Fm                                      Bbm7      Eb7                              Ab

Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words

Fm                             Bbm7                       Eb                 Db

Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song

                  Ab                        Db                        GbM7              F                      

Telling my whole life with his words, Killing me softly with his song

  Bbm        Eb                            Ab                    Db

I heard he sang a good song I heard he had a style

Bbm7      Eb                            Fm      

And so I came to see him, To listen for a while

Bbm7                  Eb7                        Ab                   C7    

And there he was this young boy, A stranger to my eyes

Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words

Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song

Telling my whole life with his words, Killing me softly with his song

I felt all flushed with fever, Embarrassed by the crowd

I felt he found my letters, And read each one out loud

I prayed that he would finish, But he just kept right on

Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words

Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song

Telling my whole life with his words, Killing me softly with his song

He sang as if he knew me, In all my dark despair

And then he looked right through me, As if I wasn't there

And he just kept on singing, Singing clear and strong

Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words

Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song

Telling my whole life with his words, Killing me softly with his song

Ohhhh ohhhh ohhhh, Ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh

La la la, la la la, Ohh ohh ohh, ohh ohh ohh

La ahh ahhhhhh haaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Ha ahh ahh, ahh ahh ahh ahh

Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words

Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song

Telling my whole life with his words, Killing me softly with his song

He was strumming my pain

Yeah, he was singing my life

Killing me softly with his song

Killing me softly with his song

Telling my whole life with his words

Killing me softly

With his song