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Eminor

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[Refrain]
EmStrumming my pain with his Amfingers
D7Singing my life with his Gwords
EmKilling me softly with hAis song
Killing me Dsoftly with Chis song
Telling my Gwhole life Cwith his words.
Killing me Fsoftly
with his Esong.
[Verse 1]
Am7I heard he Dsang a good song
GI heard he Chad a style
Am7And so I caDme to see him
and Emlisten for a while.
Am7And there was D7this young boy
Ga stranger B7to my eyes.
[Refrain]
EmStrumming my pain with his Amfingers
D7Singing my life with his Gwords
EmKilling me softly with hAis song
Killing me Dsoftly with Chis song
Telling my Gwhole life Cwith his words.
Killing me Fsoftly
with his Esong.
[Verse 2]
Am7I felt all Dflushed with fever
Gembarrassed Cby the crowd.
Am7I felt he Dfound my letters
and Emread each one out loud.
Am7I prayed that D7he would finish
Gbut he just B7kept right on.
[Refrain]
EmStrumming my pain with his Amfingers
D7Singing my life with his Gwords
EmKilling me softly with hAis song
Killing me Dsoftly with Chis song
Telling my Gwhole life Cwith his words.
Killing me Fsoftly
with his Esong.
[Verse 3]
Am7He sang as Dif he knew me
Gin all my Cdark despair.
Am7And the he Dlooked right trough me
as Emif I wasn´t there.
Am7And he just D7kept on singing
Gsinging B7clear and strong.
[Refrain]
EmStrumming my pain with his Amfingers
D7Singing my life with his Gwords
EmKilling me softly with hAis song
[Outro]
Killing me Dsoftly with Chis song
Telling my Gwhole life Cwith his words.
Killing me Fsoftly
with his Esong.

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Killing Me Softly

by Jeanette

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

[Refrain]

Em Am

Strumming my pain with his fingers

D7 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.

Killing me softly

with his song.

[Verse 1]

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

and listen for a while.

Am7 D7

And there 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

Killing me softly with his song

D C

Killing me softly with his song

G C

Telling my whole life with his words.

Killing me softly

with his song.

[Verse 2]

Am7 D

I felt all flushed with fever

G C

embarrassed by the crowd.

Am7 D

I felt he found my letters

and read each one out loud.

Am7 D7

I prayed that he would finish

G 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

Killing me softly with his song

D C

Killing me softly with his song

G C

Telling my whole life with his words.

Killing me softly

with his song.

[Verse 3]

Am7 D

He sang as if he knew me

G C

in all my dark despair.

Am7 D

And the he looked right trough me

as if I wasn´t there.

Am7 D7

And he just kept on singing

G B7

singing clear and strong.

[Refrain]

Em Am

Strumming my pain with his fingers

D7 G

Singing my life with his words

Em A

Killing me softly with his song

[Outro]

D C

Killing me softly with his song

G C

Telling my whole life with his words.

Killing me softly

with his song.

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