Killing Me Softly With His Song

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Tab

KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
W: Norman Gimbel
M: Charles Fox
Roberta Flack
Key: Am

4      4    4  4    -3   2   3   -2
Strum-ming my pain with his fin-gers
-4   -4  -4  -4    3  -1    2
Sing-ing my life with his words
2     2  2    2  -3  4   -4   -3
Kill-ing me soft-ly with his song
-5   -5  -5   4  -4   3  -4   -3
Kill-ing me soft-ly with his song
-3   -3  -3   -3    3   1    3   -2
Tell-ing my whole life with his words
-2   -2  -2   2  -1 
Kill-ing me soft-ly
-1   -1   2
With his song...

2  -2   3   -3  3  -1   3
I heard he sang a good song
-3  3   -2  2 -2   1
I heard he had a style
2   -2 3  -3  3  -3  -4  
And so I came to see him 
-4  4  -4  -3  3  -3
to lis-ten for a-while
4    -3   -2  2   -1    2   -2
And there he was this young boy
3    3    3 3* 3* -3-4
A strang-er to my eyes...

4      4    4  4    -3   2   3   -2
Strum-ming my pain with his fin-gers
-4   -4  -4  -4    3  -1    2
Sing-ing my life with his words
2     2  2    2  -3  4   -4   -3
Kill-ing me soft-ly with his song
-5   -5  -5   4  -4   3  -4   -3
Kill-ing me soft-ly with his song
-3   -3  -3   -3    3   1    3   -2
Tell-ing my whole life with his words
-2   -2  -2   2  -1 
Kill-ing me soft-ly
-1   -1   2
With his song...

2  -2   3    -3     3   -1  3
I felt all flushed with fev-er
-3  3    -2   2  -2    1
Em-bar-rassed by the crowd
2  -2  3    -3  3  -3   -4
I felt he found my let-ters 
-4    4   -4  -3   3   -3
and read each one out loud
4   -3    -2  2    -1   2  -2
I prayed that he would fin-ish
3   3    3   3*    3*  -3-4
But he just kept right on...

4      4    4  4    -3   2   3   -2
Strum-ming my pain with his fin-gers
-4   -4  -4  -4    3  -1    2
Sing-ing my life with his words
2     2  2    2  -3  4   -4   -3
Kill-ing me soft-ly with his song
-5   -5  -5   4  -4   3  -4   -3
Kill-ing me soft-ly with his song
-3   -3  -3   -3    3   1    3   -2
Tell-ing my whole life with his words
-2   -2  -2   2  -1 
Kill-ing me soft-ly
-1   -1   2
With his song...
 
2   -2  3  -3 3   -1  3
He sang as if he knew me
-3  3  -2  2   -2   1
In all my dark des-pair
2    -2  3    -3     3     -3    -4
And then he looked right through me 
-4 4 -4 -3   3   -3
as if I was-n’t there
4   -3  -2   2   -1  2   -2
And he just kept on sing-ing,
3     3    3*   3*  -3 -4
Sing-ing clear and strong...

4      4    4  4    -3   2   3   -2
Strum-ming my pain with his fin-gers
-4   -4  -4  -4    3  -1    2
Sing-ing my life with his words
2     2  2    2  -3  4   -4   -3
Kill-ing me soft-ly with his song
-5   -5  -5   4  -4   3  -4   -3
Kill-ing me soft-ly with his song
-3   -3  -3   -3    3   1    3   -2
Tell-ing my whole life with his words
-2   -2  -2   2  -1 
Kill-ing me soft-ly
-1   -1   2
With his song...
 

4      4    4  4    -3   2   3   -2
Strum-ming my pain with his fin-gers
-4   -4  -4  -4    3  -1    2
Sing-ing my life with his words
2     2  2    2  -3  4   -4   -3
Kill-ing me soft-ly with his song
-5   -5  -5   4  -4   3  -4   -3
Kill-ing me soft-ly with his song
-3   -3  -3   -3    3   1    3   -2
Tell-ing my whole life with his words
-2   -2  -2   2  -1 
Kill-ing me soft-ly
-1   -1   2
With his song...

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