Killing Me Softly [Em] Roberta Flack |Chorus: (Single Strums) |[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers |[D] Singing my life with his [G] words |[Em] Killing me softly with [A] his song |Killing me [D] softly with [C] his song |Telling my [G] whole life with [C] his words |Killing me [F] softly... with his [E7] song Verse 1: [Am] I heard he [D] sang a good song [G] I heard he [C] had a style [Am] And so I [D] came to see him and [Em] listen for a while [Am] And there he [D] was this young boy [G] A stranger [B7] to my eyes Chorus: Verse 2: [Am] I felt all [D] flushed with fever [G] Embarrassed [C] by the crowd [Am] I felt he [D] found my letters and [Em] read each one out loud [Am] I prayed that [D] he would finish [G] But he just [B7] kept right on |Chorus: |[Em] Strumming my pain with his [Am] fingers |[D] Singing my life with his [G] words |[Em] Killing me softly with [A] his song |Killing me [D] softly with [C] his song |Telling my [G] whole life with [C] his words |Killing me [F] softly... with his [E7] song Verse 3: [Am] He sang as [D] if he knew me [G] In all my [C] dark despair [Am] And then he [D] looked right through me as [Em] if I wasn’t there [Am] And he just [D] kept on singing [G] Singing [B7] clear and strong... Chorus: