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