Standard tuning: E A D G B A E
Capo 2
[Intro]
Em
(Let it ring in 4 beats)
[Verse]
Em Am7
Strumming your pain with my fingers.
D7 G-G/F#
Singing your life with these words.
Em A
Killing you softly with this song.
D C
I'm killing you softly, with this song.
G C
I'm telling your whole life with these words.
F E
I'm killing you softly, with his song…
[Chorus] (x2)
Am7 D
I heard he sang a good song.
G C
I heard he had a style.
Am7 D
And so I came to see him,
Em
and listen for a while.
Am7 D7
And there he was a young boy
G B/B7
a stranger to my eyes.
[rap part]
Am7
kinakatakutan, kinikilabutan, ang kaalaman ng kaisipan/
Am7
ang hagupit na pinakamalupit sa mga dilang makapangyarihan/
Am7
magdahan-dahan pagka't letra ko'y ikay maubusan/
Am7
ang agwat ng kaalaman ay para bang lupa at kalangitan/
Am7
di mo na malamangan na may kinakatakutan mong sakim/
Am7
kase para bang pinalipad ang mga talata mo sa hangin/
Am7
pilit na ginagalawan ang mga kinakatayo/
Am7
kahit alam mo naman pala na ito'y isang pala hudyatan
Am7
na may kalaban, na kayong lahat ay pinapaligiran/
Am7
ng mga katagang binibitawan ilang taon na pinag aralan/
Am7
at pagsisihan sapagka't di ka na makatayo/
Am7
at di ka na makagalaw sa mga panibago kong istilo!
[Chorus]
Am7 D
I heard he sang a good song.
G C
I heard he had a style.
Am7 D
And so I came to see him,
Em
and listen for a while.
Am7 D7
And there he was a young boy
G B/B7
a stranger to my eyes.
