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.
