Chords for Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly ( 1973 )

[Fm] strumming my pain with his [Bbm] fingers
[Eb] singing my life [Ab] with his words
[Fm] killing me [Bb] softly with his songs
killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his songs
telling [Ab] my heart [Db] with his words
killing me [Gb] softly with [F] his songs
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ I _ [Bbm] _
[Eb] heard he sang a good [Ab] song
I [Db] heard he had a style
[Bb] and so I [Eb] came to [Fm] see him
and _ _ [Fm] _
[Bbm] [Eb] there he was this young [Ab] boy
[C] a stranger to my [Fm] eyes
strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
[Ebm] singing [Eb] my life with [Ab] his words
[Fm] killing [F] me softly [Dm] with his [Bb] songs
killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his songs
telling [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words
killing [Gb] me softly with [F] his songs
I _ [Bbm] felt [Eb] all flushed with fever
[Ab] _ [Db] embarrassed by the [Bbm] crowd
I felt [Eb] he found my [Fm] letters
and each one out loud
[Bbm] I prayed [Eb] that he would [Ab] finish
but he [C] just kept right [Fm] on
strumming my pain with [Bbm] his fingers
[Eb] singing [Ab] my life with his words
[Fm] killing me softly [Bb] with his songs
killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his songs
telling [Ab] my whole life with [Db] his words
killing [Gb] me softly _ with his [F] songs _ _
[Bb] [Bbm] He sang [Eb] as if he knew [Ab] me
in [Db] all my dark despair
[Bbm] [Eb] and then he looked right [Ab] through [Fm] me
as if I wasn't there
[Bbm] and he just [Eb] kept on singing
[Ab] [C] singing clear and strong
[Fm] strumming my [Bbm] pain with his fingers
[Eb] singing my [Ab] life with his words
[Fm]
killing me [Bb] softly with his songs
[Eb] killing me softly [Db] with his songs
[Ab] telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Gb] killing me softly with [F] his songs
with _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
[Bbm] his fingers
[Eb] singing my life [Ab] with his [Fm] words
killing me softly [Bb] with his songs
killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his songs
telling [Ab] my whole life with [Db] his [Gb] words
killing me softly
_ [F] _ _ _
[Fm] He was stompin' my [Bbm] back, yeah, [Eb] he was seein' my [Ab] life
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song, killing [Eb] me softly [Dbm] with his song
Tellin' [Ab] my whole [Db] life with his [Gb] words, killing me softly [F] with his song _ _ _ _ _ _