Killing me softly

                         Roberta Flack


Chorus:

Em                            Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D                           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.
            Fmaj7
Killing me softly
          E
with his song.

Am          D
I heard he sang a good song
Am          D
I heard he had a style
Am        D
and so I came to see him
    Em
and listen for a while.
Am           D
And there he was this young boy
G          B7
a stranger to my eyes.


(Chorus)
Em                            Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D                           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.
            Fmaj7
Killing me softly
          E
with his song.


Am          D
I felt all flushed with fever
Am          D
embarrassed by the crowd.
Am          D
I felt he found my letters
    Em
and read each one out loud.
Am           D
I prayed that he would finish
G          B7
but he just kept right on.

(Chorus)
Em                            Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D                           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.
            Fmaj7
Killing me softly
          E
with his song.

Am          D
He sang as if he knew me
Am          D
in all my dark despair.
Am          D
And then he looked right through me
   Em
as if I wasn't there.
Am           D
And he just kept on singing
G          B7
singing clear and strong.

(Chorus)
Em                            Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D                           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.
            Fmaj7
Killing me softly
          E
with his song.