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Killing Me Softly with His Song

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Roberta Flack

Version
studio
published by
inthisworld
Tone
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Slide
A -> La
Video
[Capo on 1]
Chords
	 
[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.
[Instrumental]
Am7/D D Am7/D D Am7/D D Am7/D 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
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]
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]
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.
Em Am
Ooooh oh ohhh
D7 G
Oh 0h 0h ohhh oh 0h 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
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
[Outro]
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.