Killing Me Softly Fugees
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:39:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jeffrey Thomas Doyle
Subject: TAB: "Killing me softly" "Fugees" chords+tab+lyrics
corrections by: KiloKyle@aol.com
I loved this song, thought it was a good tab, but the chords weren't there,
so now you can pplay both at once :) plus all this stuff at the top is
annoying, so cut down, Reach me to bitch, praise at: KiloKyle@aol.com
This is the Fugee's version of "Killing Me Softly" which is by Charles Fox,
and the lyrics are by Norman Gimbel. I tabbed along with the melody,
so it includes all the "whoas" and other voice effects. If I have
forgotten any, please let me now because I don't have this song on tape, so
I'm doing it from memory. Crystal Doyle:)
P.S. This isn't written in time, so you'll have to figure out the rhythm
yourself. Killing Me Softly
Part A (Verse 1): (for verses 2 and 3, play the same melody, but substitute
the words.
[Am7] [D] [G] [C]
E-----------1-- ----------- -1------------ ------- B-1--2--4------ 4--------4- ---4---2---1-- -2----- G-------------- ----3------ -------------- ----1--
I heard he sang a good song I heard he had a style
[Am7] [D] [Em]
E----------1-- ---1---3---3- -4---3---1-----1--4--1- B--1--2-4----- -4----------- ------------4---------- G------------- ------------- -----------------------
and so I came to see him to lis-ten for a whi-i-ile
[Am7] [D7] [G] [B7]
E-4---1---------- -------------- ----------0- 0--1--3- B----------2---1- -------1----2- 4------4---- -------- G---------------- --3----------- ------------ --------
And there he was this young boy stran-ger to my ey-es
Part B (Chorus):
[Em] [Am] [D7] [G]
E--4----4---4---4----1----------- ---- -3----3--3---3-- B--------------------------1---4-- -2-- ---------------- G--------------------------------- ---- ----------------
Strum-ming my pain with his fin-gers Sing-ing my life
[G] [A]
E--------------- -----------------1---4----3- B--4---------1-- -1----1--1---1-------------- G-------3------- ----------------------------
with his words Kill-ing me soft-ly with his
[D] [C]
[G]
E-1-----6----6---6---6-- -4----3------ --3- -1----1---4---1-- B----------------------- -----------4- ---- ----------------- G----------------------- ------------- ---- -----------------
song, kill-ing me soft- ly with his song Tell-ing my whole
[C] [Esus4] [E]
E---- -------------- --------------------- -------- ----- B-4-- --1---4----2-- -2----2--1----------- -------- ----- G---- -------------- ------------5---3---3 --3---3- -5---
life with his words kill-ing me so-oft-ly with his song.
Go to next verse, after third verse play "song" like this:
Part C:
E------------------------- B------------------------- G-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-
soooooooooooooooooooooong
Then play this:
E--4---3--1--3--1--3--4--3--4--3--1------------------- B------------------------------------4--6--4--2---4--6 G----------------------------------------------------- whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa-oa Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah E-------------------- ---------- -------- B-9--9--9--8--8--8--- -11---9--8 -4--8--6 G-------------------6 ---------- -------- La-la-la-la-la-la-la whoa-oa-oa Ah-ah-ah E---------- -------------------------------- B--9---6--4 -1--6--4--2--1-----1------------ G---------- ----------------3-----3--3----3- whoa-oa-oa Ah-ah-ah-ah-uh-oa-oa-oo with his
(play part c)Then play part b (the chorus) again, and end it there.
Verse 2:
I felt all flushed with fever, embarassed by the crowd,
I felt he found my letters and read each one aloud.
I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on.
Verse 3:
He sang as if he knew me, in all my dark despair.
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there.
But he was there this stranger singing clear strong.
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