Roberta Flack - Killing me softly

^EmStrumming my pain with his ^Am7fingers ^D7singing my life with his ^Gword^G/F#s ^Emkilling me softly with ^A7his song killing me ^Dsoftly with ^Chis song telling my ^Gwhole life with ^Chis words. Killing me ^E7sus4softly with his ^Esong.

^Am7I heard he ^Dsang a good song ^GI heard he ^Chad a style ^Am7and so I ^Dcame to see him and ^Emlisten for a while. ^Am7And there he ^D7was this young boy ^Ga stranger ^Am7to my ^B7eyes.

^EmStrumming my pain with his ^Am7fingers ^D7singing my life with his ^Gword^G/F#s ^Emkilling me softly with ^A7his song killing me ^Dsoftly with ^Chis song telling my ^Gwhole life with ^Chis words. Killing me ^E7sus4softly with his ^Esong.

^Am7I felt all ^Dflushed with fever ^Gembarrassed ^Cby the crowd. ^Am7I felt he ^Dfound my letters and ^Emread each one out loud. ^Am7I prayed that ^D7he would finish ^Gbut he just ^Am7kept right ^B7on.

^EmStrumming my pain with his ^Am7fingers ^D7singing my life with his ^Gwords^{G/F# Em}killing me softly with ^Ahis song killing me ^Dsoftly with ^Chis song telling my ^Gwhole life with ^Chis words. Killing me ^E7sus4softly with his ^Esong.

^Am7He sang as ^Dif he knew me ^Gin all my ^Cdark despair. ^Am7And then he ^Dlooked right through me as ^Emif I wasn't there. ^Am7And he just ^D7kept on singing ^Gsinging ^Am7clear and ^B7strong.

^EmStrumming my pain with his ^Am7fingers ^D7singing my life with his ^Gwords^{G/F# Em}killing me softly with ^A7his song killing me ^Dsoftly with ^Chis song telling my ^Gwhole life with ^Chis words. Killing me ^E7sus4softly with his ^Esong.