Lyrics

Killing me softly composed by ~ Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel, Lori Lieberman (uncredited)

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
Em . . . Am . . . D7 . . . G . . .
Em . . . Am . . . D . . . C . . .
G . . . C . . .
F . . . . . . . E . . . . . . .

Verse 1
I heard he sang a good song.
I heard he had a style.
And so I came to see him,
and listen for a while.
And there he was this young boy,
a stranger to my eyes.
Am7 . . . D . . . G . . . C . . .
Am7 . . . D . . . Em . . . . . . .
Am7 . . . D7 . . . G . . . B7 . . .

[Chorus]

Verse 2
I felt all flushed with fever,
embarrassed by the crowd.
I felt he found my letters
and read each one out loud.
I prayed that he would finish,
but he just kept right on.

[Chorus]

Verse 3
He sang as if he knew me
In all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me
As if I wasn’t there
And he just kept on singin’
Singing clear and strong

(Chorus)

(Woah----whoah- ha-a-a-ah---lalala-lalala--whoah---whoahoh laa——(Laa-ahah-ahahahah). (Over chorus chords)

[Chorus]