Killing Me Softly
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{title:Killing Me Softly} {subtitle:Lyrics: Norman Gimbel, Melodi: Charles Fox} {soc} The song was written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman and recorded in 1971. It was a hit with Roberta Flack in 1973 and had a Grammy for best R&B in 1997 with the group Fugees. {eoc} {c: Intro} [Fm7]Strumming my pain with his [Bbm7]fingers, [Eb]Singing my life with his [Ab]words [Fm7]Killing me softly with [Bb/D]his song, killing me [Eb]softly with his [Dbmaj7]song Telling my [Ab/C]whole life with his [Db]words, killing me [Gb]softly with his [F]song {C: Instrumental} [Bbm7] {c: Verse 1} [Bbm7] I heard he [Eb]sang a good song, [Ab] I heard he [Dbmaj7]had a style [Bbm7] And so I [Eb]came to see him, to [Fm7]listen for a while [Bbm7] And there he [Eb]was this young boy, [Ab] a stranger [C7]to my eyes {c: Chorus} [Fm7]Strumming my pain with his [Bbm7]fingers, [Eb]Singing my life with his [Ab]words [Fm7]Killing me softly with [Bb/D]his song, killing me [Eb]softly with his [Dbmaj7]song Telling my [Ab/C]whole life with his [Db]words, killing me [Gb]softly with his [F]song {c: Verse 2} [Bbm7] I felt all [Eb]flushed with fever, [Ab]embarassed [Db]by the crowd [Bbm7] I felt he [Eb]found my letters and [Fm]read each one out loud [Bbm7] I prayed that [Eb]he would finish, [Ab]but he just [C7]kept right on {c: Chorus} [Fm7]Strumming my pain with his [Bbm7]fingers, [Eb]Singing my life with his [Ab]words [Fm7]Killing me softly with [Bb/D]his song, killing me [Eb]softly with his [Dbmaj7]song Telling my [Ab/C]whole life with his [Db]words, killing me [Gb]softly with his [F]song {c: Verse 3} [Bbm7] He sang as [Eb]if he knew me, [Ab]in all my [Db]dark despair [Bbm7] And then he [Eb]looked right through me as [Fm]if I wasn't there [Bbm7] And he just [Eb]kept on singing [Ab]singing [C7]clear and strong {c: Chorus} [Fm7]Strumming my pain with his [Bbm7]fingers, [Eb]Singing my life with his [Ab]words [Fm7]Killing me softly with [Bb/D]his song, killing me [Eb]softly with his [Dbmaj7]song Telling my [Ab/C]whole life with his [Db]words, killing me [Gb]softly with his [F]song {c: Chorus with humming} [Fm7]Strumming my pain with his [Bbm7]fingers, [Eb]Singing my life with his [Ab]words [Fm7]Killing me softly with [Bb/D]his song, killing me [Eb]softly with his [Dbmaj7]song Telling my [Ab/C]whole life with his [Db]words, killing me [Gb]softly with his [F]song {c: Chorus} [Fm7]Strumming my pain with his [Bbm7]fingers, [Eb]Singing my life with his [Ab]words [Fm7]Killing me softly with [Bb/D]his song, killing me [Eb]softly with his [Dbmaj7]song Telling my [Ab/C]whole life with his [Db]words, killing me [Gb]softly with his [F]song {c: Chorus} [Fm7]Strumming my pain with his [Bbm7]fingers, [Eb]Singing my life with his [Ab]words [Fm7]Killing me softly with [Bb/D]his song, killing me [Eb]softly with his [Dbmaj7]song Telling my [Ab/C]whole life with his [Db]words, killing me [Gb]softly with his [F]song