Tom: Em
Introdução:
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.
F7+
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.
F7+
Killing me softly
E
with his song.
Am7 D
I felt all flushed with fever
G7+ 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
G7+ 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.
F7+
Killing me softly
E
with his song.
Am7 D
He sang as if he knew me
G7+ 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
G7+ 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.
F7+
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 F7+
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.
F7+
Killing me softly
E
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.
F7+
Killing me softly
E
with his song.