[Fm]Strumming my pain with his fin[Bbm]gers

[Eb7]Singing my life with his words[Abmaj7]

[Fm]Killing me softly with his [Bb7]song

Killing me soft[Eb]ly with his [Db]song

Telling my whole [Ab]life with his [Bbm]words

Killing me soft[Gbmaj7]ly with his song[F]

 

[Bbm7]

 

[Bbm7]I heard he [Eb]sang a good song

[Abmaj7]I heard he [Db]had a style

[Bbm]And so I [Bbsus4]came to see him and [Fm]listen for a while

[Bbm]And there he [Eb7]was this young boy

[Ab]A stranger to [C7]my eyes

 

[Fm]Strumming my pain with his fin[Bbm7]gers

[Eb]Singing my life with his words[Ab]

[Fm]Killing me softly with his [Bb]song

Killing me soft[Eb]ly with his [Db]song

Telling my whole [Ab]life with his [Bbm7]words

Killing me [Gbmaj7]softly with his song[F]

 

[Bbm7]I felt all [Eb]flushed with fever

[Abmaj7]Embarra[Db]ssed by the crowd

[Bbm]I felt he [Bbsus4]found my letters and [Fm]read each one out loud

[Bbm]I prayed that [Eb7]he would finish

[Ab]But he just [C7]kept right on

 

[Fm]Strumming my pain with his fin[Bbm7]gers

[Eb]Singing my life with his words[Ab]

[Fm]Killing me softly with his [Bb]song

Killing me soft[Eb]ly with his [Db]song

Telling my whole [Ab]life with his [Bbm7]words

Killing me [Gbmaj7]softly with his song[F]

 

[Bbm7]He sang as [Eb]if he knew me

[Abmaj7]In all my [Db]dark despair

[Bbm]And then he [Bbsus4]looked right through me as [Fm]if I wasn't there

[Bbm]And he just [Eb7]kept on singing

[Ab]Singing [C7]clear and strong

 

[Fm]Strumming my pain with his fin[Bbm7]gers

[Eb]Singing my life with his words[Ab]

[Fm]Killing me softly with his [Bb]song

Killing me soft[Eb]ly with his [Db]song

Telling my whole [Ab]life with his [Bbm7]words

Killing me [Gbmaj7]softly with his song[F]

 

[Fm]Oh, oh, oh, [Bbm7]oh, oh, oh, oh

[Eb]Oh, oh, oh, oh...[Ab]

[Fm]La la la la la [Bb7]la... oh... [Eb]oh...[Db]

La...[Ab]　[Db6]　[Gbmaj7]

[F]La...

 

[Fm]Strumming my pain with his fin[Bbm7]gers

[Eb]Singing my life with his words[Ab]

[Fm]Killing me softly with his [Bb]song

Killing me [Eb]softly with his [Db]song

Telling my [Ab]whole life with his [Db6]words

Killing [Gbmaj7]me (Softly)[F]

 

He was [Fm]strumming my pain[Bbm7]

Yeah, he was si[Eb]nging my life[Ab]

[Fm]Killing me softly with his [Bb]song

Killing me soft[Eb]ly with his [Db]song

Telling my [Ab]whole life with his [Db6]words

Killing [Gbmaj7]me softly with his song[F]