Killing Me Softly With His Song chords by Roberta Flack (Ver. 2)

Intro Chorus 1: 0:00
(play single quiet strum for each chord)
Em7                        Am7      D7                        G
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words,
Em                      A                   D           C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
           G                 C                    F       F          E      E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me softly,   With his song. (tacet)

Interlude: 0:31
                                  Ooooh
e|------------------|------------------|
B|----5-3-----5-3---|--5-3-------------|
G|----0-0-----0-0---|--0-0-------------|
D|-2--2-2-----2-2---|--2-2-------------|
A|-0----------------|---------0h2--0h2-|
E|------------------|------------------|
          (^snare)           (^snare)

   (louder) Dooo Dooo ooo ooo
e|------------------|------------------|
B|--3-5-3-----5-3---|--5-3-------------|
G|--0-0-0-----0-0---|--0-0-------------|
D|--2-2-2-----2-2---|--2-2-------------| (repeat 2 more times)
A|-0----------------|---------0h2--0h2-|
E|------------------|------------------|
          (^snare)           (^snare)

Verse 1: 0:48
Am7            D               G             C
  I heard he sang a good song,   I heard he had a style,
Am7          D                Em                  Em
  And so I came to see him to listen for a while,
Am7            D7                  G             B7
  And there he was this young boy,   A stranger to my eyes.

Chorus 2: 1:11
Em7                        Am7      D7                        G
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words,
Em                      A                   D           C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
           G                 C                    F       F          E      E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me softly,   With his song. (tacet)

Verse 2: 1:39
Am7             D                G              C
  I felt all flushed with fever,   Embarrassed by the crowd,
Am7           D                   Em               Em
  I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud,
Am7             D7              G              B7
  I prayed that he would finish,  But he just kept right on.

Chorus 2: 2:03
Em7                        Am7      D7                        G
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words,
Em                      A                   D           C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
           G                 C                    F       F          E      E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me softly,   With his song. (tacet)

Verse 3: 2:31
Am7            D            G            C
  He sang as if he knew me,   In all my dark despair,
Am7              D                       Em                 Em
  And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there,
Am7            D7              G           B7
  And he just kept on singing,   Singing clear and strong.

Chorus 3: 2:55
Em7                        Am7      D7                        G
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words,
Em                      A                   D           C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
           G                 C                    F       F          E      E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me softly,   With his song. (tacet)

Chorus 4: 3:22
Em7        Am7                  D7              G
   Ohh Ohh Ohh,    Ohh Ohh Ohh, Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh,
Em           A           D              C
La  La La La La La,  Ohh Ohh Ohh,   Ohh Ohh Ohh,
   G             C           F     F      E           E
La Ahh Ahh,  Ahh Ahh Ahh,                 Ah Ah\Ah Ah\Ah/Ah\Ah

Chorus 5: 3:49
Em7                        Am7      D7                        G
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words,
Em                      A                   D           C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
           G                 C                 F       F          E      E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me...                    (tacet)

Chorus 5: 4:16
      Em7                  Am7              D7         G
He was strumming my pain,      Yeah he was singing my life,
Em                      A                   D           C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
           G                 C                 F    F                E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me softly, With his song.

End: 4:45