Killing Me Softly

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Em Am D7 G A D C F

- 12 - - - - - 231 - - - - 213 21 - - - 3 - - 123 - - - - 121 - 32 - 1 - 134211

E Cadd9/B Am/E D/F# D7/F# B7 D/F# Cadd9/G

- 231 - - -2- -1- - - 231 - 1 - - 232 2 - - 314 - 13141 1 - - 232 34 - - 1 -

Standard tuning

= 100

Intro
Em Am

1
A-Gt

Capo. fret 1
3 3 3 3 0
0 0 3 1
2
0
0

D7 G Em

2 2 2 2 0 3 2
3 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 0 0
0
3 0

A D C
7

5 5 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 2 2 3 1 1
2
0
0 3

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 G C F
10

3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0
0 0 2
3 3
3 3 3
3 1 1 1

F E E
13

0 1 0
0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
2 2 2 1 1
3 3 2 2
3 2
1 1 0 0

Verse 1
Am D7 G
16

I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had

0 0
0 1 3 3 3 3 1 0
2 2 0
2 2 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
3 3

C C Cadd9/B Am Am/E D/F#

19

a style And so I came to see him to

0 0 2 2
1 0 1 3 3
0 0 2 2
2 2 0 0
3 3 2 3 2 0
0 2 2

Em Em Am Am/E

22

lis- ten for a while And there he was

3 2 0 0 3 0
3 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 2
2 2 2 0 2 2
2 0
0 0 0

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D7/F# G B7
25

this young boy, a stran- ger to my eye- s

0 2
0 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2
0 0 4 4
0 2 2
2 2 3 3

Chorus 1
Em Am D7

28

Strumm-ing my pain with his fin- gers Sing- ing my life with his words
3 3 3 3 0 0 2 2 2 2
0 0 3 1 1 3 3 0
0 0 2 2
2 0
0 0 0
0 0

G G D/F# Em A
31

Kill- ing me soft- ly with his song Kill- ing me soft-

0 3 2 5 5 5 3
0 0 0 0 5 2 2 2
0 0 0 2
0 0 0
0 0
3 3 2 3 2 0 0

D C G
34

ly with his song Tell- ing my whole life with his

2 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 3 1 1 3 0 3
2 2 0 0
0 2 0 2
0 3 3
3 3

C Cadd9/G F F
37

words Kill- ing me soft - ly with his song

1 1 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 2 2 2 2
2 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
3 1 1 1 1 1

3/7
 Verse 2
E E Am
40

I felt all flushed

0 0
0 1 0 0 0 1 3
1 1 1 2
2 2 2 2 2
2 2 0 0
0 0

D7 G C C Cadd9/B
43

with fe- ver em- bar- rassed by the crowd

0
3 3 3 1 0 1 1 0
2 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 3 3 2
3 3

Am Am/E D/F# Em

46

I felt he found my le- tters and read each one out loud
0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0
0 1 3 3 3
2 2 0
2 2 0 0 2 2
0
0 2 2 0 0

Em Am Am/E D7/F#
49

I prayed-that he would fin- ish

3 0
0 0 1 0 0 1
0 0 0 2 2
2 0 2 2 0
2 0 0
0 2 2

Chorus 2
G B7 Em

52

but he just kept right o- on Strum-ming my pain with his fin-

0 2 3 3 3 3 0
3 3 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 3
0 4 4 2
2 2
3 3 0 0

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 Am D7 G G D/F#

55

gers Sing- ing my life with his words

0 2 2 2 2
1 1 3 3 0
0 0 2 2 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
3 3 2

Em A D
58

Kil- ling me soft- ly with his song Kill- ing me soft- ly with his
0 3 2 5 5 5 3 2 2
0 0 0 0 5 2 2 2 3 3
0 0 2 2 2
0
0 0 0
0 0

C G G
61

song Tell- ing my whole life with his words Kill- ing me soft-
0 0 0 0 0
1 1 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
2 0 2
3 3 3
3 3 3

F F E
64

ly with his song

0 0 1 0
2 2 2 2 1 1
3 3 3 3 2 2
3 3 3 2
1 1 1 1 1 0

Verse 3
E Am D7
67

He sang as if he knew me

0 1 0 0
3 1 1 0 0 1 3 3 3
2 1 2 2
2 2 0 0 0
0 0 0

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 G C C Cadd9/B Am Am/E
70

in all my dark de- spair And then he looked

0 0
3 1 0 1 0 1 3
0 0 0 0 2 2
0 0 2 2
3 3 2 3 2 0
3 3 0

D/F# Em Em

73

right through me as if I was- n't there

0 2 2 3 2 0 0
3 3 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 2 2 2 0
2
2 2 0 0

Am Am/E D7/F# G
76

But he just came to sing- ing sing- ing clear

3 0
1 0 0 1 3 3 3 4
2 2 0
2 2 0 0
0 0
0 2 2 3 3

Chorus 3
B7 Em Am

79

and stro- ong Strumming my pain with his fin- gers

0 2 3 3 3 3 0 0
4 4 0 0 3 1 1
0 0
4 4 2
2 2 0 0
0 0

D7 G G D/F# Em

82

Sing- ing my life with his words Kill- ing me soft- ly with his
2 2 2 2 0 3 2
3 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0
3 3 2 3 2 0 0

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 A D C
85

song Kill- ing me soft- ly with his song Tell- ing my whole
5 5 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 2 2 2 3 3 1 1
2 2 2 0
0 2
0 0 0 3 3

G C Cadd9/G F
88

life with his words Kill- ing me soft- ly

3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 2
0 2 2 3 3
3 3 3
3 3 3 1 1 1

= 100
F E E
91

with his song

0 1 0
0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0
2 2 2 1 1 2 1
3 3 2 2
3 2
1 1 0

= 70
Am
94

0
1
2
2
0

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