3]
Am7        D
He sang as if he knew me
G         C
in all my dark despair.
Am7        D
And the he looked right trough me
   Em
as if I wasn´t there.
Am7         D7
And he just kept on singing
G       B7
singing clear and strong.

[Refrain]
Em                         Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7                       G
Singing my life with his words
Em                      A
Killing me softly with his song

[Outro]
           D          C
Killing me softly with his song
           G          C
Telling my whole life with his words.
          F
Killing me softly
         E
with his song.