Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack
[Intro Cborus 1] 0:00
(play single quiet strum for each chord)
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D7]Singing my life with his w[G]ords,
[Em]Killing me softly with h[A]is song, Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song,
Telling my [G]whole life, With h[C]is words, Killing me [F]softly, [F] With his [E]song. ([E]tacet)
[Interlude] 0:31
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(louder) Dooo Dooo ooo ooo
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[Verse 1] 0:48
[Am7] I heard he sa[D]ng a good song, [G] I heard he h[C]ad a style,
[Am7] And so I ca[D]me to see him to [Em]listen for a while,[Em]
[Am7] And there he [D7]was this young boy, [G] A stranger t[B7]o my eyes.
[Cborus 2] 1:11
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D7]Singing my life with his w[G]ords,
[Em]Killing me softly with h[A]is song, Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song,
Telling my [G]whole life, With h[C]is words, Killing me [F]softly, [F] With his [E]song. ([E]tacet)
[Verse 2] 1:39
[Am7] I felt all flu[D]shed with fever, [G] Embarrassed b[C]y the crowd,
[Am7] I felt he fo[D]und my letters and r[Em]ead each one out [Em]loud,
[Am7] I prayed that [D7]he would finish,[G] But he just k[B7]ept right on.
[Cborus 2] 2:03
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D7]Singing my life with his w[G]ords,
[Em]Killing me softly with h[A]is song, Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song,
Telling my [G]whole life, With h[C]is words, Killing me [F]softly, [F] With his [E]song. ([E]tacet)
[Verse 3] 2:31
[Am7] He sang as if[D] he knew me, [G] In all my d[C]ark despair,
[Am7] And then he loo[D]ked right through me as [Em]if I wasn't there,[Em]
[Am7] And he just k[D7]ept on singing, [G] Singing cl[B7]ear and strong.
[Cborus 3] 2:55
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D7]Singing my life with his w[G]ords,
[Em]Killing me softly with h[A]is song, Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song,
Telling my [G]whole life, With h[C]is words, Killing me [F]softly, [F] With his [E]song. ([E]tacet)
[Cborus 4] 3:22
[Em7] Ohh Ohh [Am7]Ohh, Ohh Ohh Ohh, [D7]Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh [G]Ohh,
[Em]La La La La [A]La La, Ohh [D]Ohh Ohh, Ohh [C]Ohh Ohh,
La [G]Ahh Ahh, Ahh [C]Ahh Ahh, [F] [F] [E]Ah Ah\Ah Ah\[E]Ah/Ah\Ah
[Cborus 5] 3:49
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D7]Singing my life with his w[G]ords,
[Em]Killing me softly with h[A]is song, Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song,
Telling my [G]whole life, With h[C]is words, Killing [F]me... [F] [E] ([E]tacet)
[Cborus 5] 4:16
He was[Em7] strumming my pain, [Am7] Yeah he was s[D7]inging my l[G]ife,
[Em]Killing me softly with h[A]is song, Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song,
Telling my [G]whole life, With h[C]is words, Killing [F]me so[F]ftly, With his so[E]ng.
[End] 4:45
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