Key: B
Introduction:
C#m F# B E
I heard she sang a good song, I heards He had a style
C#m F# G#m
And so I came to see her and listen for a while
C#m F# B Eb7
And there she was this young girl, a stranger to my eyes
G#m C#m F# B
Strumming my pain with her fingers, singing my life with her words
G#m C# F# E
Killing me softly with her song, killing me softly with her song
B E A G#
Telling my whole life with her words, killing me softly with her song
Refrain
C#m F# B E
I fel tall flus hed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd
C#m F# G#m
I felt she found my letters and read each one out lou
C#m F# B Eb7
I prayed thats he would finish but she just kept right on
G#m C#m F# B
Strumming my pain with her fingers, singing my life with her words
G#m C# F# E
Killing me softly with her song, killing me softly with her song
Refrain
C#m F# B E
She sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair
C#m F# G#m
And then she looked right through me as if I wasn't there
C#m F# B Eb7
But she was there the strangers, singing clear and strong
G#m C#m F# B
Strumming my pain with her fingers, singing my life with her words
G#m C# F# E
Killing me softly with her song, killing me softly with her song
Refrain
C#m F# B E
I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd
C#m F# G#m
I felt she found my letter sand read each one out loud
C#m F# B Eb7 G#m C#m F# B G#m C# F#E BE
I prayed that she would finish but she just kep tright on
A G#
killing me softly with her song