Hook
| Fm7 | Bbm7 | Eb | Ab |Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his wordsFm7 | Bb7 | Eb | Db |Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song | Ab | Db |Telling my whole life with his words | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 | F7 | F7 |Killing me softly with his song
Instruments
| Eb69 | Eb69 | Eb69 | Eb69 | [x2]
Verse
| Bbm7 | Eb11 | Ab | Db | I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style| Bbm7 | Eb11 | Fm7 | Fm7 | And so I came to see him to listen for a while| Bbm7 | Eb11 | Ab | C7 | And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes
Hook
| Fm7 | Bbm7 | Eb | Ab |Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his wordsFm7 | Bb7 | Eb | Db |Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song | Ab | Db |Telling my whole life with his words | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 | F7 | F7 |Killing me softly with his song
Verse 2
| Bbm7 | Eb11 | Ab | Db | I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd| Bbm7 | Eb11 | Fm7 | Fm7 | I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud| Bbm7 | Eb11 | Ab | C7 | I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on
Hook
| Fm7 | Bbm7 | Eb | Ab |Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his wordsFm7 | Bb7 | Eb | Db |Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song | Ab | Db |Telling my whole life with his words | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 | F7 | F7 |Killing me softly with his song
Verse 3
| Bbm7 | Eb11 | Ab | Db | He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair| Bbm7 | Eb11 | Fm7 | Fm7 | And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there| Bbm7 | Eb11 | Ab | C7 | But he just came to singing, singing clear and strong
Hook
| Fm7 | Bbm7 | Eb | Ab |Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his wordsFm7 | Bb7 | Eb | Db |Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song | Ab | Db |Telling my whole life with his words | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 | F7 | F7 |Killing me softly with his song
Intruments
| Fm7 | Bbm7 | Eb | Ab || Fm7 | Bb7/D | Eb | Db || Ab | Db | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 || F7 | F7 |
Hook
| Fm7 | Bbm7 | Eb | Ab |Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his wordsFm7 | Bb7 | Eb | Db |Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song | Ab | Db |Telling my whole life with his words | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 | F7 | F7 |Killing me softly with his song
Hook
| Fm7 | Bbm7 | Eb | Ab |Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his wordsFm7 | Bb7 | Eb | Db |Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song | Ab | Db |Telling my whole life with his words | Gbmaj9 | Gbmaj9 | F7 | F7 |Killing me softly with his song
