Killing Me Softly Chords by Nils Landgren, Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson, Anders Kjellberg, Joakim Milder, Johan Norberg
Tempo:
101.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
Em
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Em]
[G] [C] [Em]
[G] [Em] I
[F] [Cm] [A]
[D] [Dm] heard [F] he [G] sang a good [C] song I [Dm] heard he [G] had a style
[Fm] And [Am] so [F] I came [G] to see [Am] him To listen for a while
[D] And there [A] he [G] was, this young [D] boy A [E] stranger to my [Am] eyes
Strumming my pain [D] with his fingers [Am]
[G] Singing my life [C] with his words
[Dm]
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song Killing [G] me softly [Fm] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life [F] with [G] his words [Am] Killing [Bb] me softly with [A] his song
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G]
[A] I
[F] [C] felt [Dm] overflushed with fever [Am] [Dm] [G] Embarrassed by the crowd
[C] I felt [G] he found my [Ab] letters [Am] And read each one out loud
I prayed that [G] he would [C] finish [D] But [E] he just kept [D] right [E] on
[Am] Strumming my pain with his [F] fingers [G]
Singing my life [D] with his words
[Am]
Killing me softly [D] with his song Killing [C] me softly with [Dm] his song
[G] [D] Telling my whole [C] life [F] with his words [Am] Killing [Bb] me softly with [C] [A] his song
[Dm]
[G] [Am]
[C] [F] [Am]
[G] [Ab] [Am]
[F] [G] [C]
[E] [Am]
[Dm] [C]
[G] [Am]
[Bm] [D] [Am] [G]
[B] [C]
[Bb]
[Am] [E]
[A] [C]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [C]
[Em] [C] [G]
[A] He [Dm] [C] sang as [G] [Em] if he knew [C] me In all my darkness and
[F] And [G] then he looked right through [B] [Am] me As if I wasn't there
[Dm] But he was [G] there, the [Gm] [D] stranger Singing [Ab]
clear [Am] and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers [G] Singing my life with [Am] his words
Killing me [C] softly [D] with his song Killing [G] me softly [F] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life [F] with his [C] words Killing [Bb] me softly with [A] his song
[G] [F] [G] [Em]
[C] [G] [Em]
[C] [A]
[Am] [Em]
[C] [Em]
[C]
[A] [C]
[Em] [C]
[G] [C]
[Em]
[A] [C]
[Em] [Dm]
[B] [G] [C]
[N]
[G] [C] [Em]
[G] [Em] I
[F] [Cm] [A]
[D] [Dm] heard [F] he [G] sang a good [C] song I [Dm] heard he [G] had a style
[Fm] And [Am] so [F] I came [G] to see [Am] him To listen for a while
[D] And there [A] he [G] was, this young [D] boy A [E] stranger to my [Am] eyes
Strumming my pain [D] with his fingers [Am]
[G] Singing my life [C] with his words
[Dm]
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song Killing [G] me softly [Fm] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life [F] with [G] his words [Am] Killing [Bb] me softly with [A] his song
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G]
[A] I
[F] [C] felt [Dm] overflushed with fever [Am] [Dm] [G] Embarrassed by the crowd
[C] I felt [G] he found my [Ab] letters [Am] And read each one out loud
I prayed that [G] he would [C] finish [D] But [E] he just kept [D] right [E] on
[Am] Strumming my pain with his [F] fingers [G]
Singing my life [D] with his words
[Am]
Killing me softly [D] with his song Killing [C] me softly with [Dm] his song
[G] [D] Telling my whole [C] life [F] with his words [Am] Killing [Bb] me softly with [C] [A] his song
[Dm]
[G] [Am]
[C] [F] [Am]
[G] [Ab] [Am]
[F] [G] [C]
[E] [Am]
[Dm] [C]
[G] [Am]
[Bm] [D] [Am] [G]
[B] [C]
[Bb]
[Am] [E]
[A] [C]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [C]
[Em] [C] [G]
[A] He [Dm] [C] sang as [G] [Em] if he knew [C] me In all my darkness and
[F] And [G] then he looked right through [B] [Am] me As if I wasn't there
[Dm] But he was [G] there, the [Gm] [D] stranger Singing [Ab]
clear [Am] and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers [G] Singing my life with [Am] his words
Killing me [C] softly [D] with his song Killing [G] me softly [F] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life [F] with his [C] words Killing [Bb] me softly with [A] his song
[G] [F] [G] [Em]
[C] [G] [Em]
[C] [A]
[Am] [Em]
[C] [Em]
[C]
[A] [C]
[Em] [C]
[G] [C]
[Em]
[A] [C]
[Em] [Dm]
[B] [G] [C]
[N]
Key:
G
C
Am
Em
F
G
C
Am
