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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Killing Me Softly - Nils Landgren chords
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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]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
Em
121
D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
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To learn Nils Landgren With Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson & Anders Kjellberg Feat. Johan Norberg With Joakim Milder - Killing Me Softly chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - A, C, G, Em, C, Em, C, Am, D and G. Ease into the song by practicing at 50 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 101 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of C Major in mind.

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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] _

Facts about this song

This song, written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, finds its place within the Ballads album.

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