[Chorus 1]
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
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(drum rhythm for 8 bars)
[Verse 1]
Am D
I heard he sang a good song,
G C
I heard he had a smile,
Am D
And so i came to see him
Em
And listen for a while.
Am D
And there he was, this young boy,
G (B7)
A stranger to my eyes.
[Chorus 2]
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
[Verse 2]
Am D G
I felt all flushed with fever,
C
Embarrassed by the crowd,
Am D
I felt he found a letters
Em
And read each one out loud.
Am D
I prayed that he would finish,
G (B7)
But he just kept right on...
[Chorus 3]
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
[Middle]
Em Am D G
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh
Em A
La la la la la la,
D C G C F E
Woh la, woh la, la la la la.
[Chorus 4]
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D G
Singing my life with his words,
Em A
Killing me softly with his song,
D C
Killing me soft-ly with his song,
G C
Telling my whole life with his words,
F E
Killing me softly with his song.
