Capo: 1 Tuning: E A D G B E

Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack Music by Charles Fox, Lyrics by Norman Gimbel, in collaboration with Lori Lieberman Single released Jan 1973 Title track of her album "Killing Me Softly" released Aug 1973 Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1973 Arrangement for one acoustic guitar Standard guitar tuning, standard chord shapes (see end) Capo on 1 to match album recording m7 chords gives jazzier feel, but can be played without the 7 [Chords] A X02220 Am7 X02010 B7 X21202 C X32010 D XX0232 D7 XX0212 E 022100 Em 022000 Em7 020030 F 133211 (can also play Fmaj7 XX3210) G 320003 *********************************** | / Slide up | \ Slide down | h Hammer on *********************************** [Intro Chorus 1] 0:00 (play single quiet strum for each chord)

^Em7Strumming my pain with his ^Am7fingers, ^D7Singing my life with his w^Gords, ^EmKilling me softly with h^Ais song, Killing me ^Dsoftly with ^Chis song, Telling my ^Gwhole life, With h^Cis words, Killing me ^Fsoftly, ^F With his ^Esong. (^Etacet)

[Interlude] 0:31 Ooooh e|------------------|------------------| B|----5-3-----5-3---|--5-3-------------| G|----0-0-----0-0---|--0-0-------------| D|-2--2-2-----2-2---|--2-2-------------| A|-0----------------|---------0h2--0h2-| E|------------------|------------------| (^snare) (^snare) (louder) Dooo Dooo ooo ooo e|------------------|------------------| B|--3-5-3-----5-3---|--5-3-------------| G|--0-0-0-----0-0---|--0-0-------------| D|--2-2-2-----2-2---|--2-2-------------| (repeat 2 more times) A|-0----------------|---------0h2--0h2-| E|------------------|------------------| (^snare) (^snare) [Verse 1] 0:48

^Am7 I heard he sa^Dng a good song, ^G I heard he h^Cad a style, ^Am7 And so I ca^Dme to see him to ^Emlisten for a while, ^Em ^Am7 And there he ^D7was this young boy, ^G A stranger t^B7o my eyes.

[Chorus 2] 1:11

[Verse 2] 1:39

^Am7 I felt all flu^Dshed with fever, ^G Embarrassed b^Cy the crowd, ^Am7 I felt he fo^Dund my letters and r^Emead each one out ^Emloud, ^Am7 I prayed that ^D7he would finish,^G But he just k^B7ept right on.

[Chorus 2] 2:03

[Verse 3] 2:31

^Am7 He sang as if^D he knew me, ^G In all my d^Cark despair, ^Am7 And then he loo^Dked right through me as ^Emif I wasn't there, ^Em ^Am7 And he just k^D7ept on singing, ^G Singing cl^B7ear and strong.

[Chorus 3] 2:55

[Chorus 4] 3:22

^Em7 Ohh Ohh ^Am7Ohh, Ohh Ohh Ohh, ^D7Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh ^GOhh, ^EmLa La La La ^ALa La, Ohh ^DOhh Ohh, Ohh ^COhh Ohh, La ^GAhh Ahh, Ahh ^CAhh Ahh, ^F ^F ^EAh Ah\Ah Ah\^EAh/Ah\Ah

[Chorus 5] 3:49

[Chorus 5] 4:16

He was^Em7 strumming my pain, ^Am7 Yeah he was s^D7inging my l^Gife, ^EmKilling me softly with h^Ais song, Killing me ^Dsoftly with ^Chis song, Telling my ^Gwhole life, With h^Cis words, Killing ^Fme so^Fftly, With his so^Eng.

[End] 4:45

Roberta Flack - Killing me softly with his song