Killing Me Softly With His Song Acoustic chords by Olivia Ong

Alternatively you can play Fmaj7 as F and it should still sound good.

Verse 1:

Am     D
I heard he sang a good song,
G     C
I heard he had a style,
Am    D
And so I came to see him
  Em      Em
And listen for a while
Am      D
And there he was, this young boy,
G     B7
A stranger to my eyes

Chorus:

Em             Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D            G
Singing my life with his words
Em           A
Killing me softly with his song
      D      C
Killing me softly with his song
      G        C
Telling my whole life with his words,
      Fmaj7 Fmaj7     E  E
Killing me softly    with his song.


Verse 2:

Am   D
I felt flushed with fever,
G       C
Embarrassed by the crowd,
Am    D
I felt he found my letters
  Em      Em
And read each one out loud.
Am      D
I prayed that he would finish.
G      B7
But he kept right on...


Chorus:

Em             Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D            G
Singing my life with his words
Em           A
Killing me softly with his song
      D      C
Killing me softly with his song
      G        C
Telling my whole life with his words,
      Fmaj7 Fmaj7     E  E
Killing me softly    with his song.


Verse 3:

Am     D
He sang as if he knew me
G     C
In all my dark despair
Am         C
And then he looked right through me
  Em     Em
As if I wasn't there
Am    D
And he just kept on singing
G       B7
Singing clear and strong


Chorus:

Em             Am
Strumming my pain with his fin-gers,
D            G
Singing my life with his words
Em           A
Killing me softly with his song
      D      C
Killing me softly with his song
      G        C
Telling my whole life with his words,
      Fmaj7 Fmaj7     E  E