Chords for Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly

Tempo:
60.05 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ab

Db

Fm

Bbm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Show Tuner
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly chords
Start Jamming...
He's drumming my pain with his [Bbm] fingers
[Eb] Singing my life [Ab] with his words
[Fm] Killing me [Bb] softly with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his song
With [Ab] his words, killing me [F] softly with his song
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Bbm]
I [Eb] heard he sang a [Ab] good song [Db] I heard he had a [Bb] style
And [Eb] so I came to [Fm] see him to listen for a while
[Bbm]
And [Eb] there he was, this [Ab] young boy A [C] stranger to my [Fm] eyes
He's drumming my [Bbm] pain with his fingers
[Eb] Singing my [Ab] life with his words
[Fm]
Killing me softly with his song
[Eb] Killing me softly [Db] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Gb] Killing me softly [F] with his song
[Bbm] I [Eb] felt all flushed with [Ab] fever
[Db] Embarrassed by the [Bbm] crowd
I [Eb] felt he found my [Fm] letters and read each one out loud
[Bbm] Afraid [Eb] that he would [Ab] finish
But he [C] just kept right [Fm] on
He's drumming my pain [Bbm] with his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life [Ab] with his words
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his song
Telling [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing [Gb] me softly with [F] his song
[Bb]
He sang [Eb] as if he knew [Ab] me
In [Db] all my dark despair
[Eb] And then he looked right through [Fm] me
As if I wasn't there
[Bbm]
And he [Eb] just kept on singing
[Ab] Singing [C] clearly strong
[Fm] He's drumming my pain with his [Bbm] fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with his words
Killing me [Bb] softly with his song
[Eb] Killing me softly [Db] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing me softly with [F] his song
[Fm] [Bbm] [Ab]
La la [Bb] [Eb] [Db]
[Ab] [Db] [Gb]
[F] [Fm] [Bbm] with his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with [Ab] his words
[Fm] Killing me softly with [Bb] his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song
Telling my [Ab] whole life with his [Db] words
[Gb] Killing me softly
He [F]
[Fm] was strumming my pain
[Eb] Yeah he was singing [Ab] my
[Fm]
Killing me [Bb] softly with his song
[Eb] Killing me softly [Dbm] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Gb] killing me softly with [F] his eyes
[Bb]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Fm
123111111
Bbm
13421111
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Show All Diagrams
Chords
NotesBeta

Learn the basic chords of Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song chords, with this master sequence: C, Fm, Bbm, Eb and Ab. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 60 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 121. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: F Minor.

Download PDF
Download Midi
Edit This Version
Hide Lyrics Hint
He's drumming my pain with his [Bbm] fingers
[Eb] Singing my life [Ab] with his words
[Fm] Killing me [Bb] softly with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his song
With [Ab] _ his words, killing me [F] softly with his song
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm]
I [Eb] heard he sang a [Ab] good song [Db] I heard he had a [Bb] style
And [Eb] so I came to [Fm] see him to listen for a while
[Bbm]
And [Eb] there he was, this [Ab] young boy A [C] stranger to my [Fm] eyes
He's drumming my [Bbm] pain with his fingers
[Eb] Singing my [Ab] life with his words
[Fm]
Killing me softly with his song
[Eb] Killing me softly [Db] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Gb] Killing me softly _ [F] with his song
_ _ [Bbm] I [Eb] felt all flushed with [Ab] fever
_ [Db] Embarrassed by the [Bbm] crowd
I [Eb] felt he found my [Fm] letters and read each one out loud
[Bbm] Afraid [Eb] that he would [Ab] finish
But he [C] just kept right [Fm] on
He's drumming my pain [Bbm] with his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life [Ab] with his words
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
Killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his song
Telling [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing [Gb] me softly with [F] his song
_ _ [Bb]
He sang [Eb] as if he knew [Ab] me
In [Db] all my dark despair
[Eb] And then he looked right through [Fm] me
As if I wasn't there
[Bbm]
And he [Eb] just kept on singing
[Ab] Singing [C] clearly strong
[Fm] He's drumming my pain with his [Bbm] fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with his words
Killing me [Bb] softly with his song
[Eb] Killing me softly [Db] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
Killing me softly with [F] his song
_ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ La la [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Bbm] with his fingers
[Eb] Singing my life with [Ab] his words
[Fm] Killing me softly with [Bb] his song
Killing [Eb] me softly with [Db] his song
Telling my [Ab] whole life with his [Db] words
[Gb] Killing me softly
He _ [F] _ _ _
[Fm] was strumming my pain
[Eb] Yeah he was singing [Ab] my
_ [Fm]
Killing me [Bb] softly with his song
[Eb] Killing me softly [Dbm] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life [Db] with his words
[Gb] killing me softly with [F] his eyes
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _

Facts about this song

It's Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox who authored this song.

You may also like to play

2:41
"1973" "Killing Me Softly", Roberta Flack (Classic Concert Cut)
4:47
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (Vinyl)