C#m F#
I heard she sang a good song,
B E
I heard she had a style.
C#m F#
And so I came to see her
G#m
And listen for a while.
C#m F#
And there she was this young girl,
B D#7
A stranger to my eyes.
[Chorus]
G#m C#m
Strumming my pain with her fingers,
F# B
Singing my life with her words,
G#m C#m
Killing me softly with her song,
F# E
Killing me softly with her song,
B E
Telling my whole life with her words,
A
Killing me softly
G#
With her song
[Verse]
C#m F#
I felt all flushed with fever,
B E
Embarrassed by the crowd,
C#m F#
I felt she found my letters
G#m
And read each one out loud.
C#m F#
I prayed that she would finish
B D#7
But she just kept right on.
[Chorus]
G#m C#m
Strumming my pain with her fingers,
F# B
Singing my life with her words,
G#m C#m
Killing me softly with her song,
F# E
Killing me softly with her song,
B E
Telling my whole life with her words,
A
Killing me softly
G#
With her song
[Verse]
C#m F#
She sang as if she knew me
B E
In all my dark despair
C#m F#
And then she looked right through me
G#m
As if I wasn't there.
C#m F#
But she just came to singing,
B D#7
Singing clear and strong.
[Chorus]
G#m C#m
Strumming my pain with her fingers,
F# B
Singing my life with her words,
G#m C#m
Killing me softly with her song,
F# E
Killing me softly with her song,
B E
Telling my whole life with her words,
A
Killing me softly
G#
With her song
