Killing Me Softly — Roberta Flack
Chords and lyrics for Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack (key of Am).
Chorus
[Em]Strumming my pain with his [Am]fingers
[D7]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song
Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song
Telling my [G]whole life with [C]his words
Killing me [Fmaj7]softly
with his [E]song
[Am7/D] [D] [Am7/D]Oooo [D]-ooo [Am7/D] oooo [D]-ooo [Am7/D]oooo [D]-ooo
Verse 1
[Am7] I heard he [D]sang a good song
[G] I heard he [C]had a style
[Am7] And so I [D]came to see him
to [Em]listen for a while
[Am7] And there he [D7]was, this young boy,
[G] a stranger [B7]to my eyes
Chorus
[Em]Strumming my pain with his [Am]fingers
[D7]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song
Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song
Telling my [G]whole life with [C]his words
Killing me [Fmaj7]softly
with his [E]song
Verse 2
[Am7] I felt all [D]flushed with fever,
[Gmaj7] embarrassed [C]by the crowd
[Am7] I felt he [D]found my letters
and [Em]read each one out loud
[Am7] I prayed that [D7]he would finish
[Gmaj7] but he just [B7]kept right on
Chorus
[Em]Strumming my pain with his [Am]fingers
[D7]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song
Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song
Telling my [G]whole life with [C]his words
Killing me [Fmaj7]softly
with his [E]song
Verse 3
[Am7] He sang as [D]if he knew me
[Gmaj7] in all my [C]dark despair
[Am7] And then he [D]looked right through me
as [Em]if I wasn't there
[Am7] And he just [D7]kept on singing
[Gmaj7] Singing [B7]clear and strong
Chorus
[Em]Strumming my pain with his [Am]fingers
[D7]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song
Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song
Telling my [G]whole life with [C]his words
Killing me [Fmaj7]softly
with his [E]song
Interlude
[Em] Ooooh oh [Am]ohhh
Oh oh oh [D7]ohhh oh oh oh [G]ohhh
[Em]La la la, la [A/C#]la la
Oh [D]oh oh oh [C]oh oh
[G]La [C]aaa ah [Fmaj7]aaaah
[E]La ah-ah ah-ah aah
Chorus
[Em]Strumming my pain with his [Am]fingers
[D7]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song
Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song
Telling my [G]whole life with [C]his words
Killing me [Fmaj7]softly
[E]
Ending
He was [Em]strumming my pain[Am]
Yeah, he was [D7]singing my [G]life
[Em]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song
Killing me [D]softly with [C]his song
Telling my [G]whole life with [C]his words
Killing [Fmaj7]me softly
with his [E]song
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