Chords for Georgeana Bonow - Killing Me Softly (Bossa Nova Cover)
Tempo:
113.9 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
G#
E
A
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F#] I
[Bm] [E] heard he sang a good song I [D] heard he had a style
[Bm] And so [E] I came to see [A] him To listen [Gm] for a while
[C]
[Bm] And there [G#] he [E] was, this young boy [B] Stranger to my [F#m] eyes
Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers
[D] Singing my [E] life [C#] with his words
[E] [A] Killing me softly [D#] with his [G#] song Killing [C#m] me softly [Bm] with his song
[A]
Telling my whole life [G#] with his words Killing [G] me softly with [E] his song
[F#] I [Bm] felt [G#] all flushed with fever [A] Embarrassed by the crowd
[Bm] I felt [G#] he found my letters [F#m] And read each [F#] one of them loud
[Bm] I prayed [G#] that [E] he would [C#m] finish But he [B] just kept right [F#m] on
And there he was, this young boy Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers
[G#] Singing my life [C#] with his [A] words [C#m] Killing [F#m] me softly with his [G#] song
Killing [C#m] me softly [Bm] with his song Telling [A] my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly with [E] his song [F#] He
[Bm] sang [G#] as if he knew [A] me
In all my dark despair
[Bm] And then [G#] he looked right through me
[F#m] As if I [F#] wasn't [A#] there [Bm] And he [E] just kept on singing
[C#m] Singing [B] clear and [G#] strong [F#m] Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers
[E] Singing my life [C#] with his [A] words [E] [C#m] Killing [F#m] me softly with his [G#] song
Killing [C#m] me softly [Bm] with his song [A] Telling my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly with [B] his song
[G#m] [G]
[F#m] Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers [G#] Singing [A] my life with
[C#m] [F#m] his words
[G#] Killing [C#m] me softly [Bm] with his song [A] Telling my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly with [E] his song
[C#m]
[Bm] [E] heard he sang a good song I [D] heard he had a style
[Bm] And so [E] I came to see [A] him To listen [Gm] for a while
[C]
[Bm] And there [G#] he [E] was, this young boy [B] Stranger to my [F#m] eyes
Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers
[D] Singing my [E] life [C#] with his words
[E] [A] Killing me softly [D#] with his [G#] song Killing [C#m] me softly [Bm] with his song
[A]
Telling my whole life [G#] with his words Killing [G] me softly with [E] his song
[F#] I [Bm] felt [G#] all flushed with fever [A] Embarrassed by the crowd
[Bm] I felt [G#] he found my letters [F#m] And read each [F#] one of them loud
[Bm] I prayed [G#] that [E] he would [C#m] finish But he [B] just kept right [F#m] on
And there he was, this young boy Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers
[G#] Singing my life [C#] with his [A] words [C#m] Killing [F#m] me softly with his [G#] song
Killing [C#m] me softly [Bm] with his song Telling [A] my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly with [E] his song [F#] He
[Bm] sang [G#] as if he knew [A] me
In all my dark despair
[Bm] And then [G#] he looked right through me
[F#m] As if I [F#] wasn't [A#] there [Bm] And he [E] just kept on singing
[C#m] Singing [B] clear and [G#] strong [F#m] Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers
[E] Singing my life [C#] with his [A] words [E] [C#m] Killing [F#m] me softly with his [G#] song
Killing [C#m] me softly [Bm] with his song [A] Telling my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly with [B] his song
[G#m] [G]
[F#m] Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers [G#] Singing [A] my life with
[C#m] [F#m] his words
[G#] Killing [C#m] me softly [Bm] with his song [A] Telling my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly with [E] his song
[C#m]
Key:
Bm
G#
E
A
C#m
Bm
G#
E
[F#] _ _ _ I _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] heard he sang a good song I [D] heard he had a style
