Emi                        Ami
R: Strumming my pain with his fingers
    D7                       G
   singing my life with his words
   Emi                    A7
   killing me softly with his song
               D          C
   killing me softly with his song
               G              C   
   telling my whole life with his words.
   Cmaj7       F
   Killing me softly
             E
   with his song.

   Ami7        D
1. I heard he sang a good song
   G          C
   I heard he had a style
   Ami7      D
   and so I came to see him
       Emi
   and listen for a while.
   Ami7         D7
   And there he was this young boy
   G          H7
   a stranger to my eyes.

R:
   Ami7         D
2. I felt all flushed with fever
   G           C
   embarrassed by the crowd.
   Ami7       D
   I felt he found my letters
       Emi
   and read each one out loud.
   Ami7          D7
   I prayed that he would finish
    G          H7
   but he just kept right on.

R:
   Ami7       D
3. He sang as if he knew me
   G          C
   in all my dark despair.
   Ami7         D
   And then he looked right through me
      Emi
   as if I wasn't there.
   Ami7        D7
   And he just kept on singing
    G       H7
   singing clear and strong.

R: