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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

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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...

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1 2 3 Em 2 Am 1 1 1 D 1 2 3 G 1 2 A 3 C 1 2 F 1 2 3 E7 1 2 3 B7