Chords for ♥ "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (1972) ♫ Lori Lieberman

Tempo:
105.6 bpm
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Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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♥ "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (1972) ♫ Lori Lieberman chords
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[Fm]
[Ebm]
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Bbm] [Eb]
[Ab] [F]
[Cm] [Bbm] I heard [Eb] he sang a good [Ab] song, [Eb] I heard [Db] he had a [Ab] [Bbm] style,
And so I [Eb] came to see him, [Fm] to listen for a [Eb] [Fm] while.
[Bbm] And there he [Eb] was, this young [Ab] boy, a stranger [C] to my [Fm] eyes,
Strumming my pain with [Db] his fingers, [Eb] singing my life with his [Ab] words,
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song, killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his song,
Telling [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words, killing [Gb] me softly with [F] his song.
[C] [F] I [Bbm]
felt [Eb] all flushed with fever, [Ab]
embarrassed [Db] by the [Ab] [Bbm] crowd,
I felt [Eb] he found my [Fm] lullies, and read each one aloud.
[Bbm] I prayed [Eb] that he would [Ab] finish, but he [C] just can't write on [Fm]
[Db] his fingers,
[Eb] Singing my life [Ab] with his words, [Fm] killing me softly [Bb] with his song,
Killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his song, telling [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words,
Killing [Gb] me softly with [F] his song.
He [Bbm]
[Gb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[F] [Bbm]
sang [Eb] as if he knew [Ab] me, in all [Db] my dark despair,
[Ab] [Bbm] And then he [Eb] looked right through [Fm] me, as if I wasn't there.
[Bbm] But he [Eb] was there, this stranger, [Ab]
singing [C] clear and [Fm] strong,
Strumming my pain with [Db] his fingers, [Eb] singing my life with [Ab] his words,
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song, killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song,
[Ab] Telling my whole life with [Db] his words, killing me [Gb] softly with his [F] song.
[Bbm]
[Gb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Bbm] [Ab]
[F] [Bbm]
[Gb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Bbm]
[Eb] www.mooji.org. [Ab]
100%  ➙  106BPM
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Db
12341114
Bbm
13421111
Fm
123111111
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Db
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[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bbm] _ I heard [Eb] he sang a good [Ab] song, [Eb] I heard [Db] he had a [Ab] [Bbm] style,
And so I [Eb] came to see him, [Fm] to listen for a _ [Eb] [Fm] while.
_ _ [Bbm] _ And there he [Eb] was, this young [Ab] boy, a stranger [C] to my [Fm] eyes,
Strumming my pain with [Db] his fingers, _ [Eb] singing my life with his _ [Ab] words,
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song, killing [Eb] me softly _ [Db] with his song,
Telling [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words, killing [Gb] me softly _ _ _ with [F] his song.
[C] _ [F] I _ _ [Bbm] _ _
felt [Eb] all flushed with fever, [Ab] _ _
embarrassed [Db] by the _ [Ab] [Bbm] crowd,
I felt [Eb] he found my [Fm] lullies, and read each one _ aloud.
_ _ [Bbm] _ I prayed [Eb] that he would [Ab] finish, _ but he [C] just can't write on [Fm] _ _ _
[Db] his _ fingers,
[Eb] Singing my life [Ab] with his words, _ [Fm] killing me softly [Bb] with his song,
Killing [Eb] me softly _ [Db] with his song, telling [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words,
Killing [Gb] me softly _ _ _ with [F] his song.
_ He _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
sang [Eb] as if he knew _ [Ab] me, in all [Db] my dark despair,
[Ab] _ [Bbm] _ And then he [Eb] looked right through [Fm] me, as if I wasn't there.
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ But he [Eb] was there, this stranger, [Ab] _ _
singing [C] clear and [Fm] strong,
Strumming my pain with [Db] his fingers, _ [Eb] singing my life with _ [Ab] his words,
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song, killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song,
[Ab] Telling my whole life with [Db] his words, killing me [Gb] softly _ _ _ with his [F] song. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ www.mooji.org. _ [Ab] _ _ _ _

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