[Refrain]
Em                         Am 
Strumming my pain with his fingers 
D7                       G 
singing my life with his words 
Em                     A/C# 
killing me softly with his song 
           D           C 
killing me softly with his song 
           G               C 
telling my whole life with his words. 
           Fmaj7 
Killing me softly 
         E 
with his song.
[Instrumentale]
Am7/D   D    Am7/D   D     Am7/D     D     Am7/D    D
[Strophe]
Am7            D 
    I heard he sang a good song 
G            C 
  I heard he had a style 
Am7         D 
   and so I came to see him 
   Em 
to listen for a while. 
Am7              D7 
    And there he was this young boy 
G             B7 
   a stranger to my eyes.
[Refrain]
Em                         Am 
Strumming my pain with his fingers 
D7                       G 
singing my life with his words 
Em                     A/C# 
killing me softly with his song 
           D           C 
killing me softly with his song 
           G               C 
telling my whole life with his words. 
           Fmaj7 
Killing me softly 
         E 
with his song.
[Strophe]
Am7           D 
   I felt all flushed with fever 
Gmaj7            C 
     embarrassed by the crowd. 
Am7          D 
   I felt he found my letters 
    Em 
and read each one out loud. 
Am7              D7 
   I prayed that he would finish 
Gmaj7             B7 
      but he just kept right on.
[Refrain]
Em                         Am 
Strumming my pain with his fingers 
D7                       G 
singing my life with his words 
Em                     A/C# 
killing me softly with his song 
           D           C 
killing me softly with his song 
           G               C 
telling my whole life with his words. 
           Fmaj7 
Killing me softly 
         E 
with his song.
[Strophe]
Am7           D 
   He sang as if he knew me 
Gmaj7        C 
   in all my dark despair. 
Am7             D 
    And then he looked right through me 
   Em 
as if I wasn't there. 
Am7            D7 
   And he just kept on singing 
Gmaj7         B7 
      singing clear and strong.
[Refrain]
Em                         Am 
Strumming my pain with his fingers 
D7                       G 
singing my life with his words 
Em                     A/C# 
killing me softly with his song 
           D           C 
killing me softly with his song 
           G               C 
telling my whole life with his words. 
           Fmaj7 
Killing me softly 
         E 
with his song. 
Em          Am 
   Ooooh oh ohhh 
         D7             G 
Oh 0h 0h ohhh  oh 0h oh ohhh 
Em           A/C# 
La la la, la la la 
   D         C 
Oh oh oh  oh oh oh 
G   C       Fmaj7 
La  aaa ah  aaaah                   
E 
La ah ah ah ah aah  
Em                         Am 
Strumming my pain with his fingers 
D7                       G 
singing my life with his words 
Em                     A/C# 
killing me softly with his song 
           D           C 
killing me softly with his song 
           G               C 
telling my whole life with his words. 
           Fmaj7 
Killing me softly  
E
[Outro]
       Em                 Am 
He was strumming my pain 
             D7         G 
Yeah, he was singing my life 
Em                     A/C# 
killing me softly with his song 
           D           C 
killing me softly with his song 
           G               C 
telling my whole life with his words. 
        Fmaj7 
Killing me softly 
         E 
with his song.