Chords for "Killing Me Softly" - Lori Lieberman 27 news w/ Philip High & David McLean
Tempo:
110.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
Am
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Really here is this a recording you've got this back in November
We want to leave you today with the great music of Laurie Lieberman who wowed the crowd at last night's taping of wood songs
Old-time radio hour.
Here's a mega hit.
She happened to write that was made famous [Bm] by Roberta Flack
I think you'll recognize it.
Have a great afternoon.
[Em]
[Am] I
[Em] Heard he [D] sang a good [G] song I heard [C] he had a style
[G] [Am] And so I [D] came to see [Em] him [Bm] to listen [Em] for a [D] [G]
while
[Am] And there [D] he was this young [G] boy a stranger [B] to my
[Em] strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers
[G] [D] Singing my life [G] with his words
[Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
[D] [C] With his
[G] [C]
words
[F] Softly with [E] his song
[Am] I
Felt [D] flushed with fever
[G] Embarrassed [C] by the crowd [G] [Am] I felt [G] he
[D]
[G] [Bm] [D] [G]
[Am] I
[Em] Prayed [D] that he would finish
[G] But he [B] just kept right [Em] on
strumming my pain with
[C]
Singing [D] my life with his [G]
words
[Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
[D] With [C] his song [G] telling my home
With [C] his words killing [F] softly [B] with his [E] song
[Am] [F]
[G] [C]
[G] [Am] [D]
[G] He's [E]
[Am] saying [G] as [D] if he knew [G] me
in all [C] my despair [G] [Am] and
Then he [D] looked right through [Em] me
as [G] if I wasn't [Bm] [G]
there
[Am] But he [D] was there this [G] stranger
Singing [B] clear and [Em] strong strumming
[C]
[D] Singing my life with his [G]
words
[Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
[D] With [C] his song telling [G] my home
[C] With his words killing [F] me softly
With [Em] his [G] song
With [Em]
[G] his song
[D] [Bm]
We want to leave you today with the great music of Laurie Lieberman who wowed the crowd at last night's taping of wood songs
Old-time radio hour.
Here's a mega hit.
She happened to write that was made famous [Bm] by Roberta Flack
I think you'll recognize it.
Have a great afternoon.
[Em]
[Am] I
[Em] Heard he [D] sang a good [G] song I heard [C] he had a style
[G] [Am] And so I [D] came to see [Em] him [Bm] to listen [Em] for a [D] [G]
while
[Am] And there [D] he was this young [G] boy a stranger [B] to my
[Em] strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers
[G] [D] Singing my life [G] with his words
[Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
[D] [C] With his
[G] [C]
words
[F] Softly with [E] his song
[Am] I
Felt [D] flushed with fever
[G] Embarrassed [C] by the crowd [G] [Am] I felt [G] he
[D]
[G] [Bm] [D] [G]
[Am] I
[Em] Prayed [D] that he would finish
[G] But he [B] just kept right [Em] on
strumming my pain with
[C]
Singing [D] my life with his [G]
words
[Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
[D] With [C] his song [G] telling my home
With [C] his words killing [F] softly [B] with his [E] song
[Am] [F]
[G] [C]
[G] [Am] [D]
[G] He's [E]
[Am] saying [G] as [D] if he knew [G] me
in all [C] my despair [G] [Am] and
Then he [D] looked right through [Em] me
as [G] if I wasn't [Bm] [G]
there
[Am] But he [D] was there this [G] stranger
Singing [B] clear and [Em] strong strumming
[C]
[D] Singing my life with his [G]
words
[Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
[D] With [C] his song telling [G] my home
[C] With his words killing [F] me softly
With [Em] his [G] song
With [Em]
[G] his song
[D] [Bm]
Key:
G
D
Em
Am
C
G
D
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ Really here is this a recording you've got this back in November
_ We want to leave you today with the great music of Laurie Lieberman who wowed the crowd at last night's taping of wood songs
Old-time radio hour.
Here's a mega hit.
She happened to write that was made famous [Bm] by Roberta Flack
I think you'll recognize it.
Have a great afternoon.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] I
[Em] Heard he [D] sang a good [G] song I heard [C] he had a style
[G] _ [Am] And so I [D] came to see [Em] him [Bm] to listen [Em] for a [D] _ [G]
while
_ [Am] And there [D] he was this young [G] boy a stranger [B] to my
_ [Em] _ strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers
_ [G] _ [D] Singing my life [G] with his _ words
_ [Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] With his _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
words
_ [F] Softly _ _ with [E] his _ song _ _ _
_ [Am] _ I
Felt [D] _ flushed with fever
[G] _ _ Embarrassed [C] by the crowd [G] _ [Am] I felt [G] he
[D] _ _
_ [G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] I
[Em] Prayed [D] that he would finish
[G] _ But he [B] just kept right [Em] on
strumming my pain with
[C] _ _
Singing [D] my life with his [G] _ _
words
[Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
_ [D] _ With [C] his song [G] telling my home
_ With [C] his words killing [F] softly [B] _ with _ his [E] _ song _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] He's _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ saying [G] as [D] if he knew [G] me
in all [C] my despair [G] _ [Am] and
Then he [D] looked right through [Em] me
as [G] if I wasn't [Bm] _ [G]
there
_ [Am] But he [D] was there this [G] stranger
_ Singing [B] clear and [Em] strong strumming
_ _ [C] _ _
[D] Singing my life with his [G] _ _
words
[Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
_ [D] _ _ With [C] his song telling [G] my home
_ [C] With his words killing [F] me softly
_ _ With _ [Em] his [G] _ song _
With _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] his _ song _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ We want to leave you today with the great music of Laurie Lieberman who wowed the crowd at last night's taping of wood songs
Old-time radio hour.
Here's a mega hit.
She happened to write that was made famous [Bm] by Roberta Flack
I think you'll recognize it.
Have a great afternoon.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] I
[Em] Heard he [D] sang a good [G] song I heard [C] he had a style
[G] _ [Am] And so I [D] came to see [Em] him [Bm] to listen [Em] for a [D] _ [G]
while
_ [Am] And there [D] he was this young [G] boy a stranger [B] to my
_ [Em] _ strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers
_ [G] _ [D] Singing my life [G] with his _ words
_ [Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] With his _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
words
_ [F] Softly _ _ with [E] his _ song _ _ _
_ [Am] _ I
Felt [D] _ flushed with fever
[G] _ _ Embarrassed [C] by the crowd [G] _ [Am] I felt [G] he
[D] _ _
_ [G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] I
[Em] Prayed [D] that he would finish
[G] _ But he [B] just kept right [Em] on
strumming my pain with
[C] _ _
Singing [D] my life with his [G] _ _
words
[Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
_ [D] _ With [C] his song [G] telling my home
_ With [C] his words killing [F] softly [B] _ with _ his [E] _ song _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] He's _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ saying [G] as [D] if he knew [G] me
in all [C] my despair [G] _ [Am] and
Then he [D] looked right through [Em] me
as [G] if I wasn't [Bm] _ [G]
there
_ [Am] But he [D] was there this [G] stranger
_ Singing [B] clear and [Em] strong strumming
_ _ [C] _ _
[D] Singing my life with his [G] _ _
words
[Em] Killing me softly [A] with his song
_ [D] _ _ With [C] his song telling [G] my home
_ [C] With his words killing [F] me softly
_ _ With _ [Em] his [G] _ song _
With _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] his _ song _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _