Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)
No Capo
Dedicated to my mom
Intro:
G# minorG#m 
C# minorC#m 
F#F# 
B/D#B/D#
G#m/D# 
C#6C#6 
C#C# F#F# 
E MajorE
B/D#B/D# C# minorC#m 
A augmentedA 
G#G#
C# minorC#m 
F#7F#7 C# minorC#m F#7F#7
C# minorC#m F#7F#7 C# minorC#m F#7F#7
Verse:
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
I heard she sang a good song,
B/D#B/D# E MajorE
I heard she had a style.
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
And so I came to see her
G# minorG#m G#m7/F#
And listen for a while.
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
And there she was this young girl,
BB 
D#D# 
D#7D#7
A augmentedA stranger to my eyes.
Chorus:
G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
Strumming my pain with her fingers,
F#F# F#7F#7 BB
Singing my life with her words,
G# minorG#m C#6C#6 C#C#
Killing me softly with her song,
F#F# E MajorE
Killing me softly with her song,
B/D#B/D# C# minorC#m
Telling my whole life with her words,
A augmentedA
Killing me softly
G#G#
With her song
Verse:
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
I felt all flushed with fever,
B/D#B/D# E MajorE
Embarrassed by the crowd,
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
I felt she found my letters
G# minorG#m G#m7/F#
And read each one out loud.
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
I prayed that she would finish
BB D#D# D#7D#7
But she just kept right on.
Chorus:
G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
Strumming my pain with her fingers,
F#F# F#7F#7 BB
Singing my life with her words,
G# minorG#m C#6C#6 C#C#
Killing me softly with her song,
F#F# E MajorE
Killing me softly with her song,
B/D#B/D# C# minorC#m
Telling my whole life with her words,
A augmentedA
Killing me softly
G#G#
With her song
Verse:
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
She sang as if she knew me
B/D#B/D# E MajorE
In all my dark despair
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
And then she looked right through me
G# minorG#m G#m7/F#
As if I wasn't there.
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
But she was very stranger,
BB D#D# D#7D#7
Singing clear and strong.
Chorus:
G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
Strumming my pain with her fingers,
F#F# F#7F#7 BB
Singing my life with her words,
G# minorG#m C#6C#6 C#C#
Killing me softly with her song,
F#F# E MajorE
Killing me softly with her song,
B/D#B/D# C# minorC#m
Telling my whole life with her words,
A augmentedA
Killing me softly
G#G#
With her song
Outro:
G# minorG#m C# minorC#m F#F# B/D#B/D#
G#m/D# C#6C#6 C#C# F#F# E MajorE
B/D#B/D# C# minorC#m
A augmentedA
Killing me softly
G#G#
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