[Bm] _ And so [E] I came to see [A] him To listen [Gm] for a while
[C] _
[Bm] _ And there [G#] he [E] was, this young boy _ _ [B] Stranger to my [F#m] eyes
Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers _
[D] Singing my [E] life [C#] with his _ words
[E] [A] Killing me softly [D#] with his [G#] song Killing [C#m] me softly _ [Bm] with his song
[A]
Telling my whole life [G#] with his words Killing [G] me softly _ _ with [E] his song
_ _ [F#] _ _ I [Bm] _ _ felt [G#] all flushed with fever [A] _ _ _ Embarrassed by the crowd
[Bm] _ I felt [G#] he found my letters [F#m] And read each [F#] one of them loud
[Bm] _ I prayed [G#] that [E] he would [C#m] finish But he [B] just kept right [F#m] on
And there he was, this young boy Strumming my pain [Bm] with his _ fingers
[G#] Singing my life [C#] with his _ [A] words [C#m] Killing [F#m] me softly with his [G#] song
Killing [C#m] me softly _ [Bm] with his song Telling [A] my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly _ _ with [E] his song _ [F#] _ He _
[Bm] _ _ sang [G#] as if he knew [A] me
In all my dark despair _
[Bm] _ And then [G#] he looked right through me
[F#m] As if I [F#] wasn't [A#] there [Bm] _ And he [E] just kept on singing
[C#m] _ _ Singing [B] clear and [G#] strong [F#m] Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers _
[E] Singing my life [C#] with his _ [A] words [E] [C#m] Killing [F#m] me softly with his [G#] song
Killing [C#m] me softly _ [Bm] with his song [A] Telling my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly _ _ _ with [B] his song
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [G]
[F#m] Strumming my pain [Bm] _ with his fingers [G#] Singing [A] my life with _ _
[C#m] _ [F#m] his words
_ _ [G#] Killing [C#m] me softly _ [Bm] with his song [A] Telling my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly _ _ _ with [E] his song
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] heard he sang a good song I [D] heard he had a style
[Bm] _ And so [E] I came to see [A] him To listen [Gm] for a while
[C] _
[Bm] _ And there [G#] he [E] was, this young boy _ _ [B] Stranger to my [F#m] eyes
Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers _
[D] Singing my [E] life [C#] with his _ words
[E] [A] Killing me softly [D#] with his [G#] song Killing [C#m] me softly _ [Bm] with his song
[A]
Telling my whole life [G#] with his words Killing [G] me softly _ _ with [E] his song
_ _ [F#] _ _ I [Bm] _ _ felt [G#] all flushed with fever [A] _ _ _ Embarrassed by the crowd
[Bm] _ I felt [G#] he found my letters [F#m] And read each [F#] one of them loud
[Bm] _ I prayed [G#] that [E] he would [C#m] finish But he [B] just kept right [F#m] on
And there he was, this young boy Strumming my pain [Bm] with his _ fingers
[G#] Singing my life [C#] with his _ [A] words [C#m] Killing [F#m] me softly with his [G#] song
Killing [C#m] me softly _ [Bm] with his song Telling [A] my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly _ _ with [E] his song _ [F#] _ He _
[Bm] _ _ sang [G#] as if he knew [A] me
In all my dark despair _
[Bm] _ And then [G#] he looked right through me
[F#m] As if I [F#] wasn't [A#] there [Bm] _ And he [E] just kept on singing
[C#m] _ _ Singing [B] clear and [G#] strong [F#m] Strumming my pain [Bm] with his fingers _
[E] Singing my life [C#] with his _ [A] words [E] [C#m] Killing [F#m] me softly with his [G#] song
Killing [C#m] me softly _ [Bm] with his song [A] Telling my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly _ _ _ with [B] his song
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [G]
[F#m] Strumming my pain [Bm] _ with his fingers [G#] Singing [A] my life with _ _
[C#m] _ [F#m] his words
_ _ [G#] Killing [C#m] me softly _ [Bm] with his song [A] Telling my whole life [G#] with his words
Killing [G] me softly _ _ _ with [E] his song
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _