Chords for Killing Me Softly with His Song
Tempo:
117.3 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
Eb
Bbm
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Strumming my pain with his [Bbm] fingers
[Db]
[Eb] Singing my life with his [Ab] words
[Cm] [Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing me [Eb] softly [Db] with his song
Telling [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing [Gb] me softly [Ab] [Gb]
with [F] his song
[Db] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Bbm]
I [Db] heard he sang a good [Ab] song
[Db] I heard he [Fm] had a [Bbm] style
And [Db] so I came to see [Fm] him
To listen for a while
[Bbm] And [Eb] there he was, [Ab] this young boy
A stranger [C] to my eyes
[Fm] Strumming my pain [Bbm] with his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with [Ab] his words
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Abm] Killing me [Gb] softly [Gb] [Bbm] with his [F] song
[Bbm] I felt [Db] all flushed with fever
[Ab] [Db] Embarrassed by [Cm] the crowd
[Bbm] I felt [Eb] he found my [Fm] letters
And read each one out loud
[Cm] I [Bbm] prayed [Eb] that he would finish
[Ab] But [Cm] he just kept [C] right on
[Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with his [Ab] words
[Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing me [Eb] softly [Db] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Fm] Killing me softly [Gb] with his [F] song
[Bbm] [Db] He sang as if he knew me
[Ab] In [Db] all my dark despair
[Bbm] And [Eb] then he looked right through me
[Fm] As [Ab] if I wasn't [Eb] there
[Ab] But [Bbm] he [Eb] just kept on singing
[Ab] [Eb] Singing [C] clear and strong
[Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with [Ab] his words
Killing [Fm] [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing me [Gb] softly with his [F]
song
[Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
Singing [Eb] my life with [Ab] his words
[Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly with [Bb] his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song
Telling [Ab] my whole [Cm] life with [Db] his words
Killing [Gb] me softly with [F] his song
[C] [Bb] Strumming my [Ab] pain with his [Bbm]
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
[Ab] Telling my whole [Db] life with his words
Killing [Ab] me [Gb] softly with [F] his song
[Db]
[Eb] Singing my life with his [Ab] words
[Cm] [Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing me [Eb] softly [Db] with his song
Telling [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing [Gb] me softly [Ab] [Gb]
with [F] his song
[Db] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Bbm]
I [Db] heard he sang a good [Ab] song
[Db] I heard he [Fm] had a [Bbm] style
And [Db] so I came to see [Fm] him
To listen for a while
[Bbm] And [Eb] there he was, [Ab] this young boy
A stranger [C] to my eyes
[Fm] Strumming my pain [Bbm] with his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with [Ab] his words
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Abm] Killing me [Gb] softly [Gb] [Bbm] with his [F] song
[Bbm] I felt [Db] all flushed with fever
[Ab] [Db] Embarrassed by [Cm] the crowd
[Bbm] I felt [Eb] he found my [Fm] letters
And read each one out loud
[Cm] I [Bbm] prayed [Eb] that he would finish
[Ab] But [Cm] he just kept [C] right on
[Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with his [Ab] words
[Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing me [Eb] softly [Db] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Fm] Killing me softly [Gb] with his [F] song
[Bbm] [Db] He sang as if he knew me
[Ab] In [Db] all my dark despair
[Bbm] And [Eb] then he looked right through me
[Fm] As [Ab] if I wasn't [Eb] there
[Ab] But [Bbm] he [Eb] just kept on singing
[Ab] [Eb] Singing [C] clear and strong
[Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with [Ab] his words
Killing [Fm] [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing me [Gb] softly with his [F]
song
[Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
Singing [Eb] my life with [Ab] his words
[Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly with [Bb] his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song
Telling [Ab] my whole [Cm] life with [Db] his words
Killing [Gb] me softly with [F] his song
[C] [Bb] Strumming my [Ab] pain with his [Bbm]
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
[Ab] Telling my whole [Db] life with his words
Killing [Ab] me [Gb] softly with [F] his song
Key:
Ab
Db
Eb
Bbm
Fm
Ab
Db
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Strumming my pain with his [Bbm] fingers
[Db] _
_ [Eb] Singing my life with his [Ab] words _ _
[Cm] _ [Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing me [Eb] softly _ [Db] with his song
Telling [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing [Gb] me softly _ [Ab] _ _ [Gb]
with [F] his song _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ _ I [Db] heard he sang a good [Ab] song
_ _ [Db] I heard he [Fm] had a [Bbm] style
