Killing Me Softly - Nils Landgren Chords
Tempo:
101.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Em]
[C] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[F] [Cm] [A]
[Ab] [D] I [F] heard he [G] sang a good [C] song, I heard [G] he passed out
[D] And [Am] so [F] I [G] came to see him, [Am] to listen for a while
[D] And there [A] he [G] was, this [Ab] young [D] boy, a stranger [E] to my [Am] eyes
Strumming my pain with [D] his fingers, [Ab] [G] singing my life with his words
[Dm] [Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly with his [C] song
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me [Bb] softly with his [A] song
I
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G]
[A]
[F] felt [G] all [Dm] flushed with fever, embarrassed [G] by the crowd
[C] I felt he [G] found my [Ab]
letters [Am] and read each one out loud
I prayed that [G] he would [C] finish, [D] but [Am] he [E] just kept [D] right [E]
[Am] on
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
[G] singing my life [D] with his words
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [C] me softly [F] with his song
Telling my whole [C] life [Dm] with his [Am] words, killing [Bb] me softly with [C]
[A] his song
[D] [Dm] [B] [Em]
[Am] [C] [F]
[Am] [G] [Ab]
[Am]
[Gm] [F] [G] [C]
[E] [Am]
[Dm] [C]
[D] [G]
[B] [C]
[Bb]
[F] [E]
[A] [C]
[G]
[Em] [C]
[Em] [C]
[G] [A] He [Dm]
sang [G] as if [Em] he knew [C] me, in all my darkest hours
[F] And [G] then he looked right through [Dm] [C] me, as if I [Am]
wasn't there
[Dm] But he was [G] there, the [Am] stranger, [D] singing [E] clear [Am] and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers, [G] singing my life with his words
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly [F] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing [Bb] me softly with [A] his song
[G] [F] [G] [Em]
[C] [G] [Em]
[C] [A]
[C] [Em]
[C] [F] [Em]
[C]
[A]
[C] [Em]
[Am] [G]
[C] [Em]
[A] [C]
[Em] [F]
[C] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[F] [Cm] [A]
[Ab] [D] I [F] heard he [G] sang a good [C] song, I heard [G] he passed out
[D] And [Am] so [F] I [G] came to see him, [Am] to listen for a while
[D] And there [A] he [G] was, this [Ab] young [D] boy, a stranger [E] to my [Am] eyes
Strumming my pain with [D] his fingers, [Ab] [G] singing my life with his words
[Dm] [Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly with his [C] song
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me [Bb] softly with his [A] song
I
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G]
[A]
[F] felt [G] all [Dm] flushed with fever, embarrassed [G] by the crowd
[C] I felt he [G] found my [Ab]
letters [Am] and read each one out loud
I prayed that [G] he would [C] finish, [D] but [Am] he [E] just kept [D] right [E]
[Am] on
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
[G] singing my life [D] with his words
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [C] me softly [F] with his song
Telling my whole [C] life [Dm] with his [Am] words, killing [Bb] me softly with [C]
[A] his song
[D] [Dm] [B] [Em]
[Am] [C] [F]
[Am] [G] [Ab]
[Am]
[Gm] [F] [G] [C]
[E] [Am]
[Dm] [C]
[D] [G]
[B] [C]
[Bb]
[F] [E]
[A] [C]
[G]
[Em] [C]
[Em] [C]
[G] [A] He [Dm]
sang [G] as if [Em] he knew [C] me, in all my darkest hours
[F] And [G] then he looked right through [Dm] [C] me, as if I [Am]
wasn't there
[Dm] But he was [G] there, the [Am] stranger, [D] singing [E] clear [Am] and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers, [G] singing my life with his words
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly [F] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing [Bb] me softly with [A] his song
[G] [F] [G] [Em]
[C] [G] [Em]
[C] [A]
[C] [Em]
[C] [F] [Em]
[C]
[A]
[C] [Em]
[Am] [G]
[C] [Em]
[A] [C]
[Em] [F]
Key:
G
C
Am
Em
D
G
C
Am
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [D] _ I [F] heard he [G] sang a good [C] song, I heard [G] he passed out
_ [D] And [Am] so [F] I [G] came to see him, [Am] to listen for a while _ _
_ [D] _ And there [A] he [G] was, this [Ab] young [D] boy, a stranger [E] to my [Am] eyes
Strumming my pain with [D] his fingers, [Ab] _ [G] singing my life with his words _
[Dm] _ [Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly _ with his [C] song
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me [Bb] softly _ with _ his [A] song
_ I _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ felt [G] all [Dm] flushed with fever, _ _ embarrassed [G] by the crowd
_ [C] _ I felt he [G] found my [Ab]
letters [Am] and read each one out loud _ _
_ I prayed that [G] he would [C] finish, [D] but [Am] he [E] just kept [D] right [E]
[Am] on
Strumming my pain with his fingers, _
[G] singing my life [D] with his words _
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [C] me softly _ [F] with his song
Telling my whole [C] life [Dm] with his [Am] words, killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ [C] _
[A] his song _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _
[Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] [A] He _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
sang [G] as if [Em] he knew [C] me, in all my darkest hours
[F] And [G] then he looked right through [Dm] [C] me, as if I [Am] _
wasn't there
[Dm] But he was [G] there, the [Am] stranger, _ [D] _ singing [E] clear [Am] and _ strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers, _ _ [G] singing my life with his words
[Am] _ _ Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly _ [F] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ _ [A] his song _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [D] _ I [F] heard he [G] sang a good [C] song, I heard [G] he passed out
_ [D] And [Am] so [F] I [G] came to see him, [Am] to listen for a while _ _
_ [D] _ And there [A] he [G] was, this [Ab] young [D] boy, a stranger [E] to my [Am] eyes
Strumming my pain with [D] his fingers, [Ab] _ [G] singing my life with his words _
[Dm] _ [Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly _ with his [C] song
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me [Bb] softly _ with _ his [A] song
_ I _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ felt [G] all [Dm] flushed with fever, _ _ embarrassed [G] by the crowd
_ [C] _ I felt he [G] found my [Ab]
letters [Am] and read each one out loud _ _
_ I prayed that [G] he would [C] finish, [D] but [Am] he [E] just kept [D] right [E]
[Am] on
Strumming my pain with his fingers, _
[G] singing my life [D] with his words _
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [C] me softly _ [F] with his song
Telling my whole [C] life [Dm] with his [Am] words, killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ [C] _
[A] his song _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _
[Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] [A] He _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
sang [G] as if [Em] he knew [C] me, in all my darkest hours
[F] And [G] then he looked right through [Dm] [C] me, as if I [Am] _
wasn't there
[Dm] But he was [G] there, the [Am] stranger, _ [D] _ singing [E] clear [Am] and _ strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers, _ _ [G] singing my life with his words
[Am] _ _ Killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly _ [F] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ _ [A] his song _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _