[Dm7] [G] [C] [F]
I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style
[Dm7] [G] [Am]
And so I came to see him, to listen for a while
[Dm7] [G] [C] [E7]
And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes

{soc}
[Am] [F] [G] [C]
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words
[Am] [D/F#] [G] [F]
Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song
[C] [F] [Bb] [A]
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song
{eoc}

[Dm7] [G] [C] [F]
I felt all flushed with fever, embarassed by the crowd
[Dm7] [G] [Am]
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud
[Dm7] [G] [C] [E7]
I prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on

{soc}
[Am] [F] [G] [C]
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words
[Am] [D/F#] [G] [F]
Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song
[C] [F] [Bb] [A]
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song
{eoc}

[Dm7] [G] [C] [F]
He sang as if he knew me, in all my dark despair
[Dm7] [G] [Am]
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn’t there
[Dm7] [G] [C] [E7]
But he was there this stranger, singing clear and strong

{soc}
[Am] [F] [G] [C]
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words
[Am] [D/F#] [G] [F]
Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song
[C] [F] [Bb] [A]
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song
{eoc}