| A | A | A | A |
| A | A | A | A |

[Verse 1]
Em           Am
 I heard she sang a good song
D            G
 I heard she had a style
Em        Am          A
 And so I came to see her
   Bm
To listen for a while
Em             A
 And there she was this young girl
D           F#
 A stranger to my eyes

[Chorus]
Bm                         Em
Strumming my pain with her fingers
A                        D
Singing my life with her words
Bm                    E
Killing me softy with her song
           A            G
Killing me softly, with her song
           D                G
Telling my whole life, with her words
           C       A  C        B      B
Killing me softly,    with her song

[Verse 2]
Em          A
 I felt all flushed with fever
D            G
 Embarrassed by the crowd
Em           A
  I felt she found my letters
    Bm
And read each one out loud
Em             A
 I prayеd that she would finish
D             F#
 But she just kept right on

[Chorus]
Bm                         Em
Strumming my pain with her fingers
A                        D
Singing my life with her words
Bm                    E
Killing me softy with her song
           A            G
Killing me softly, with her song
           D                G
Telling my whole life, with her words
           C       A  C        B/C     B
Killing me softly,    with her song

[Verse 3]
Em           A
 She sang as if she knew me
D           G
  In all my darkness fair
Em            A
 And then she looked right through me
   Bm          B
As if I wasn't there
Em            A
  But she was there, the stranger
D         F#
  Singing clear and strong

[Chorus]
Bm                         Em
Strumming my pain with her fingers
A                        D
Singing my life with her words
Bm                    E
Killing me softy with her song
           A            G
Killing me softly, with her song
           D                G
Telling my whole life, with her words
           C                   B       B
Killing me softly,    with her song

[Outro]
| Bm | Em | A | D |
(oohoohoohohoo....)
| Bm | Em | A | A |
(oohoohoohohoo....)
| D  | G  | C | C |
(oohoohoohohoo....)