Chords for Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
Tempo:
60.05 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Db
Fm
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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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]
[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
Ab
Db
Fm
Bbm
Eb
Ab
Db
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] _ _ _
[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] _ _ _