D#mG#
I heard he sang a good song,
D#mF#
I heard he had a style
G#A#m
And so I came to see him to listen for a while
D#mF#C#
And there he was this young boy
C#maj7F7
А stranger to my eyes…
Chorus:
A#mD#m
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
G#C#
Singing my life with his words,
A#mD#m
Killing me softly with his song,
D#mG#F#
Killing me softly with his song,
C#G#
Telling my whole life with his words
C
Killing me softly
A#
With his song!
D#mG#
I felt all flushed with fever
D#mF#
Embarrassed by the crowd,
G#A#m
I felt heʼd found my letters and read each one out loud
D#mF#C#
I prayed that he would finish,
C#maj7F7
but he just kept right on
Chorus:
A#mD#m
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
G#C#
Singing my life with his words,
A#mD#m
Killing me softly with his song,
D#mG#F#
Killing me softly with his song,
C#G#
Telling my whole life with his words
C
Killing me softly
A#
With his song!
D#mG#
He sang as if he knew me
D#mF#
In all my dark despair
G#A#m
And then he looked right through me as if I wasnʼt there
D#mF#C#
But he was there, this stranger,
C#maj7F7
Heʼs singing clear and loud
Chorus:
A#mD#m
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
G#C#
Singing my life with his words,
A#mD#m
Killing me softly with his song,
D#mG#F#
Killing me softly with his song,
C#G#
Telling my whole life with his words
C
Killing me softly
A#
With his song!