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ I _
[F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] heard [F] he [G] sang a good [C] song _ I [Dm] heard he [G] had a style
_ [Fm] And [Am] so [F] I came [G] to see [Am] him To listen for a while _ _ _
[D] _ And there [A] he [G] was, this young [D] boy A [E] stranger to my [Am] eyes
Strumming my pain [D] with his fingers [Am] _
[G] Singing my life [C] with his words
_ [Dm] _
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song Killing [G] me softly _ [Fm] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life [F] with [G] his words [Am] Killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ _ [A] his song _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ I _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] felt _ [Dm] overflushed with fever _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] [G] Embarrassed by the crowd _
_ [C] I felt [G] he found my [Ab] letters [Am] And read each one out loud
I _ _ prayed that [G] he would [C] finish [D] But [E] he just kept [D] right [E] on
[Am] Strumming my pain with his [F] fingers [G] _ _
Singing my life [D] with his words
_ [Am] _
Killing me softly [D] with his song Killing [C] me softly _ with [Dm] his song
[G] [D] Telling my whole [C] life [F] with his words [Am] Killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ [C] _ [A] his song
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
[A] He _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] sang as [G] [Em] if he knew [C] me In all my darkness and
[F] _ And [G] then he looked right through [B] [Am] me As if I _ wasn't there
[Dm] But he was [G] there, the [Gm] [D] stranger _ Singing [Ab]
clear [Am] and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers _ _ [G] Singing my life with [Am] his words
_ _ Killing me [C] softly [D] with his song Killing [G] me softly _ [F] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life [F] with his [C] words Killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ _ [A] his song _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [B] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ I _
[F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] heard [F] he [G] sang a good [C] song _ I [Dm] heard he [G] had a style
_ [Fm] And [Am] so [F] I came [G] to see [Am] him To listen for a while _ _ _
[D] _ And there [A] he [G] was, this young [D] boy A [E] stranger to my [Am] eyes
Strumming my pain [D] with his fingers [Am] _
[G] Singing my life [C] with his words
_ [Dm] _
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with his song Killing [G] me softly _ [Fm] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life [F] with [G] his words [Am] Killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ _ [A] his song _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ I _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] felt _ [Dm] overflushed with fever _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] [G] Embarrassed by the crowd _
_ [C] I felt [G] he found my [Ab] letters [Am] And read each one out loud
I _ _ prayed that [G] he would [C] finish [D] But [E] he just kept [D] right [E] on
[Am] Strumming my pain with his [F] fingers [G] _ _
Singing my life [D] with his words
_ [Am] _
Killing me softly [D] with his song Killing [C] me softly _ with [Dm] his song
[G] [D] Telling my whole [C] life [F] with his words [Am] Killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ [C] _ [A] his song
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
[A] He _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] sang as [G] [Em] if he knew [C] me In all my darkness and
[F] _ And [G] then he looked right through [B] [Am] me As if I _ wasn't there
[Dm] But he was [G] there, the [Gm] [D] stranger _ Singing [Ab]
clear [Am] and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers _ _ [G] Singing my life with [Am] his words
_ _ Killing me [C] softly [D] with his song Killing [G] me softly _ [F] with his song
[C] Telling my whole life [F] with his [C] words Killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ _ [A] his song _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [B] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _