Killing me Softly
Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel / Roberta Flack (1972)
| Em | Am | D7 | G | G/F# |
| Strumming my pain with my | fingers. | singing my life with his | words. | |
| Em | A | D | C |
| Killing me softly with | his song. Killing me | softly with | his song. |
| G | C/G | Esus4 | E |
Telling my | whole life with | his words. Killing me | softly - with his | song. |
| Am7 | | D | G | | C |
| | I heard he | sang the good song, | | I heard he | had a style. |
| Am7 | | D | | | Em |
| | And so I | came to see him | | and | listen for a while. |
| Am7 | | D7 | G | | B7 |
| | And there he | was a young boy | | a stranger | to my eyes. |
| Em | Am | D7 | G | G/F# |
| Strumming my pain with my | fingers. | singing my life with his | words. | |
| Em | A | D | C |
| Killing me softly with | his song. Killing me | softly with | his song. |
| G | C/G | Esus4 | E |
Telling my | whole life with | his words. Killing me | softly - with his | song. |
| Am7 | | D | G | | C |
| | I felt all | flushed with fever | | embarrassed | by the crowd. |
| Am7 | | D | | | Em |
| | I felt he | found my letters | | and | read each one out loud. |
| Am7 | | D7 | G | | B7 |
| | I prayed that | he would finish | | but he | just kept right on. |
| Em | Am | D7 | G | G/F# |
| Strumming my pain with my | fingers. | singing my life with his | words. | |
| Em | A | D | C |
| Killing me softly with | his song. Killing me | softly with | his song. |
| G | C/G | Esus4 | E |
Telling my | whole life with | his words. Killing me | softly - with his | song. |
| Am7 | | D | G | | C |
| | He sang as | if knew me | | in all my | dark despair. |
| Am7 | | D | | | 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 |
| Em | Am | D7 | G | G/F# |
| Strumming my pain with my | fingers. | singing my life with his | words. | |
| Em | A | D | C |
| Killing me softly with | his song. Killing me | softly with | his song. |
| G | C/G | Esus4 | E |
Telling my | whole life with | his words. Killing me | softly - with his | song. |
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