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Killing Me Softly With His Song by Roberta Flack - Guitar Chords
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Killing Me Softly
- Words and music by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel.
- Sung by Roberta Flack, Fugees, Frank Sinatra, etc
[Intro]
Em
[Chorus]
Em Am7 D G
Strumming my pain- with his fin-gers. singing my life- with his words-
Em A/C# D
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
C G C
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
F E E Esus E
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his so--ong. \
[Instrumental]
D7sus D7 D7sus D7 D7sus D7 D7sus D7
[Verse]
Am7 D G C
I heard he sang- a good song. I heard he had- a style.
Am7 D Em Em
And so I came- to see him, to lis-ten for a while.
Am7 D7 G B7
And there he was- this young boy a stranger to- my eyes-^
[Chorus]
Em Am7 D G
Strumming my pain- with his fin-gers. singing my life- with his words-
Em A/C# D
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
C G C
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
F E E Esus E
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his so--ong. \
[Verse]
Am7 D G C
I felt all flushed- with fe-ver embarrassed by- the crowd.
Am7 D Em Em
I felt he found- my let-ters and read- each one out loud.
Am7 D7 G B7
I prayed that he- would finish but he just kept- right on-^
[Chorus]
Em Am7 D G
Strumming my pain- with his fin-gers. singing my life- with his words-
Em A/C# D
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
C G C
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
F E E Esus E
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his so--ong. \
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Em C D G Em A/C# D
C G C F E E Esus E
[Verse]
Am7 D G C
He sang as if- knew me in all my dark- despair.
Am7 D Em Em
And then he looked- right through me as if I wasn't there.
Am7 D7 G B7
And he just kept- on singing singing clear- and strong-^
1 [Chorus]
Em Am7 D G
Strumming my pain- with his fin-gers. singing my life- with his words-
Em A/C# D
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
C G C
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
F E F E F E F E Esus E
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his soong a ong a ong a onng
2 [Chorus]
Em Am7 D G Em A/C# D C G C
Whoa------ whoa--- la la la la la- la. Whoa- la-- Whoa- la---
F E F E F E F E F E
la la lala woa \ lah a lah a\ lah a lah a ahhhh
3[Chorus]
Em Am7 D G
Strumming my pain- with his fin-gers. singing my life- with his words-
Em A/C# D
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
C G C
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
F E F E F E F E Esus E
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his soong a ong a ong a onng
4[Chorus]
Em Am7/E D/A G
"He was Strumming my Pa-in, yeahh -Singing my Li-fe, woah-ah"
Em A/C# D
Killing me so-ftly with his- song. Killing me soft-ly-
C G C
with his- song. Telling my whole- life-- with his- words
F E F E F E F E Esus E
killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with his soong a ong a ong a onng
We also have 4 songs by Roberta Flack
- Feel Like Making Love
- Killing Me Softly With His Song
- The Closer I Get To You
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
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