Killing me softly
C
I heard she sang a good song,
B
I
heard she had
E
a style,
C
And so I came to see her,
G#m
To
listen for a while . . .
C
And there she was this young girl,
B
A
stranger to
D#7
my
eyes . . .
G#m
Strummin'
my pain with her
C#m
fingers,
F#7
Singin'
my life with her w
B
ords,
B
Killing
me softly with
C#
her
song,
F#
Killing
me
E
softly, with her song,
B
Telling
my whole
E
life with her words,
G#sus
Killing
me softly,
G#
with
her song . . .
C
I felt all flushed with fever,
B
Embarrassed
by
E
the
crowd,
C
I felt she found my letters,
G#m
And
read each one aloud . . .
C
I prayed that she would finish,
B
But
she just k
D#7
ept
right on . . .
G#m
Strummin'
my pain with her
C#m
fingers,
F#7
Singin'
my life with her w
B
ords,
B
Killing
me softly with
C#
her
song,
F#
Killing
me
E
softly, with her song,
B
Telling
my whole
E
life with her words,
G#sus
Killing
me softly,
G#
with
her song . . .
C
She sang as if she knew me,
B
In
all my dark
E
despair,
C
And then she looked right through me,
G#m
As
if I wasn't there . . .
C
But she was there, this stranger,
B
Singing
clear
D#7
and
strong . . .
G#m
Strummin'
my pain with her
C#m
fingers,
F#7
Singin'
my life with her w
B
ords,
B
Killing
me softly with
C#
her
song,
F#
Killing
me
E
softly, with her song,
B
Telling
my whole
E
life with her words,
G#sus
Killing
me softly,
G#
with
her song . . .
G#sus
Killing
me softly,
G#
with
her song . . .