Chords for The Queen Dionne Warwick — Killing me Softly (Live at Paris, 1973)
Tempo:
104.75 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Fm
Db
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] by Jean-Pierre Manquillet.
[Ab]
[A] [Db] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[E] [Cm] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[E] [C] [Fm]
[Abm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Fm]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb]
[F]
[Fm] I [Bbm]
felt [Eb] all flushed with fever, [Ab]
[Db] embarrassed by the crowd.
[Bbm]
I felt [Eb] it found my [C] letters [Fm] and wrote them down.
I read each one of them, [Bbm]
I prayed [Eb] that he would [Ab] finish.
But he [C] just kept right on [Fm] with [Bbm] his fingers,
[Eb]
and with [Ab] his words, [Fm] killing me softly [Bb] with his song.
Killing me [Eb] softly with [Db] his song.
[Ab]
[Db] Killing [Gb] me softly with [F] his song.
[C] [Bbm] Killing me softly with his song.
He sang as [Eb] if he knew [Ab] me in all [A] my [Db] dark despair.
[Bbm]
And then [Eb] he looked right through [Fm] me as if I [Cm] wasn't there.
[Bbm]
Well, he [Dbm] just [Eb] kept on singing, [Ab]
singing [C] clear and [Fm] strong.
And strumming with [Bbm] his fingers, [Eb] singing my life [Ab] with his words.
[Fm] Killing me softly [Ab] with [Bb] his song.
Killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his song.
Killing [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words.
Killing [Gb] me softly with [F] his song.
[Fm]
[Bbm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Gb] [Ab] [Fm] La la, [Bb] [Eb] whoa,
[Cm] [Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb]
[F] oh, [Gm] [F] [C] [Fm]
with his [Bbm] fingers.
[Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [Fm] Killing me [Bb] [Eb] softly [Db] with his song.
Killing my whole [Ab] life [Db] with his words.
Killing me [Gb] softly with his song.
[F]
[Fm]
[N]
[G]
[Ab]
[A] [Db] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[E] [Cm] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[E] [C] [Fm]
[Abm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Fm]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb]
[F]
[Fm] I [Bbm]
felt [Eb] all flushed with fever, [Ab]
[Db] embarrassed by the crowd.
[Bbm]
I felt [Eb] it found my [C] letters [Fm] and wrote them down.
I read each one of them, [Bbm]
I prayed [Eb] that he would [Ab] finish.
But he [C] just kept right on [Fm] with [Bbm] his fingers,
[Eb]
and with [Ab] his words, [Fm] killing me softly [Bb] with his song.
Killing me [Eb] softly with [Db] his song.
[Ab]
[Db] Killing [Gb] me softly with [F] his song.
[C] [Bbm] Killing me softly with his song.
He sang as [Eb] if he knew [Ab] me in all [A] my [Db] dark despair.
[Bbm]
And then [Eb] he looked right through [Fm] me as if I [Cm] wasn't there.
[Bbm]
Well, he [Dbm] just [Eb] kept on singing, [Ab]
singing [C] clear and [Fm] strong.
And strumming with [Bbm] his fingers, [Eb] singing my life [Ab] with his words.
[Fm] Killing me softly [Ab] with [Bb] his song.
Killing [Eb] me softly [Db] with his song.
Killing [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words.
Killing [Gb] me softly with [F] his song.
[Fm]
[Bbm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Gb] [Ab] [Fm] La la, [Bb] [Eb] whoa,
[Cm] [Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb]
[F] oh, [Gm] [F] [C] [Fm]
with his [Bbm] fingers.
[Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [Fm] Killing me [Bb] [Eb] softly [Db] with his song.
Killing my whole [Ab] life [Db] with his words.
Killing me [Gb] softly with his song.
[F]
[Fm]
[N]
[G]
Key:
Eb
Ab
Fm
Db
Bbm
Eb
Ab
Fm
[Eb] by Jean-Pierre Manquillet.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Db] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Fm] I _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
felt [Eb] all flushed with fever, [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] embarrassed by the crowd.
[Bbm] _ _
I felt [Eb] it found my [C] letters [Fm] and wrote them down.
I read each one of them, _ _ [Bbm] _
I prayed [Eb] that he would [Ab] finish. _
But he [C] just kept right on [Fm] with _ [Bbm] his fingers,
_ _ [Eb] _
and with [Ab] his _ words, [Fm] killing me softly [Bb] with his song.
Killing me [Eb] softly _ with [Db] his song.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ Killing [Gb] me softly _ _ _ _ with [F] his song.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bbm] Killing me softly with his song.
He sang as [Eb] if he knew [Ab] me _ in all [A] my [Db] dark despair.
[Bbm] _ _
And then [Eb] he looked right through [Fm] me as if I [Cm] wasn't there.
_ _ _ [Bbm]
Well, he [Dbm] just [Eb] kept on singing, [Ab] _ _
singing [C] clear and [Fm] strong.
And strumming with [Bbm] his fingers, _ [Eb] singing my life [Ab] with his _ words.
[Fm] Killing me softly [Ab] with [Bb] his song.
Killing [Eb] me softly _ [Db] with his song.
Killing [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words.
Killing [Gb] me softly _ _ _ _ with [F] his song.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] La la, _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] whoa, _
_ [Cm] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ oh, _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ [Fm] _ _
with his [Bbm] fingers.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] Killing me _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ softly [Db] with his song.
Killing my whole [Ab] life [Db] with his words.
Killing me [Gb] softly _ _ _ _ with his song.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Db] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Fm] I _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
felt [Eb] all flushed with fever, [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] embarrassed by the crowd.
[Bbm] _ _
I felt [Eb] it found my [C] letters [Fm] and wrote them down.
I read each one of them, _ _ [Bbm] _
I prayed [Eb] that he would [Ab] finish. _
But he [C] just kept right on [Fm] with _ [Bbm] his fingers,
_ _ [Eb] _
and with [Ab] his _ words, [Fm] killing me softly [Bb] with his song.
Killing me [Eb] softly _ with [Db] his song.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ Killing [Gb] me softly _ _ _ _ with [F] his song.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bbm] Killing me softly with his song.
He sang as [Eb] if he knew [Ab] me _ in all [A] my [Db] dark despair.
[Bbm] _ _
And then [Eb] he looked right through [Fm] me as if I [Cm] wasn't there.
_ _ _ [Bbm]
Well, he [Dbm] just [Eb] kept on singing, [Ab] _ _
singing [C] clear and [Fm] strong.
And strumming with [Bbm] his fingers, _ [Eb] singing my life [Ab] with his _ words.
[Fm] Killing me softly [Ab] with [Bb] his song.
Killing [Eb] me softly _ [Db] with his song.
Killing [Ab] my whole life [Db] with his words.
Killing [Gb] me softly _ _ _ _ with [F] his song.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] La la, _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] whoa, _
_ [Cm] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ oh, _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ [Fm] _ _
with his [Bbm] fingers.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] Killing me _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ softly [Db] with his song.
Killing my whole [Ab] life [Db] with his words.
Killing me [Gb] softly _ _ _ _ with his song.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _