[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Am7] I heard he [D] sang a good song
[G] I heard he [C] had a style
[Am7] and so I [D] came to see him
to [Em] listen for a while.
[Am7] And there he [D7] was this young boy [GMAJ7] a stranger [B7] to my eyes.
[Chorus]
[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers
[D7] singing my life with his [G] words
[Em] killing me softly with [A] his song
killing me [D] softly with his [C] song
telling my [G] whole life with his [C] words. Killing me [FMAJ7] softly - - - with his [E] song.
[Verse]
[Am7] I felt all [D] flushed with fever
[GMAJ7] embarrassed [C] by the crowd.
[Am7] I felt he [D] found my letters
and [Em] read each one out loud.
[Am7] I prayed that [D7] he would finish
[GMAJ7] but he just [B7] kept on singing.
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Am7] He sang as [D] if he knew me
[GMAJ7] in all my [C] dark despair.
[Am7] And then he [D] looked right through me
as [Em] if I wasn't there.
[Am7] And he just [D7] kept on singing
[GMAJ7] singing [B7] clear and strong.
[Chorus]
[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers
[D7] singing my life with his [G] words
[Em] killing me softly with [A] his song
killing me [D] softly with his [C] song
telling my [G] whole life with his [C] words.
Killing me [FMAJ7] softly - - - [E] no words
[Ending]
[Chorus]
[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers [D7] singing my life with his [G] words
[Em] killing me softly with [A] his song
killing me [D] softly with his [C] song
telling my [G] whole life with his [C] words.
Killing me [FMAJ7] softly - - - with his [E] song.
