C#mF#
I heard he sang a good song,
C#mE
I heard he had a style
F#G#m
And so I came to see him to listen for a while
C#mEB
And there he was this young boy
Bmaj7D#7
А stranger to my eyes…
Chorus:
G#mC#m
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
F#B
Singing my life with his words,
G#mC#m
Killing me softly with his song,
C#mF#E
Killing me softly with his song,
BF#
Telling my whole life with his words
A#
Killing me softly
G#
With his song!
C#mF#
I felt all flushed with fever
C#mE
Embarrassed by the crowd,
F#G#m
I felt heʼd found my letters and read each one out loud
C#mEB
I prayed that he would finish,
Bmaj7D#7
but he just kept right on
Chorus:
G#mC#m
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
F#B
Singing my life with his words,
G#mC#m
Killing me softly with his song,
C#mF#E
Killing me softly with his song,
BF#
Telling my whole life with his words
A#
Killing me softly
G#
With his song!
C#mF#
He sang as if he knew me
C#mE
In all my dark despair
F#G#m
And then he looked right through me as if I wasnʼt there
C#mEB
But he was there, this stranger,
Bmaj7D#7
Heʼs singing clear and loud
Chorus:
G#mC#m
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
F#B
Singing my life with his words,
G#mC#m
Killing me softly with his song,
C#mF#E
Killing me softly with his song,
BF#
Telling my whole life with his words
A#
Killing me softly
G#
With his song!