[Chorus]
Fm A#m
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D#7 G#
singing my life with his words
Fm A#
killing me softly with his song
D# C#
killing me softly with his song
G# C#
telling my whole life with his words.
Fsus4
Killing me softly
F
with his song.
[Verse]
A#m7 D#
I heard he sang a good song
G# C#
I heard he had a style
A#m7 D#
and so I came to see him
Fm
to listen for a while.
A#m7 D#7
And there he was this young boy
G# C7
a stranger to my eyes.
[Chorus]
Fm A#m
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D#7 G#
singing my life with his words
Fm A#
killing me softly with his song
D# C#
killing me softly with his song
G# C#
telling my whole life with his words.
Fsus4
Killing me softly
F
with his song.
[Verse]
A#m7 D#
I felt all flushed with fever
G# C#
embarrassed by the crowd.
A#m7 D#
I felt he found my letters
Fm
and read each one out loud.
A#m7 D#7
I prayed that he would finish
G# C7
but he just kept right on.
[Chorus]
Fm A#m
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D#7 G#
singing my life with his words
Fm A#
killing me softly with his song
D# C#
killing me softly with his song
G# C#
telling my whole life with his words.
Fsus4
Killing me softly
F
with his song.
[Verse]
A#m7 D#
He sang as if he knew me
G# C#
in all my dark despair.
A#m7 D#
And then he looked right through me
Fm
as if I wasn't there.
A#m7 D#7
And he just kept on singing
G# C7
singing clear and strong.
[Chorus]
Fm A#m
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D#7 G#
singing my life with his words
Fm A#
killing me softly with his song
D# C#
killing me softly with his song
G# C#
telling my whole life with his words.
Fsus4
Killing me softly
F
with his song.
Fm A#m
Ooooh oooh,
D#7 G#
Ooooh, ooooh
Fm A#
La la la, la la la
D# C#
Ooooh oooh
G# C# Fsus4
Laaaaah...
F
Laaaaaaah
Fm A#m
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D#7 G#
singing my life with his words
Fm A#
killing me softly with his song
D# C#
killing me softly with his song
G# C#
telling my whole life with his words.
Fsus4
Killing me softly
F
[Ending]
Fm A#m
He was strumming my pain
D#7 G#
Yeah, he was singing my life
Fm A#
killing me softly with his song
D# C#
killing me softly with his song
G# C#
telling my whole life with his words.
Fsus4
Killing me softly
F
with his song.
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