Chords with lyrics
Verse:
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 G# minorG#m
A augmentedA stranger to my eyes.
Chorus:
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# minorC#m
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# minorG#m
With her song
Verse:
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 G# minorG#m
But she just kept right on.
Chorus:
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# minorC#m
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# minorG#m
With her song
Verse:
C# minorC#m 
F# minorF#m
She sang as if he 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 just came to singing,
BB G# minorG#m
Singing clear and strong.
Chorus:
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# minorC#m
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# minorG#m
With her song
Other versions of Killing Me Softly
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Killing me softly (Ver. 2) by Frank Sinatra
