Killing Me Softly with His Song

	 
[Ritornello]
MIm                        LAm 
Strumming my pain with his fingers 
RE7                      SOL 
singing my life with his words 
MIm                    LA/DO# 
killing me softly with his song 
           RE          DO 
killing me softly with his song 
           SOL             DO 
telling my whole life with his words.
 
telling my whole life with his words. 
           FAmaj7 
Killing me softly 
         MI 
with his song.
[Strumentale]
LAm7/RE RE    LAm7/RE   RE     LAm7/RE     RE     LAm7/RE    RE
[Versetto]
LAm7           RE 
    I heard he sang a good song 
SOL          DO 
  I heard he had a style 
LAm7        RE 
   and so I came to see him 
   MIm 
to listen for a while. 
LAm7             RE7 
    And there he was this young boy 
SOL           SI7 
   a stranger to my eyes.
[Ritornello]
MIm                        LAm 
Strumming my pain with his fingers 
RE7                      SOL 
singing my life with his words 
MIm                    LA/DO# 
killing me softly with his song 
           RE          DO 
killing me softly with his song 
           SOL             DO 
telling my whole life with his words.
 
telling my whole life with his words. 
           FAmaj7 
Killing me softly 
         MI 
with his song.
[Versetto]
LAm7          RE 
   I felt all flushed with fever 
SOLmaj7          DO 
     embarrassed by the crowd. 
LAm7         RE 
   I felt he found my letters 
    MIm 
and read each one out loud. 
LAm7             RE7 
   I prayed that he would finish 
SOLmaj7           SI7 
      but he just kept right on.
[Ritornello]
MIm                        LAm 
Strumming my pain with his fingers 
RE7                      SOL 
singing my life with his words 
MIm                    LA/DO# 
killing me softly with his song 
           RE          DO 
killing me softly with his song 
           SOL             DO 
telling my whole life with his words.
 
telling my whole life with his words. 
           FAmaj7 
Killing me softly 
         MI 
with his song.
[Versetto]
LAm7          RE 
   He sang as if he knew me 
SOLmaj7      DO 
   in all my dark despair. 
LAm7            RE 
    And then he looked right through
 me 
    And then he looked right through me 
   MIm 
as if I wasn't there. 
LAm7           RE7 
   And he just kept on singing 
SOLmaj7       SI7 
      singing clear and strong.
[Ritornello]
MIm                        LAm 
Strumming my pain with his fingers 
RE7                      SOL 
singing my life with his words 
MIm                    LA/DO# 
killing me softly with his song 
           RE          DO 
killing me softly with his song 
           SOL             DO 
telling my whole life with his words.
 
telling my whole life with his words. 
           FAmaj7 
Killing me softly 
         MI 
with his song. 
MIm         LAm 
   Ooooh oh ohhh 
         RE7            SOL 
Oh 0h 0h ohhh  oh 0h oh ohhh 
MIm          LA/DO# 
La la la, la la la 
   RE        DO 
Oh oh oh  oh oh oh 
SOL DO      FAmaj7 
La  aaa ah  aaaah                   
MI 
La ah ah ah ah aah  
MIm                        LAm 
Strumming my pain with his fingers 
RE7                      SOL 
singing my life with his words 
MIm                    LA/DO# 
killing me softly with his song 
           RE          DO 
killing me softly with his song 
           SOL             DO 
telling my whole life with his words.
 
telling my whole life with his words. 
           FAmaj7 
Killing me softly  
MI
[Outro]
       MIm                LAm 
He was strumming my pain 
             RE7        SOL 
Yeah, he was singing my life 
MIm                    LA/DO# 
killing me softly with his song 
           RE          DO 
killing me softly with his song 
           SOL             DO 
telling my whole life with his words.
 
telling my whole life with his words. 
        FAmaj7 
Killing me softly 
         MI 
with his song.