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Killing Me Softly With His Song

Killing Me Softly with His Song was composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel in 1971. The inspiration came from an experience lived by Gimbel, who attended a Don McLean performance and felt that the music deeply touched his soul, describing it as if McLean was singing his life. The songs first notable recording was by Lori Lieberman in 1972, but it gained worldwide fame with Roberta Flacks version in 1973, which led her to win the Grammy for Rec ... ord of the Year in 1974. The song has had several cover versions, including a successful version by the Fugees in 1996. See more [+]

Key: Em

Introduction:

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We Belong Together
Ritchie Valens
 Em                          Am 
Strumming my pain with his fingers
 D7                        G 
singing my life with his words
 Em                      C#m 
killing me softly with his song
            D            C 
killing me softly with his song
            G                C 
telling my whole life with his words.
            F7M 
Killing me softly
          E 
with his song.
 D    D     D    D      D      D      D     D 
             oooo   -ooo    oooo   -ooo    oooo   -ooo

 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 
to listen for a while.
 Am7               D7 
    And there he was this young boy
 G              B7 
   a stranger to my eyes.

 Em                          Am 
Strumming my pain with his fingers
 D7                        G 
singing my life with his words
 Em                      C#m 
killing me softly with his song
            D            C 
killing me softly with his song
            G                C 
telling my whole life with his words.
            F7M 
Killing me softly
          E 
with his song.

 Am7            D 
   I felt all flushed with fever
 G7M             C 
     embarrassed by the crowd.
 Am7           D 
   I felt he found my letters
     Em 
and read each one out loud.
 Am7               D7 
   I prayed that he would finish
 G7M              B7 
      but he just kept right on.

 Em                          Am 
Strumming my pain with his fingers
 D7                        G 
singing my life with his words
 Em                      C#m 
killing me softly with his song
            D            C 
killing me softly with his song
            G                C 
telling my whole life with his words.
            F7M 
Killing me softly
          E 
with his song.

 Am7            D 
   He sang as if he knew me
 G7M         C 
   in all my dark despair.
 Am7              D 
    And then he looked right through me
    Em 
as if I wasn' t there.
 Am7             D7 
   And he just kept on singing
 G7M          B7 
      singing clear and strong.

 Em                          Am 
Strumming my pain with his fingers
 D7                        G 
singing my life with his words
 Em                      C#m 
killing me softly with his song
            D            C 
killing me softly with his song
            G                C 
telling my whole life with his words.
            F7M 
Killing me softly
          E 
with his song.
 Em           Am 
   Ooooh oh ohhh
          D7              G 
Oh 0h 0h ohhh  oh 0h oh ohhh
 Em            C#m 
La la la, la la la
    D          C 
Oh oh oh  oh oh oh
 G    C        F7M 
La  aaa ah  aaaah
 E 
La ah ah ah ah aah
 Em                          Am 
Strumming my pain with his fingers
 D7                        G 
singing my life with his words
 Em                      C#m 
killing me softly with his song
            D            C 
killing me softly with his song
            G                C 
telling my whole life with his words.
            F7M 
Killing me softly

        Em                  Am 
He was strumming my pain
              D7          G 
Yeah, he was singing my life
 Em                      C#m 
killing me softly with his song
            D            C 
killing me softly with his song
            G                C 
telling my whole life with his words.
         F7M 
Killing me softly
          E 
with his song.