Verse:
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   Am            D7          G             C
      _     _       _           _     _       _
   | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | |
e|-----------0-|-----------|-----0-------|-----------|
B|-----0h1-3---|---3-----3-|-------3-1-0-|---1-------|
G|-----2-------|-----2-----|---0---------|-----0-----|
D|---2---------|-0---------|-------------|-----------|
A|-0-----------|-----------|-------------|-3-------2-|
E|-------------|-----------|-3-----------|-----------|
 I heard he sang the good song.
                            I heard he had a style.

   Am            D7          Em
      _     _       _             _   _       _
   | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | |
e|-----------0-|-----0---2-|-3-2---0---0-|---------|
B|-----0h1-3---|---3-------|-0-------3---|-----3---|
G|-----2-------|-----------|-0-----------|---0-----|
D|---2---------|-0---------|-------------|---------|
A|-0-----------|-----------|-------------|---------|
E|-------------|-----------|-0-----------|-0-------|
 And so I came to see him, and listen for a while.

   Am            D7          G             B7
      _     _       _           _     _       _   _ 
   | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|-----3-0-----|-----------|-------------|-----0---2---|
B|-------1-1-0-|-----0---1-|-----3-3-3s4-|---4---------|
G|---2---2-----|---2-----2-|-------0-----|-------------|
D|-------------|-0---------|---0---------|-------------|
A|-0-----------|-----------|-------------|-2-----------|
E|-------------|-----------|-3-----------|-------------|
 And there he was a young boy a stranger to my eyes.


Chorus:
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   Em                Am        D7                G
    _   _   _   _               _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | |
e|-3-3-3-3---0-----|---------|-2-2-2-2---------|---------|
B|-0-----------0-3-|---1-----|-1---------3---0-|---------|
G|-0---------------|-----0---|-2-----------2---|---0---0-|
D|-----------------|-------2-|-0---------------|---------|
A|-----------------|-0-------|-----------------|---------|
E|-0---------------|---------|-----------------|-3---2---|
 Strumming my pain with his fingers.
                              Singing my life with his words.

   Em            A7                  D
    _   _   _   _           _   _           _
   | | | | | | | |   | |   | | | |   | | | | |
e|-----------0-3-2-|---0-4s5-5-5-3-|---2-----2-|
B|-0-0-0-0-------2-|---------------|---3---3---|
G|-0-------------0-|---------------|---2-------|
D|-----------------|---------------|---0-------|
A|---------------0-|---------------|-----------|
E|-0---------------|---------------|-----------|
 Killing me softly with his song.
                          Killing me softly with his song.

   C             G           C
        _   _           _         _
   | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | |
e|---0-0-0-3-0-|-----------|-----------|
B|---3---------|---3-----3-|---1-1-1-0-|
G|---0---------|-------0---|-----0-----|
D|-------------|-----------|-----2-----|
A|---3---------|-----------|-3---------|
E|-------------|-3---------|-----------|
        Telling my whole life with his words.
   F                   E

   | | | |   | | | |   | | | |   | | | |
e|---------|---------|---------|-0-------|
B|-0-------|-------0-|---------|-0-------|
G|---2-2---|---2-2---|-------1-|---------|
D|---------|---3-----|-----2---|---------|
A|-------3-|---------|---2-----|---------|
E|-1-------|-1-------|-0-------|---------|
 Killing me softly,  with his song.


*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*


Lyrics and Chords:
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Chorus:
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 Em                       Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers.
D7                       G
Singing my life with his words.
 Em                      A7
Killing me softly with his song.
                 D        C
Killing me softly with his song.
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words.
            F                 E
Killing me softly,  with his song.

 
Verse 1:
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Am         D7
I heard he sang the good song.
G          C
I heard he had a style.
Am         D7
And so I came to see him,
    Em                '
and listen for a while.
Am           D7
And there he was a young boy
G          B7
a stranger to my eyes.
 
 
Chorus:
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 Em                       Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers.
D7                       G
Singing my life with his words.
 Em                      Am
Killing me softly with his song.
                 D        C
Killing me softly with his song.
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words.
            F                 E
Killing me softly,  with his song.
 
 
Verse 2:
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Am         D7
I felt all flushed with fever
G          C
embarrassed by the crowd.
Am         D7
I felt he found my letters
    Em                '
and read each one out loud.
Am           D7
I prayed that he would finish
G          B7
but he just kept right on.
 
 
Chorus:
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 Em                       Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers.
D7                       G
Singing my life with his words.
 Em                      Am
Killing me softly with his song.
                 D        C
Killing me softly with his song.
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words.
            F                 E
Killing me softly,  with his song.
 
 
Chorus:
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 Em                       Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers.
D7                       G
Singing my life with his words.
 Em                      Am
Killing me softly with his song.
                 D        C
Killing me softly with his song.
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words.
            F                 E
Killing me softly,  with his song.