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"killing me softly"

the fugees
*slightly adjusted from Sam Stewart's version. Hope you like it!
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(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.
F
E
Killing me softly, with his song.
G: 320033
Am7
D
A: x02220
I heard he sang the good song.
Am: x02210
G
C
B7: x21202
I heard he had a style.
C: x32010
Am7
D
D: xx0232
And so I came to see him,
D7: xx0212
Em
Am7: x02010
and listen for a while.
Em: 02200x
Am7
D7
E: 022100
And there he was a young boy
F: xx3211
G
B7
a stranger to my eyes.
(CHORUS)
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)
(CHORUS)
Am7
D
He sang as if knew me
G
C
in all my dark despair.
Am7
D
And then he looked right through me
Em
as if I wasn't there.
Am7
D7
And he just kept on singing
G
B7
sining clear and strong
(CHORUS)

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