Nils Landgren - Killing Me Softly Chords
Tempo:
101.5 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
Em
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Em]
[G] [C] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[F] [Cm] [A]
[Dm] I heard [C] he sang [G] a good [C] song, I heard [Dm] he [Gm] passed out, [D] and [Am] so [F] I [G] came to see him, [Am] to listen for a while.
[D] And [Am] there he [G] was, this young [D] boy, a [E] stranger to my [Am] eyes, drumming my pain with [D] his fingers.
[Ab] [G] Singing my life with [D] his words, [Am] killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly with his song.
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing [Bb] me softly with [A] his song.
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G]
[A] I
[F] felt [Dm] all flushed with fever, [Am] [Dm] embarrassed [G] by the crowd.
[C] I felt [G] he found my [Ab] [Am] letters and read each one out loud.
I prayed [G] that he would [C] finish, [Dm] [Am] but he just [E] [D] kept right [E] [Am] on, strumming my pain with [Dm] his fingers.
[G] Singing my life with [D] his words,
[Am] killing me softly [Gb] with [D] his song, killing [C] me softly [Dm] with his song.
Telling [D] my [C] whole life [Dm] with his [Am] words, killing [Bb] me softly with [C]
his [A] song.
[D] [Dm] [G]
[Em] [Am] [C] [F]
[Am] [G]
[Ab] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C] [E]
[Am] [Dm] [C]
[Bm] [D]
[Am] [G] [Dm] [C]
[Bb]
[Cm] [A]
[E] [B] [A] [C]
[G] [Em] [C]
[Em] [C]
[G] [A] [Dm]
[C] He sang as [G] if he knew me,
[F] in all my [G] darkest [Am] [F] times.
And then [G] he looked right [Dm] through [Am] me, as if I wasn't there.
[Dm]
But he was [G] there, this [D] stranger, singing [E] clear and [Am] strong, strumming my pain with his fingers.
[G] Singing my life with his [Am] words, [C] killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly [F] with his song.
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing me [Bb] softly with [A] his song.
[G] [F] [G]
[Em]
[C] [G]
[Em] [C] [A]
[C] [Em]
[C] [Em]
[C]
[A]
[C] [Em]
[C] [G]
[C] [Em]
[A]
[C] [Em]
[F] [Em] [F]
[G] [C] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[F] [Cm] [A]
[Dm] I heard [C] he sang [G] a good [C] song, I heard [Dm] he [Gm] passed out, [D] and [Am] so [F] I [G] came to see him, [Am] to listen for a while.
[D] And [Am] there he [G] was, this young [D] boy, a [E] stranger to my [Am] eyes, drumming my pain with [D] his fingers.
[Ab] [G] Singing my life with [D] his words, [Am] killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly with his song.
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing [Bb] me softly with [A] his song.
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G]
[A] I
[F] felt [Dm] all flushed with fever, [Am] [Dm] embarrassed [G] by the crowd.
[C] I felt [G] he found my [Ab] [Am] letters and read each one out loud.
I prayed [G] that he would [C] finish, [Dm] [Am] but he just [E] [D] kept right [E] [Am] on, strumming my pain with [Dm] his fingers.
[G] Singing my life with [D] his words,
[Am] killing me softly [Gb] with [D] his song, killing [C] me softly [Dm] with his song.
Telling [D] my [C] whole life [Dm] with his [Am] words, killing [Bb] me softly with [C]
his [A] song.
[D] [Dm] [G]
[Em] [Am] [C] [F]
[Am] [G]
[Ab] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C] [E]
[Am] [Dm] [C]
[Bm] [D]
[Am] [G] [Dm] [C]
[Bb]
[Cm] [A]
[E] [B] [A] [C]
[G] [Em] [C]
[Em] [C]
[G] [A] [Dm]
[C] He sang as [G] if he knew me,
[F] in all my [G] darkest [Am] [F] times.
