Chords for Blossom Dearie - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Tempo:
145.05 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
D
Bm
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F#]
[F#m] He heard [C#m] he sang a good song, I [F#m] heard he had style
[Bm] And so [E] I came to see him to miss [F#m] him for a while
[A] [Bm] And there [E] he was, this young [A] boy, a [C#] stranger to [F] my [F#m] eyes
Drowning my [Bm] pain in his fingers, [F#] singing them every [A] word
[F#m] Killing [A] softly [B] with his song, killing [E] softly [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] softly with [F#] his song
He
[C#] [F#m] [C#m] felt all flushed with fever, [D] embarrassed by [F#m] the [Bm] crowd
He felt [E] he found my letters [F#m] and read each [E] one out loud
[A] [Bm] Afraid that he would [A] finish, but he just [G#m] kept right [F#m] on
Drowning my pain [Bm] in his fingers, singing my life with his [A]
words
Killing softly [B] with his song, killing softly [E] [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, [Bm] killing softly [F#] with his song
He [A#m]
[F#m] sang as if [E] he knew me, [F#m] in all my dark [Bm] despair
And [E] then he looked right [F#m] through me as if I was in there
[Bm] But he was [F#] there, this [E] stranger, singing [G#m] clear and [F#m] strong
Drowning my [Bm] pain in his fingers, [D] singing my life with his [C#m]
[A] words
[F#m] Killing softly [B] with his song, killing [E] softly [D] with his song
Telling my [A] whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] softly [F#] with his song
[D] [Bm]
[C#m] [Bm]
[C#m] [F#m]
[D] [Bm]
[C#m] [C#] [G#m]
[F#m] [Bm]
[E] [A]
[F#m] [B]
[E] [D]
[A] [D]
[G]
[F#]
[F#m] Drowning my pain [Bm] in his fingers, [C#m] singing my life with his words
[F#m] Killing [B] softly with his song, killing [E] softly [D] with his song
Telling [A] my whole life [D] with his words, killing [Bm] softly with [F#] his song
[E] Drowning my pain in [F#m] his fingers, [E] singing my life with his words
[A] Killing softly [B] with his song, killing [E] softly [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] softly [F#m] with [F#] his song
[F#m]
[Bm] [F#] [C#m]
[F#m] [B]
[E] [D]
[A] [D]
[Bm]
[F#]
[F#m] He heard [C#m] he sang a good song, I [F#m] heard he had style
[Bm] And so [E] I came to see him to miss [F#m] him for a while
[A] [Bm] And there [E] he was, this young [A] boy, a [C#] stranger to [F] my [F#m] eyes
Drowning my [Bm] pain in his fingers, [F#] singing them every [A] word
[F#m] Killing [A] softly [B] with his song, killing [E] softly [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] softly with [F#] his song
He
[C#] [F#m] [C#m] felt all flushed with fever, [D] embarrassed by [F#m] the [Bm] crowd
He felt [E] he found my letters [F#m] and read each [E] one out loud
[A] [Bm] Afraid that he would [A] finish, but he just [G#m] kept right [F#m] on
Drowning my pain [Bm] in his fingers, singing my life with his [A]
words
Killing softly [B] with his song, killing softly [E] [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, [Bm] killing softly [F#] with his song
He [A#m]
[F#m] sang as if [E] he knew me, [F#m] in all my dark [Bm] despair
And [E] then he looked right [F#m] through me as if I was in there
[Bm] But he was [F#] there, this [E] stranger, singing [G#m] clear and [F#m] strong
Drowning my [Bm] pain in his fingers, [D] singing my life with his [C#m]
[A] words
[F#m] Killing softly [B] with his song, killing [E] softly [D] with his song
Telling my [A] whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] softly [F#] with his song
[D] [Bm]
[C#m] [Bm]
[C#m] [F#m]
[D] [Bm]
[C#m] [C#] [G#m]
[F#m] [Bm]
[E] [A]
[F#m] [B]
[E] [D]
[A] [D]
[G]
[F#]
[F#m] Drowning my pain [Bm] in his fingers, [C#m] singing my life with his words
[F#m] Killing [B] softly with his song, killing [E] softly [D] with his song
Telling [A] my whole life [D] with his words, killing [Bm] softly with [F#] his song
[E] Drowning my pain in [F#m] his fingers, [E] singing my life with his words
[A] Killing softly [B] with his song, killing [E] softly [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] softly [F#m] with [F#] his song
[F#m]
[Bm] [F#] [C#m]
[F#m] [B]
[E] [D]
[A] [D]
[Bm]
[F#]
Key:
F#m
D
Bm
E
A
F#m
D
Bm
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ He heard [C#m] he sang a good song, _ I [F#m] heard he had style
_ [Bm] And so [E] I came to see him to miss [F#m] him for a while
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ And there [E] he was, this young [A] boy, a [C#] stranger to [F] my [F#m] eyes
