Parts:
6-str. Guitar
E-0-1-3-5--3-----3-|-5--3--1--0--1------0-1-3-5-3-5-7-7-8-7-5-3-5-|-8-5-1-0----0--1-
B------------------|------------------3---------1-----------------|----------3------
G------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------
D------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------
A------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------
E------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------
6-str. Guitar
E-3-3-3-4--4--5--7-
B------------------
G------------------
D------------------
A------------------
E------------------
Chorus:
6-str. Guitar
E-8--8--8--5--0--3--1-|-7--7--7--7--3-----0-|-0-0-0-0-5-8-7-5--10--10-10--8--7--3--7--5-
B---------------------|---------------------|------------------3------------------------
G---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------
D---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------
A---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------
E---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------
6-str. Guitar
E-5--5--5--5--3--0--3--1-1-0-0-0-----|--------0-
B---------------------------------3--|--3--3----
G------------------------------------|----------
D------------------------------------|----------
A------------------------------------|----------
E------------------------------------|----------
Dm G
I heard he sang a good song,
Dm F
I heard he had a style
G Am
And so I came to see him to listen for a while
Dm F C
And there he was this young boy
Cmaj7 E
А stranger to my eyes…
Chorus:
Am Dm
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
G C
Singing my life with his words,
Am Dm
Killing me softly with his song,
Dm G F
Killing me softly with his song,
C G
Telling my whole life with his words
B
Killing me softly
A
With his song!
Dm G
I felt all flushed with fever
Dm F
Embarrassed by the crowd,
G Am
I felt he´d found my letters and read each one out loud
Dm F C
I prayed that he would finish,
Cmaj7 E
but he just kept right on
Chorus:
Am Dm
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
G C
Singing my life with his words,
Am Dm
Killing me softly with his song,
Dm G F
Killing me softly with his song,
C G
Telling my whole life with his words
B
Killing me softly
A
With his song!
Dm G
He sang as if he knew me
Dm F
In all my dark despair
G Am
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn´t there
Dm F C
But he was there, this stranger,
Cmaj7 E
He´s singing clear and loud
Chorus:
Am Dm
Strumming my pain with his fingers,
G C
Singing my life with his words,
Am Dm
Killing me softly with his song,
Dm G F
Killing me softly with his song,
C G
Telling my whole life with his words
B
Killing me softly
A
With his song!