Chords with lyrics
Intro: G# minorG#m C# minorC#m F#F# BB
G# minorG#m C#C# F#F# E MajorE
BB E MajorE A augmentedA G#7G#7
C# minorC#m F#F#
C# minorC#m F#F#
I heard she sang a good song
BB E MajorE
I heard she had a style
C# minorC#m F#F#
And so i came to see her
G# minorG#m
And listen for a while
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
And there she was this young girl
BB D#7D#7
A augmentedA stranger to my eyes
G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
Strumming my pain with her fingers
F#F# BB
Singing my life with her words
G# minorG#m C#C#
Killing me softly with her song
F#F# E MajorE
Killing me softly with her song
BB E MajorE
Telling my whole life with her words
A augmentedA
Killing me softly
G#G#
With her song
C# minorC#m F#F#
I felt all flushed with fever
BB E MajorE
Embarrassed by the crowd
C# minorC#m F#F#
I felt she found my letters
G# minorG#m
And read each one out loud
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
I prayed that she would finish
BB D#7D#7
But she just kept right on
G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
Strumming my pain with her fingers
F#F# BB
Singing my life with her words
G# minorG#m C#C#
Killing me softly with her song
F#F# E MajorE
Killing me softly with her song
BB E MajorE
Telling my whole life with her words
A augmentedA
Killing me softly
G#G#
With her song
C# minorC#m F#F#
She sang as if she knew me
BB E MajorE
In all my dark despair
C# minorC#m F#F#
And then she looked right through me
G# minorG#m
As if i wasn't there
C# minorC#m F#7F#7
But she was there with a stranger
BB D#7D#7
Singing clear and strong
G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
Strumming my pain with her fingers
F#F# BB
Singing my life with her words
G# minorG#m C#C#
Killing me softly with her song
F#F# E MajorE
Killing me softly with her song
BB E MajorE
Telling my whole life with her words
A augmentedA
Killing me softly
G#G#