Killing Me Softly With His Song chords by Roberta Flack (Ver. 2)

Intro Chorus 1: 0:00
(play single quiet strum for each chord)
Em7            Am7   D7            G
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words,
Em           A          D      C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
      G         C          F    F     E   E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me softly,  With his song. (tacet)

Interlude: 0:31
                 Ooooh
e|------------------|------------------|
B|----5-3-----5-3---|--5-3-------------|
G|----0-0-----0-0---|--0-0-------------|
D|-2--2-2-----2-2---|--2-2-------------|
A|-0----------------|---------0h2--0h2-|
E|------------------|------------------|
     (^snare)      (^snare)

  (louder) Dooo Dooo ooo ooo
e|------------------|------------------|
B|--3-5-3-----5-3---|--5-3-------------|
G|--0-0-0-----0-0---|--0-0-------------|
D|--2-2-2-----2-2---|--2-2-------------| (repeat 2 more times)
A|-0----------------|---------0h2--0h2-|
E|------------------|------------------|
     (^snare)      (^snare)

Verse 1: 0:48
Am7      D        G       C
 I heard he sang a good song,  I heard he had a style,
Am7     D        Em         Em
 And so I came to see him to listen for a while,
Am7      D7         G       B7
 And there he was this young boy,  A stranger to my eyes.

Chorus 2: 1:11
Em7            Am7   D7            G
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words,
Em           A          D      C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
      G         C          F    F     E   E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me softly,  With his song. (tacet)

Verse 2: 1:39
Am7       D        G       C
 I felt all flushed with fever,  Embarrassed by the crowd,
Am7      D          Em        Em
 I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud,
Am7       D7       G       B7
 I prayed that he would finish, But he just kept right on.

Chorus 2: 2:03
Em7            Am7   D7            G
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words,
Em           A          D      C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
      G         C          F    F     E   E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me softly,  With his song. (tacet)

Verse 3: 2:31
Am7      D      G      C
 He sang as if he knew me,  In all my dark despair,
Am7       D            Em         Em
 And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there,
Am7      D7       G      B7
 And he just kept on singing,  Singing clear and strong.

Chorus 3: 2:55
Em7            Am7   D7            G
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words,
Em           A          D      C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
      G         C          F    F     E   E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me softly,  With his song. (tacet)

Chorus 4: 3:22
Em7    Am7         D7       G
  Ohh Ohh Ohh,  Ohh Ohh Ohh, Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh,
Em      A      D       C
La La La La La La, Ohh Ohh Ohh,  Ohh Ohh Ohh,
  G       C      F   F   E      E
La Ahh Ahh, Ahh Ahh Ahh,         Ah Ah\Ah Ah\Ah/Ah\Ah

Chorus 5: 3:49
Em7            Am7   D7            G
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words,
Em           A          D      C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
      G         C         F    F     E   E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me...          (tacet)

Chorus 5: 4:16
   Em7         Am7       D7     G
He was strumming my pain,   Yeah he was singing my life,
Em           A          D      C
Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
      G         C         F  F        E
Telling my whole life, With his words, Killing me softly, With his song.

End: 4:45