[Intro] Em [Chorus] Em Am7 D G Strumming my pain- with [Bis] fin-gers. singing my life- with [Bis] words- Em [A/C# ] D Killing me so-ftly with [Bis]- song. Killing me soft-ly- C G C with [Bis]- song. Telling my whole- life-- with [Bis]- words F E E [Esus] E killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with [Bis] so--ong. \ [Instrumental] [D7sus] D7 [D7sus] D7 [D7sus] D7 [D7sus] D7 [Verse] Am7 D G C I heard he sang- A good song. I heard he had- A style. Am7 D Em Em And so I came- to see him, to lis-ten for A while. Am7 D7 G B7 And there he was- this young boy A stranger to- my eyes-^ [Chorus] Em Am7 D G Strumming my pain- with [Bis] fin-gers. singing my life- with [Bis] words- Em [A/C# ] D Killing me so-ftly with [Bis]- song. Killing me soft-ly- C G C with [Bis]- song. Telling my whole- life-- with [Bis]- words F E E [Esus] E killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with [Bis] so--ong. \ [Verse] Am7 D G C I felt all flushed- with fe-ver embarrassed by- the crowd. Am7 D Em Em I felt he found- my let-ters and read- each one out loud. Am7 D7 G B7 I prayed that he- would finish but he just kept- right on-^ [Chorus] Em Am7 D G Strumming my pain- with [Bis] fin-gers. singing my life- with [Bis] words- Em [A/C# ] D Killing me so-ftly with [Bis]- song. Killing me soft-ly- C G C with [Bis]- song. Telling my whole- life-- with [Bis]- words F E E [Esus] E killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with [Bis] so--ong. \ [Instrumental] [Chorus] Em C D G Em [A/C# ] D C G C F E E [Esus] E [Verse] Am7 D G C He sang as if- knew me in all my dark- despair. Am7 D Em Em And then he looked- right through me as if I wasn't there. Am7 D7 G B7 And he just kept- on singing singing clear- and strong-^ 1 [Chorus] Em Am7 D G Strumming my pain- with [Bis] fin-gers. singing my life- with [Bis] words- Em [A/C# ] D Killing me so-ftly with [Bis]- song. Killing me soft-ly- C G C with [Bis]- song. Telling my whole- life-- with [Bis]- words F E F E F E F E [Esus] E killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with [Bis] soong A ong A ong A onng 2 [Chorus] Em Am7 D G Em [A/C# ] D C G C Whoa------ whoa--- la la la la la- la. Whoa- la-- Whoa- la--- F E F E F E F E F E la la lala woa \ lah A lah A\ lah A lah A ahhhh 3[Chorus] Em Am7 D G Strumming my pain- with [Bis] fin-gers. singing my life- with [Bis] words- Em [A/C# ] D Killing me so-ftly with [Bis]- song. Killing me soft-ly- C G C with [Bis]- song. Telling my whole- life-- with [Bis]- words F E F E F E F E [Esus] E killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with [Bis] soong A ong A ong A onng 4[Chorus] Em [Am7/E] [D/A] G "He was Strumming my Pa-in, yeahh -Singing my Li-fe, woah-ah" Em [A/C# ] D Killing me so-ftly with [Bis]- song. Killing me soft-ly- C G C with [Bis]- song. Telling my whole- life-- with [Bis]- words F E F E F E F E [Esus] E killing me -soft-ly, --\-- with [Bis] soong A ong A ong A onng