[Chorus]

Em                         Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7                       G
Singing my life with his words
Em                     A/C#
Killing me softly with his song
           D           C
Killing me softly with his song
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words
           Fmaj7
Killing me softly
         E
with his song

Am7/D   D    Am7/D   D     Am7/D     D     Am7/D    D
             Oooo   -ooo    oooo   -ooo    oooo   -ooo

[Verse 1]

Am7            D
    I heard he sang a good song
G            C
  I heard he had a style
Am7         D
   And so I came to see him
   Em
to listen for a while
Am7              D7
    And there he was, this young boy,
G             B7
   a stranger to my eyes


[Chorus]

Em                         Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7                       G
Singing my life with his words
Em                     A/C#
Killing me softly with his song
           D           C
Killing me softly with his song
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words
           Fmaj7
Killing me softly
         E
with his song


[Verse 2]

Am7           D
   I felt all flushed with fever,
Gmaj7            C
     embarrassed by the crowd
Am7          D
   I felt he found my letters
    Em
and read each one out loud
Am7              D7
   I prayed that he would finish
Gmaj7             B7
      but he just kept right on


[Chorus]

Em                         Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7                       G
Singing my life with his words
Em                     A/C#
Killing me softly with his song
           D           C
Killing me softly with his song
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words
           Fmaj7
Killing me softly
         E
with his song


[Verse 3]

Am7           D
   He sang as if he knew me
Gmaj7        C
   in all my dark despair
Am7             D
    And then he looked right through me
   Em
as if I wasn't there
Am7            D7
   And he just kept on singing
Gmaj7         B7
      Singing clear and strong


[Chorus]

Em                         Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7                       G
Singing my life with his words
Em                     A/C#
Killing me softly with his song
           D           C
Killing me softly with his song
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words
           Fmaj7
Killing me softly
         E
with his song


[Interlude]

Em          Am
   Ooooh oh ohhh
         D7             G
Oh oh oh ohhh  oh oh oh ohhh
Em           A/C#
La la la, la la la
   D         C
Oh oh oh  oh oh oh
G   C       Fmaj7
La  aaa ah  aaaah
E
La ah-ah ah-ah aah


[Chorus]

Em                         Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers
D7                       G
Singing my life with his words
Em                     A/C#
Killing me softly with his song
           D           C
Killing me softly with his song
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words
           Fmaj7
Killing me softly

E


[Ending]

       Em                 Am
He was strumming my pain
             D7         G
Yeah, he was singing my life
Em                     A/C#
Killing me softly with his song
           D           C
Killing me softly with his song
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words
        Fmaj7
Killing me softly
         E
with his song