Killing Me Softly
By Perry Como
Key Em
#english
Key
Em
Capo:
1.0x
Killing Me Softly
Verse 1
Em
Strumming my pain with his
Am
fingers,
D
Singing my life with his
G
words
Em
Killing me softly with
A
his song, Killing me
D
softly with
C
his song
Telling my
G
whole life with
C
his words, Killing me
F
softly? with his
E7
song
Am
I heard he
D
sang a good song,
G
I heard he
C
had a style
Am
And so I
D
came to see him and,
Em
listen for a while
Am
And there he
D
was this young boy,
G
A stranger
B7
to my eyes
Em
Strumming my pain with his
Am
fingers,
D
Singing my life with his
G
words
Em
Killing me softly with
A
his song, Killing me
D
softly with
C
his song
Telling my
G
whole life with
C
his words, Killing me
F
softly? with his
E7
song
Am
I felt all
D
flushed with fever,
G
Embarrassed
C
by the crowd
Am
I felt he
D
found my letters and,
Em
read each one out loud
Am
I prayed that
D
he would finish,
G
But he just
B7
kept right on
Em
Strumming my pain with his
Am
fingers,
D
Singing my life with his
G
words
Em
Killing me softly with
A
his song, Killing me
D
softly with
C
his song
Telling my
G
whole life with
C
his words, Killing me
F
softly? with his
E7
song
Am
He sang as
D
if he knew me,
G
In all my
C
dark despair
Am
And then he
D
looked right through me as,
Em
if I wasn?t there
Am
And he just
D
kept on singing,
G
Singing
B7
clear and strong?
Em
Strumming my pain with his
Am
fingers,
D
Singing my life with his
G
words
Em
Killing me softly with
A
his song, Killing me
D
softly with
C
his song
Telling my
G
whole life with
C
his words, Killing me
F
softly? with his
E7
song