Chords for Dee Dee Bridgewater - Killing me Softly

_ Strumming my pain [Bbm] with his fingers
_ [Eb] Singing my life with his [Ab] _
words
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with his song
[Db]
Telling [Ab] my whole life with [Db] his words
Killing [F] me softly
_ [Gb] _ _
With [C] his song _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ heard [G] he sang a good [Ab] song
I heard he had the [Bbm] style
And so [Eb] I came to see him
[Fm] To listen for a while _
_ [Bbm] _ And there [Db] he was, this [Eb] young [Ab] boy
A stranger [C] to my [Fm] eyes
Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers _
_ [Eb] Singing my life with [Ab] his words
_ [Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing me [Eb] softly _ [Ab] with his [Db] song
Telling my whole [Ab] life with his words
Killing me [Gb] softly _ _
With [C] his _ song
[F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ I felt a [Db] flush [Eb] with his [Gm] eye
_ [Ab] Embarrassed by the crowd
_ [Bbm] _ I [Eb] felt he found my [Fm] letters
And read each one out [Eb] loud _
[Fm] _ _ [Bbm] I prayed that [Eb] he would [Ab] finish
But he [C] just kept right on
[Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
_ [Eb] Singing my life with his [Ab] words
_ [Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his song
Telling my [Ab] whole life [Db] with his words
Killing [Gb] me softly _ _ _
With [C] his song _ _ _ _
[Bbm] He _ sang [Eb] as if he [G] knew [G] me
In [Ab] all my [Fm] dark despair
[Bbm] _ And then he [Eb] looked right through me
[Fm] As if [Cm] I [Eb] was not [Db] there
But he was [Eb] there, this stranger
[Ab] _ Singing [C] clear and strong
[Cm] Strumming my pain with his [Bbm] fingers _
[Eb] Singing my life with his _ words
[Fm] Killing me softly with [Bb] his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song
Telling my [Ab] whole life with [Db] his words
Killing [Gb] me softly
_ _ With his [F] _ song _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Fm] La la _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] la _ la [Gb] la
_ [Gb] _ La _ _
[C] _ _ la _ _ [Fm] la la la
Strumming [Ab] my pain with his [Bbm] fingers _
[Eb] Singing my life with his [Ab] words
[G] _
Killing [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing me [Eb] softly with [Db] his song
Telling my [Ab] whole life with his [Db] words
Killing [Gb] me softly
_ _ [Abm] With [F] his song _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _