Killing Me Softly With His Song Chords by Roberta Flack

Tempo:
58.875 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ab

Bbm

Db

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Roberta Flack / Killing Me Softly With His Song chords
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[Fm] Strumming my thing [Bbm] with his fingers
[Eb] Singing [Ab] my life with his [Bbm] words
Killing me [Bb] softly with his [Eb] song
Killing me softly [Db] with [Dbm] his song
Telling my [Ab] whole [Db] life with his words
[Gb] Killing me softly [F] with his song
[Fm] [F] [Eb] I [Db] [Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Bbm] [Eb] heard he sang a good song
[Ab]
I [Db] heard he had a style
[Bbm] And [Eb] so I came to see [Fm] him
To miss him for a while
[Bbm] And [Eb] there he was, this young [Ab] boy
A [C] stranger to my [Fm] eyes
Strumming my [Bbm] thing with his fingers
[Eb]
Singing my life [Ab] with his [Cm] words
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
[Eb] Killing me softly [Db] with his song
Telling my [Ab] whole life [Db] with his [Ab] words
[Gb] Killing me softly [F] with his song
[Bbm]
I [Eb] felt all flushed with [Ab] fever
[Db] Embarrassed by the crowd
[Bbm]
I [Eb] felt he found my [Fm] letters
Read each one
I [Bbm]
prayed [Eb] that he would [Ab] finish
But he [C] just [Em] kept right [Fm] on
Strumming my thing [Bbm] with his fingers
[Eb] Singing my [Ab] life with his [Cm] words
[Fm]
Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
[Eb] Killing me softly [Db] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life with his words
[Gb] Killing me softly [F] with his song
[Bbm] He sang [Eb] as if he knew [Ab] me
In [Db] all my dark despair
[Bbm] And [Db] then he looked [Eb] right through [Fm] me His earphones
[Bbm] And [Eb] he just kept on [Ab] singing
[C] Singing clear and [Fm] strong
Strumming my thing [Bbm] [Eb]
with his fingers
Singing my [Ab] life [Fm] with his words
Killing me [Bb] softly with his song
[Eb] Killing me [Db] softly with his song
Telling my [Ab] whole life [Db] with his words
[Gb] Killing me softly [F] with his song
[Fm]
[Bbm] Oh!
[Eb] [Ab] [Fm]
La la [Bb] [Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb] [F]
la
[Gb] He [F] [Fm] was [Bbm] singing with his fingers
[Eb]
Singing my life [Ab] with his words
[Fm] Killing me [Bb] 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 Softly
Softly
With [F] his song Thank you
[N]
Key:Β Β 
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Bbm
13421111
Db
12341114
Fm
123111111
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Bbm
13421111
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To start learning Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: Bbm, Eb, Fm, Bbm, Eb, Ab, Bbm, Ab and Fm. Begin your practice at a relaxed 29 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 59. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of Ab Major.

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[Fm] Strumming my thing [Bbm] with his fingers
[Eb] Singing [Ab] my life with his [Bbm] words
Killing me [Bb] softly with his [Eb] song
Killing me softly [Db] with [Dbm] his song
Telling my [Ab] whole [Db] life with his words
[Gb] Killing me softly [F] with his song
[Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ I _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] heard he sang a good song
[Ab]
I [Db] heard he had a style
[Bbm] And [Eb] so I came to see [Fm] him
To miss him for a while
[Bbm] And [Eb] there he was, this young [Ab] boy
A [C] stranger to my [Fm] eyes
Strumming my [Bbm] thing with his fingers
[Eb]
Singing my life [Ab] with his [Cm] words
[Fm] Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
[Eb] Killing me softly [Db] with his song
Telling my [Ab] whole life [Db] with his [Ab] words
[Gb] Killing me softly [F] with his song
_ _ [Bbm]
I [Eb] felt all flushed with [Ab] fever
[Db] Embarrassed by the crowd
[Bbm]
I [Eb] felt he found my [Fm] letters
Read each one
I _ [Bbm]
prayed [Eb] that he would [Ab] finish
But he [C] just [Em] kept right [Fm] on
Strumming my thing [Bbm] with his fingers
[Eb] Singing my [Ab] life with his [Cm] words
[Fm]
Killing me softly [Bb] with his song
[Eb] Killing me softly [Db] with his song
[Ab] Telling my whole life with his words
[Gb] Killing me softly [F] with his song
_ _ [Bbm] He sang [Eb] as if he knew [Ab] me
In [Db] all my dark despair
[Bbm] And [Db] then he looked [Eb] right through [Fm] me His earphones
_ [Bbm] And [Eb] he just kept on [Ab] singing
[C] Singing clear and [Fm] strong
Strumming my thing [Bbm] _ _ [Eb]
with his fingers
Singing my [Ab] life [Fm] with his words
Killing me [Bb] softly with his song
[Eb] Killing me [Db] softly with his song
Telling my [Ab] whole life [Db] with his words
[Gb] Killing me softly [F] with his song
_ _ [Fm] _
[Bbm] Oh!
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm]
La la [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [F]
la
[Gb] He [F] [Fm] was [Bbm] singing with his fingers
[Eb]
Singing my life [Ab] with his words
[Fm] Killing me [Bb] 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 _ Softly _
Softly
With [F] his song Thank _ _ you
[N] _ _ _

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This song was composed by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox.

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