Originally in Fm, I play in Em capo 5
Em | Am | |
S | trumming my pain with his | fingers |
D7 | G | |
S | inging my life with his w | ords |
Em | A/C# | |
K | illing me softly with hi | s song |
D | C | |
Killing me sof | tly with | his song |
G | C | |
Telling my | whole life with | his words |
Fmaj7 | E | |
Killing me | softly, with his | song |
With oohs, for a few measures
Am7/D | D |
x2 |
More or less on the 4 of the minor key on “heard”, and the 5 of the minor key (2 of the chord) on “sang”
Am7 | D |
I heard he sa | ng a good song |
G | Cmaj7 |
I heard he h | ad a style |
Am7 | D |
And so I c | ame to see him |
Em | |
And l | isten for a while |
Vox on 7 5 of the chords on “and there”, and the 6 of the chord on “was”
Am7 | D7 |
And there he wa | s this young boy |
G | B7 |
A stranger t | o my eyes |
Em | Am | |
S | trumming my pain with his | fingers |
D7 | G | |
S | inging my life with his w | ords |
Em | A/C# | |
K | illing me softly with hi | s song |
D | C | |
Killing me sof | tly with | his song |
G | C | |
Telling my | whole life with | his words |
Fmaj7 | E | |
Killing me | softly, with his | song |
Am7 | D |
I felt all flu | shed with fever |
G | Cmaj7 |
Embarrassed b | y the crowd |
Am7 | D |
I felt he f | ound my letters |
Em | |
And r | ead each one out loud |
Am7 | D7 |
I prayed that h | e would finish |
G | B7 |
But he just ke | pt right on |
Em | Am | |
S | trumming my pain with his | fingers |
D7 | G | |
S | inging my life with his w | ords |
Em | A/C# | |
K | illing me softly with hi | s song |
D | C | |
Killing me sof | tly with | his song |
G | C | |
Telling my | whole life with | his words |
Fmaj7 | E | |
Killing me | softly, with his | song |
Am7 | D |
He sang as | if he knew me |
G | Cmaj7 |
In all my d | ark despair |
Am7 | D |
And then he lo | oked right through me |
Em | |
As | if I wasn’t there |
Am7 | D7 |
And he just ke | pt on singing |
G | B7 |
Singing c | lear and strong |
Em | Am | |
S | trumming my pain with his | fingers |
D7 | G | |
S | inging my life with his w | ords |
Em | A/C# | |
K | illing me softly with hi | s song |
D | C | |
Killing me sof | tly with | his song |
G | C | |
Telling my | whole life with | his words |
Fmaj7 | E | |
Killing me | softly, with his | song |
Very sensible to just stop here
Em | Am | D7 | G |
Oooooh |
Em | A/C# | D | C |
La la la, la | la la, | oh | oh |
G | C | |
La | ah ah | ah |
Fmaj7 | E |
Ah, | ah |
Em | Am | |
S | trumming my pain with his | fingers |
D7 | G | |
S | inging my life with his w | ords |
Em | A/C# | |
K | illing me softly with hi | s song |
D | C | |
Killing me sof | tly with | his song |
G | C | |
Telling my | whole life with | his words |
Fmaj7 | E | |
Killing me | softly |
Em | Am | |
He was s | trumming my pain |
D7 | G | |
Yeah, he was s | inging my l | ife |
Em | A/C# | |
K | illing me softly with hi | s song |
D | C | |
Killing me sof | tly with | his song |
G | C | |
Telling my | whole life with | his words |
Fmaj7 | E | |
Killing me | softly with his | song |