And then [G] he looked right [Dm] through [Am] me, as if I wasn't there.
[Dm]
But he was [G] there, this [D] stranger, singing [E] clear and [Am] strong, strumming my pain with his fingers.
[G] Singing my life with his [Am] words, [C] killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly [F] with his song.
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing me [Bb] softly with [A] his song.
[G] [F] [G]
[Em]
[C] [G]
[Em] [C] [A]
[C] [Em]
[C] [Em]
[C]
[A]
[C] [Em]
[C] [G]
[C] [Em]
[A]
[C] [Em]
[F] [Em] [F]
Key:
C
G
Am
Em
Dm
C
G
Am
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ I heard [C] he sang [G] a good [C] song, I heard [Dm] he [Gm] passed out, _ [D] and [Am] so [F] I [G] came to see him, [Am] to listen for a while. _ _
_ [D] _ And [Am] there he [G] was, this young [D] boy, a [E] stranger to my [Am] eyes, drumming my pain with [D] his fingers. _
[Ab] _ [G] Singing my life with [D] his words, _ _ [Am] killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly _ with his song.
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ _ [A] his song. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] I _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ felt [Dm] all flushed with fever, _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] embarrassed [G] by the crowd.
_ _ [C] I felt [G] he found my [Ab] [Am] letters and read each one out loud.
I _ prayed [G] that he would [C] finish, _ [Dm] [Am] but he just [E] [D] kept right [E] [Am] on, strumming my pain with [Dm] his fingers. _
[G] _ Singing my life with [D] his words, _
_ [Am] killing me softly [Gb] with [D] his song, killing [C] me softly _ [Dm] with his song.
Telling [D] my [C] whole life [Dm] with his [Am] words, killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ [C]
his [A] _ song. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[C] He sang as [G] if he knew me, _
[F] in all my [G] darkest [Am] [F] times.
And then [G] he looked right [Dm] through [Am] me, as if I wasn't there.
_ [Dm] _
But he was [G] there, this [D] stranger, _ singing [E] clear and [Am] strong, strumming my pain with his fingers.
_ _ [G] Singing my life with his [Am] words, _ [C] killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly _ [F] with his song.
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing me [Bb] softly _ _ with _ [A] his song. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ I heard [C] he sang [G] a good [C] song, I heard [Dm] he [Gm] passed out, _ [D] and [Am] so [F] I [G] came to see him, [Am] to listen for a while. _ _
_ [D] _ And [Am] there he [G] was, this young [D] boy, a [E] stranger to my [Am] eyes, drumming my pain with [D] his fingers. _
[Ab] _ [G] Singing my life with [D] his words, _ _ [Am] killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly _ with his song.
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ _ [A] his song. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] I _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ felt [Dm] all flushed with fever, _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] embarrassed [G] by the crowd.
_ _ [C] I felt [G] he found my [Ab] [Am] letters and read each one out loud.
I _ prayed [G] that he would [C] finish, _ [Dm] [Am] but he just [E] [D] kept right [E] [Am] on, strumming my pain with [Dm] his fingers. _
[G] _ Singing my life with [D] his words, _
_ [Am] killing me softly [Gb] with [D] his song, killing [C] me softly _ [Dm] with his song.
Telling [D] my [C] whole life [Dm] with his [Am] words, killing [Bb] me softly _ with _ [C]
his [A] _ song. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[C] He sang as [G] if he knew me, _
[F] in all my [G] darkest [Am] [F] times.
And then [G] he looked right [Dm] through [Am] me, as if I wasn't there.
_ [Dm] _
But he was [G] there, this [D] stranger, _ singing [E] clear and [Am] strong, strumming my pain with his fingers.
_ _ [G] Singing my life with his [Am] words, _ [C] killing me softly [D] with his song, killing [G] me softly _ [F] with his song.
[C] Telling my whole life with his words, killing me [Bb] softly _ _ with _ [A] his song. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _