Artist: | Lori Lieberman (English) |
User: | msyahnaz |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Default |
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Comment: | - |
Lori Lieberman – Killing Me Softly with His Song
Capo 1st 106 bpm 4/4 8th Note Picking
[Lori Lieberman 1971]
Intro
Em Em Em D G C
Am D G E * E
Verse 1
Am D
I heard he sang a good song…
G C
I heard he had a style…
Am D
and so I came to see him to
Em Em
listen for a while…
Am D
and there he was this young boy…
G B7
a stranger to my eyes…
Chorus
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers…
D 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…
F F E * E
Killing me softly… with his song…
Verse 2
Am D
I felt all flushed with fever…
G C
embarrassed by the crowd…
Am D
I felt he found my letters
Em Em
and read each one out loud…
Am D
I prayed that he would finish…
G B7
but he just kept right on…
Chorus
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers…
D 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…
F F E * E
Killing me softly… with his song…
Solo
Am F G C Am D G * E
Verse 3
Am D
He sang as if he knew me…
G C
in all my dark despair…
Am D
and then he looked right through me
Em Em
as if I wasn't there…
Am D
but he was there the stranger…
G B7
Singing clear and strong…
Chorus
Em Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers…
D 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…
F F E * E
Killing me softly… with his song…
Outro (Fade Ending)
Am F G C Am D G E
Am F G C Am D G * E