| f | Killing Me Softly [Em] | f | Killing Me Softly [Em] |
| Roberta Flack | | Roberta Flack |
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| t | |Chorus: (Single Strums) | t | |Chorus: {blue}(Single Strums){/blue} |
| |[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers | | |[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers |
| |[D] Singing my life with his [G] words | | |[D] Singing my life with his [G] words |
| |[Em] Killing me softly with [A] his song | | |[Em] Killing me softly with [A] his song |
| |Killing me [D] softly with [C] his song | | |Killing me [D] softly with [C] his song |
| |Telling my [G] whole life with [C] his words | | |Telling my [G] whole life with [C] his words |
| |Killing me [F] softly... with his [E7] song | | |Killing me [F] softly... with his [E7] song |
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| Verse 1: | | Verse 1: |
| [Am] I heard he [D] sang a good song | | [Am] I heard he [D] sang a good song |
| [G] I heard he [C] had a style | | [G] I heard he [C] had a style |
| [Am] And so I [D] came to see him and [Em] listen for a while | | [Am] And so I [D] came to see him and [Em] listen for a while |
| [Am] And there he [D] was this young boy | | [Am] And there he [D] was this young boy |
| [G] A stranger [B7] to my eyes | | [G] A stranger [B7] to my eyes |
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| Chorus: | | Chorus: |
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| Verse 2: | | Verse 2: |
| [Am] I felt all [D] flushed with fever | | [Am] I felt all [D] flushed with fever |
| [G] Embarrassed [C] by the crowd | | [G] Embarrassed [C] by the crowd |
| [Am] I felt he [D] found my letters and [Em] read each one out loud | | [Am] I felt he [D] found my letters and [Em] read each one out loud |
| [Am] I prayed that [D] he would finish | | [Am] I prayed that [D] he would finish |
| [G] But he just [B7] kept right on | | [G] But he just [B7] kept right on |
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| |Chorus: | | |Chorus: |
| |[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers | | |[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers |
| |[D] Singing my life with his [G] words | | |[D] Singing my life with his [G] words |
| |[Em] Killing me softly with [A] his song | | |[Em] Killing me softly with [A] his song |
| |Killing me [D] softly with [C] his song | | |Killing me [D] softly with [C] his song |
| |Telling my [G] whole life with [C] his words | | |Telling my [G] whole life with [C] his words |
| |Killing me [F] softly... with his [E7] song | | |Killing me [F] softly... with his [E7] song |
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| Verse 3: | | Verse 3: |
| [Am] He sang as [D] if he knew me | | [Am] He sang as [D] if he knew me |
| [G] In all my [C] dark despair | | [G] In all my [C] dark despair |
| [Am] And then he [D] looked right through me as [Em] if I wasn’t there | | [Am] And then he [D] looked right through me as [Em] if I wasn’t there |
| [Am] And he just [D] kept on singing | | [Am] And he just [D] kept on singing |
| [G] Singing [B7] clear and strong... | | [G] Singing [B7] clear and strong... |
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| Chorus: | | Chorus: |