Chords with lyrics
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Roberta Flack
Chorus:
E minorEm 
A minorAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7D7 
G+G
singing my life with his words
E minorEm 
A augmentedA
killing me softly with his song
D MajorD 
C majorC
killing me softly with his song
G+G C majorC
telling my whole life with his words.
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Killing me softly
E MajorE
with his song.
Instrumental Break:
Am7Am7 D MajorD - Am7Am7 D MajorD - Am7Am7 D MajorD - Am7Am7 D MajorD
Verse:
Am7Am7 D MajorD
I heard he sang a good song
G+G C majorC
I heard he had a style
Am7Am7 D MajorD
and so I came to see him
E minorEm
and listen for a while.
Am7Am7 D7D7
And there he was this young boy
G+G 
B7B7
a stranger to my eyes.
Chorus:
E minorEm A minorAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7D7 G+G
singing my life with his words
E minorEm A augmentedA
killing me softly with his song
D MajorD C majorC
killing me softly with his song
G+G C majorC
telling my whole life with his words.
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Killing me softly
E MajorE
with his song.
Verse:
Am7Am7 D MajorD
I felt all flushed with fever
G+G C majorC
embarrassed by the crowd.
Am7Am7 D MajorD
I felt he found my letters
E minorEm
and read each one out loud.
Am7Am7 D7D7
I prayed that he would finish
G+G B7B7
but he just kept right on.
Chorus:
E minorEm A minorAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7D7 G+G
singing my life with his words
E minorEm A augmentedA
killing me softly with his song
D MajorD C majorC
killing me softly with his song
G+G C majorC
telling my whole life with his words.
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Killing me softly
E MajorE
with his song.
Verse:
Am7Am7 D MajorD
He sang as if he knew me
G+G C majorC
in all my dark despair.
Am7Am7 D MajorD
And then he looked right through me
E minorEm
as if I wasn't there.
Am7Am7 D7D7
And he just kept on singing
G+G B7B7
singing clear and strong.
Chorus:
E minorEm A minorAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7D7 G+G
singing my life with his words
E minorEm A augmentedA
killing me softly with his song
D MajorD C majorC
killing me softly with his song
G+G C majorC
telling my whole life with his words.
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Killing me softly
E MajorE
with his song.
E minorEm A minorAm D7D7 G+G
Ohhhhh, Ohhhhhh
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD C majorC
La La La La La La, Ohhhh Ohhhhhh
G+G C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 E MajorE
Lahhhhh Lahhhh
Chorus:
E minorEm A minorAm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7D7 G+G
singing my life with his words
E minorEm A augmentedA
killing me softly with his song
D MajorD C majorC
killing me softly with his song
G+G C majorC
telling my whole life with his words.
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Killing me softly
E MajorE
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