Killing Me Softly

[Chorus]
 Em                       Am        D7                       G
 Strumming my pain with his fingers.  singing my life with his words.
  Em                      A                       D        C
 Killing me softly with his song.  Killing me softly with his song.
            G               C
 Telling my whole life with his words.
            Fmaj7#11           E
 Killing me softly,  with his song.
 [Verse]
 Am7        D
 I heard he sang the good song.
 G          C
 I heard he had a style.
 Am7        D
 And so I came to see him,
     Em
 and listen for a while.
 Am7          D7
 And there he was a young boy
 G          B7
 a stranger to my eyes.
 [Chorus]
 Em                       Am        D7                       G
 Strumming my pain with his fingers.  singing my life with his words.
  Em                      A                       D        C
 Killing me softly with his song.  Killing me softly with his song.
            G               C
 Telling my whole life with his words.
            Fmaj7#11           E
 Killing me softly,  with his song.
 [Verse]
 Am7        D
 I felt all flushed with fever
 G          C
 embarrassed by the crowd.
 Am7        D
 I felt he found my letters
     Em
 and read each one out loud.
 Am7          D7
 I prayed that he would finish
 G          B7
 but he just kept right on.
 [Chorus]
 Em                       Am        D7                       G
 Strumming my pain with his fingers.  singing my life with his words.
  Em                      A                       D        C
 Killing me softly with his song.  Killing me softly with his song.
            G               C
 Telling my whole life with his words.
            Fmaj7#11           E
 Killing me softly,  with his song.
 [Verse]
 Am7        D
 He sang as if he knew me
 G          C
 in all my dark despair.
 Am7        D
 And then he looked right through me