| [Em] | [Am] | [D7] | [G] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strumming my pain with his | fingers. | Singing my life with his | words. |
| [Em] | [Am] | [D] | [C] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killing me softly with his | song. Killing me soft- | ly with | his song. |
| [G] | [C] | |
|---|---|---|
| Telling my | whole life with | his words. |
| [F] | [E] | |
|---|---|---|
| Killing me | softly, with his | song. |
| [Am7] | [D] | |
|---|---|---|
| I heard he | sang a good song. |
| [G] | [C] | |
|---|---|---|
| I heard he | had a style. |
| [Am7] | [D] | |
|---|---|---|
| And so I | came to see him, |
| [Em] | |
|---|---|
| and | listen for a while. |
| [Am7] | [D7] | |
|---|---|---|
| And there he | was this young boy, |
| [G] | [B7] | |
|---|---|---|
| a stranger | to my eyes. |
| [Em] | [Am] | [D7] | [G] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strumming my pain with his | fingers. | Singing my life with his | words. |
| [Em] | [Am] | [D] | [C] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killing me softly with | his song. Killing me soft- | ly with | his song. |
| [G] | [C] | |
|---|---|---|
| Telling my | whole life with | his words. |
| [F] | [E] | |
|---|---|---|
| Killing me | softly, with his | song. |
| [Am7] | [D] | |
|---|---|---|
| I felt all | flushed with fever, |
| [G] | [C] | |
|---|---|---|
| embarrassed | by the crowd. |
| [Am7] | [D] | |
|---|---|---|
| I felt he | found my letters |
| [Em] | |
|---|---|
| and | read each one out loud. |
| [Am7] | [D7] | |
|---|---|---|
| I prayed that | he would finish, |
| [G] | [B7] | |
|---|---|---|
| but he just | kept right on. |
| [Em] | [Am] | [D7] | [G] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strumming my pain with his | fingers. | Singing my life with his | words. |
| [Em] | [Am] | [D] | [C] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killing me softly with | his song. Killing me soft- | ly with his | song. |
| [G] | [C] | |
|---|---|---|
| Telling my | whole life with | his words. |
| [F] | [E] | |
|---|---|---|
| Killing me | softly, with his | song. |
| [Em] | [Am] | [D7] | [G] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strumming my pain with his | fingers. | Singing my life with his | words. |
| [Em] | [Am] | [D] | [C] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killing me softly with his | song. Killing me soft- | ly with | his song. |
| [G] | [C] | |
|---|---|---|
| Telling my | whole life with | his words. |
| [F] | [E] | |
|---|---|---|
| Killing me | softly, with his | song. |