_ And [Db] so I came to see [Fm] him
To listen for a while
_ [Bbm] _ _ And [Eb] there he was, [Ab] this young boy
A stranger [C] to my eyes
_ _ _ [Fm] Strumming my pain [Bbm] with his fingers
_ [Eb] Singing my life with [Ab] his words
_ _ [Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly _ [Db] with his song
_ [Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Abm] Killing me [Gb] softly _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Bbm] with his [F] song _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ I felt [Db] all flushed with fever
[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] Embarrassed by [Cm] the crowd
[Bbm] _ I felt [Eb] he found my [Fm] letters
And read each one out loud
[Cm] I _ [Bbm] _ _ prayed [Eb] that he would finish
[Ab] _ But [Cm] he just kept [C] right on
_ _ _ [Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with his [Ab] words
_ _ [Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing me [Eb] softly _ _ [Db] with his song
_ [Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Fm] Killing me softly _ [Gb] _ _ with his [F] song _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] He sang as if he knew me
[Ab] _ _ In [Db] all my dark despair
[Bbm] _ _ And [Eb] then he looked right through me
[Fm] As [Ab] if I wasn't [Eb] there
[Ab] But _ [Bbm] _ he [Eb] just kept on singing
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] Singing [C] clear and strong
_ _ _ [Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
_ [Eb] Singing my life with [Ab] his words
Killing [Fm] _ [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing me [Gb] softly _ _ _ with his [F] _
song
_ _ _ [Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
_ Singing [Eb] my life with [Ab] his words
_ _ [Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly with [Bb] his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song
Telling [Ab] my whole [Cm] life with [Db] his words
Killing [Gb] me softly _ _ _ _ with [F] his _ song
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] Strumming my [Ab] pain with his [Bbm]
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
[Ab] Telling my whole _ [Db] life with his words
Killing [Ab] me [Gb] softly _ _ _ _ with [F] his song _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Strumming my pain with his [Bbm] fingers
[Db] _
_ [Eb] Singing my life with his [Ab] words _ _
[Cm] _ [Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing me [Eb] softly _ [Db] with his song
Telling [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing [Gb] me softly _ [Ab] _ _ [Gb]
with [F] his song _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ _ I [Db] heard he sang a good [Ab] song
_ _ [Db] I heard he [Fm] had a [Bbm] style
_ And [Db] so I came to see [Fm] him
To listen for a while
_ [Bbm] _ _ And [Eb] there he was, [Ab] this young boy
A stranger [C] to my eyes
_ _ _ [Fm] Strumming my pain [Bbm] with his fingers
_ [Eb] Singing my life with [Ab] his words
_ _ [Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly _ [Db] with his song
_ [Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Abm] Killing me [Gb] softly _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Bbm] with his [F] song _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ I felt [Db] all flushed with fever
[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] Embarrassed by [Cm] the crowd
[Bbm] _ I felt [Eb] he found my [Fm] letters
And read each one out loud
[Cm] I _ [Bbm] _ _ prayed [Eb] that he would finish
[Ab] _ But [Cm] he just kept [C] right on
_ _ _ [Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with his [Ab] words
_ _ [Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing me [Eb] softly _ _ [Db] with his song
_ [Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Fm] Killing me softly _ [Gb] _ _ with his [F] song _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] He sang as if he knew me
[Ab] _ _ In [Db] all my dark despair
[Bbm] _ _ And [Eb] then he looked right through me
[Fm] As [Ab] if I wasn't [Eb] there
[Ab] But _ [Bbm] _ he [Eb] just kept on singing
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] Singing [C] clear and strong
_ _ _ [Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
_ [Eb] Singing my life with [Ab] his words
Killing [Fm] _ [Ab] me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing me [Gb] softly _ _ _ with his [F] _
song
_ _ _ [Fm] Strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
_ Singing [Eb] my life with [Ab] his words
_ _ [Fm] Killing [Ab] me softly with [Bb] his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song
Telling [Ab] my whole [Cm] life with [Db] his words
Killing [Gb] me softly _ _ _ _ with [F] his _ song
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] Strumming my [Ab] pain with his [Bbm]
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
[Ab] Telling my whole _ [Db] life with his words
Killing [Ab] me [Gb] softly _ _ _ _ with [F] his song _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _