Chords for Killing Me Softly with His Song (from Always and Forever: An Evening of Songs at The Ro...

This is an album of [Bm] classic songs.
I define classic as songs
which stand the test of [N] time,
songs which are not
that the generations can share.
So I figured that
we would do it at a special event
at a classic venue,
and when I think of
really classic venues,
there are only a few places
that come to mind, [A] you know,
[Ab] and Royal Albert Hall
is [A] at the top of that list,
and I was [Am] more than anxious
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] to do it.
I said, how deep is your love?
Ten times in a row, you know?
Then it was suggested to me
that I do an album,
since people react like that
to my interpretation
of preexisting songs,
of cover songs,
an entire collection
of cover songs,
and I loved the idea.
It gave me a chance
to pay tribute
to some of the artists
who did the songs
as well as some of the songs themselves.
[Dm] You know, when I used to sing
background for Roberta Flack,
she more than [D] anybody encouraged me
to make my own [Bm] record
and have my own [Am] career,
and I owe her a lot.
[Dm] Strumming my pain
with [F] his fingers
_ _ _ [C] Singing my life
with [F] his words
[Dm] Killing me softly
[G] with his song
Killing [C] me softly
with [Fm] his [Bb] song
Telling my [F] whole life
with his words [Bb] Killing me _ [F] softly
_ Oh, _ _ [D] with his [E] song
[D] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [C] _
Ooh, [Bb] _ [Bb] [C] yeah
[F] _ [Gm] _ [C]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa [Bb] Ooh, [Bb] yeah
[Gm] _ [Dm] I heard he sang a good [F] song
And I heard he had a [Dm] star
And so I went to see [Am] him
To listen [Dm] for a while
And there he was,
this [F] stranger
[A] There before my [Dm] eyes
Strumming my pain
with his [Gm] fingers
[C] Singing my life
[F] with his [Am] words
[Dm] Killing me [Bm] softly
with his [G] song
[C] Killing me softly
[Fm] with his [Bb] song
[C] Telling my whole [Bb] life
with his words [Eb] Killing me [Bb] softly
With [D] his song _
[Gm] I felt all flushed with [F] fever
Embarrassed by the [Bb] crowd
I felt he'd found my [Am] letters
And read each [Dm] one out loud
[Gm] I [Bb] prayed that he would [F] finish
Oh no, but [A] he just kept right [F] on
Strumming my [Bb] pain
with his fingers
[C] Singing my life
[F] with his words
[Dm] Killing me [G] softly
with his song
[C] Killing me softly
[Bb] with his song
[F] Telling my whole life
with his words
[Eb] Killing me softly _
[D] With his song
_ [Gm] He sang as if he [F] knew me
In [C] all my dark despair
[Bb] And then he looked
right through [C] me
As if I [F] wasn't there
I was right there
But he just kept on singing
[A] Singing clear and [Dm] strong
Strumming my pain
[Bb] with his fingers [C] Singing
Singing my [F] life
with his words
I should have been stronger
[G] Softly with his song
[Em] Killing me [C] [Bb] softly
with his song
[F] Telling my whole life
with his words [Eb] _ _ Softly
[D] With his _ song [Dm] [F] Oh _ [Bb] [C] Oh
I [F] wanna be [Dm] stronger
[G] La la la la la la la [C] la la Oh
[Bb] _
[Am] Yeah [Bb] yeah yeah [Gm] yeah yeah yeah
Oh [Bb] _ yeah [D] La
[Dm] Strumming my pain
with his [Gm] fingers
[C] Yeah, see what
Singing my life
with his words
Wish I was [Dm] stronger
Killing me [Bm] softly
with his [G] song
[C] Killing me softly
[Bb] with his song
[F] Telling my whole life
[Bb] Every day I remember Softly
[D] With his song _ [Dm] Oh
[Gm] Do
_ [C] _ [Gm] [C] Yeah
And [Dm] I still remember
[G] Killing me softly
with his song
[C] Killing me softly
[Bb] with his song
[F] Telling my whole [Bb] life
With [F] his words
Killing me softly Softly
[D] With his song _ Woo _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _