Chords for Killing Me Softly - John Holt

_ _ Strumming my pain with her [Dm] fingers,
_ _ _ _ [G] Singing my life with her [C] _ words, _
_ _ _ [Am] Killing me [C] softly with her [D] song,
Killing me [G] softly _ _ _ with her [F]
song,
_ Telling my [C] whole life _ with [F] her words,
Killing _ [Bb] me softly _ _ _ with _ _ _ her [A] song,
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[Ab] _ [Dm] _ _ I heard [G] she sang a good song,
[C] _ I heard [Am] she had a style,
[Dm] _ _ And so [G] I came to see her [Am] and listen for a while, _
_ _ And there [G] she was, this young girl,
[C] A [E] stranger to my _ [Am] eyes,
Strumming my pain with her [Dm] fingers, _
[G] Singing my life with her words, _
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with her song,
Killing me [G] softly _ with her [F] song,
Telling my whole [C] life with her [F] words,
Killing [Bb] me softly _ _ _ with [A] her _ song, _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ I [G] felt all flush with [C] fever,
_ _ _ [F] Embarrassed by the [Dm] crowd,
_ I felt [G] she found my [Am] letters,
And read each one out _ loud,
[Dm] _ I prayed [G] that she would finish,
[C] _ But she [E] just kept right [Am] on,
Strumming my pain with [Dm] her fingers, _ _
[G] Singing my life with [C] her words, _
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with her song,
Killing [G] me softly _ [F] with her song,
Telling my whole [C] life [F] with her words,
Killing [Bb] me softly _ _ with her [A] _ song, _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ She sang [G] as if she knew [C] me,
In all [F] my darkness there,
[Dm] _ And then [G] she looked right through me,
[Am] As if I wasn't there, _ _
[Dm] _ But she [G] was there, this stranger,
[C] _ _ Singing [E] clear and [Am] strong,
Strumming my pain with [Dm] her fingers, _ _
[G] Singing my life with [C] her words, _ _
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with her song,
Killing [G] me softly _ [F] with her song,
Telling [Am] my whole [C] life [F] with her words,
Killing [Bb] me softly _ _ _ with her [A] song,
_ _ _ _ She [Am] was strumming my pain with [Dm] her fingers, _ _
[G] Singing my life with [C] her _ words,
Killing me softly [D] with her song,
Killing [G] me softly _ [F] with her song,
Telling [Am] my whole [C] life [F] with her words,
Killing [Bb] me softly _ _ _ with [A] her song,
_ _ _ _ She [Am] was strumming my pain with her [Dm] fingers, _ _
[G] Singing my life with [C] her words, _
[Am] Killing me softly [D] with her song,
Killing [G] me softly _ [F] with her song,
Telling [Am] my whole [C] life [F] with her words,
Killing [Bb] me softly _ _ _ with [A] her _ _ _ song, _ _
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