Drowning my [Bm] pain in his fingers, _ [F#] singing them every [A] word
_ _ [F#m] Killing [A] softly [B] with his song, killing [E] softly _ [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] softly _ _ _ with [F#] his _ song _
He _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [C#m] felt all flushed with fever, _ _ [D] embarrassed by [F#m] the [Bm] crowd
He felt [E] he found my letters [F#m] and read each [E] one out loud
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ Afraid that he would [A] finish, but he just [G#m] kept right [F#m] on
Drowning my pain [Bm] in his fingers, singing my life with his [A]
words
_ Killing softly [B] with his song, killing softly [E] _ [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, [Bm] killing _ softly _ _ _ [F#] with his _ song _
He [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ sang as if [E] he knew me, _ [F#m] in all my dark [Bm] despair
_ And [E] then he looked right [F#m] through me as if I was in there
_ _ [Bm] But _ he was [F#] there, this [E] stranger, _ _ singing [G#m] clear and [F#m] strong
Drowning my [Bm] pain in his fingers, [D] singing my life with his [C#m]
[A] words
_ [F#m] _ Killing softly [B] with his song, killing [E] softly _ [D] with his song
Telling my [A] whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] softly _ _ _ _ [F#] with his _ _ song _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [G#m] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] Drowning my pain [Bm] in his fingers, _ [C#m] singing my life with his words
[F#m] _ Killing [B] softly with his song, killing [E] softly _ [D] with his song
Telling [A] my whole life [D] with his words, killing [Bm] softly _ _ _ with [F#] his song _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Drowning my pain in [F#m] his fingers, _ _ [E] singing my life with his _ words
_ [A] Killing softly [B] with his song, killing _ [E] softly [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] _ softly _ [F#m] with _ [F#] his song _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ He heard [C#m] he sang a good song, _ I [F#m] heard he had style
_ [Bm] And so [E] I came to see him to miss [F#m] him for a while
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ And there [E] he was, this young [A] boy, a [C#] stranger to [F] my [F#m] eyes
Drowning my [Bm] pain in his fingers, _ [F#] singing them every [A] word
_ _ [F#m] Killing [A] softly [B] with his song, killing [E] softly _ [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] softly _ _ _ with [F#] his _ song _
He _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [C#m] felt all flushed with fever, _ _ [D] embarrassed by [F#m] the [Bm] crowd
He felt [E] he found my letters [F#m] and read each [E] one out loud
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ Afraid that he would [A] finish, but he just [G#m] kept right [F#m] on
Drowning my pain [Bm] in his fingers, singing my life with his [A]
words
_ Killing softly [B] with his song, killing softly [E] _ [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, [Bm] killing _ softly _ _ _ [F#] with his _ song _
He [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ sang as if [E] he knew me, _ [F#m] in all my dark [Bm] despair
_ And [E] then he looked right [F#m] through me as if I was in there
_ _ [Bm] But _ he was [F#] there, this [E] stranger, _ _ singing [G#m] clear and [F#m] strong
Drowning my [Bm] pain in his fingers, [D] singing my life with his [C#m]
[A] words
_ [F#m] _ Killing softly [B] with his song, killing [E] softly _ [D] with his song
Telling my [A] whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] softly _ _ _ _ [F#] with his _ _ song _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [G#m] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] Drowning my pain [Bm] in his fingers, _ [C#m] singing my life with his words
[F#m] _ Killing [B] softly with his song, killing [E] softly _ [D] with his song
Telling [A] my whole life [D] with his words, killing [Bm] softly _ _ _ with [F#] his song _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Drowning my pain in [F#m] his fingers, _ _ [E] singing my life with his _ words
_ [A] Killing softly [B] with his song, killing _ [E] softly [D] with his song
[A] Telling my whole life [D] with his words, killing [G] _ softly _ [F#m] with _ [F#] his song _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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