Killing Me Softly Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Em
Capo:	no capo

Author Mikhailo 23,776.

12 contributors total, last edit on Jan 14, 2025

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Fadd#11

Am7

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* Fadd#11 - the #11 is in the vocal line, leave it out and just play F if you prefer.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 Em                       Am        D7                       G
Strumming my pain with his fingers.  Singing my life with his words.
 Em                      Am                       D        C
Killing me softly with his song.  Killing me softly with his song.
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words.
           Fadd#11           E
Killing me softly, with his song.
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Am7        D
I heard he sang a good song.
G          C
I heard he had a style.
Am7        D
And so I came to see him,
    Em
and listen for a while.
Am7          D7
And there he was this young boy,
G          B7
a stranger to my eyes.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 Em                       Am        D7                       G
Strumming my pain with his fingers.  Singing my life with his words.
 Em                      Am                      D        C
Killing me softly with his song. Killing me softly with his song.
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words.
           Fadd#11           E
Killing me softly, with his song.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Am7        D
I felt all flushed with fever,
G          C
embarrassed by the crowd.
Am7        D
I felt he found my letters
    Em
and read each one out loud.
Am7          D7
I prayed that he would finish,
G          B7
but he just kept right on.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 Em                       Am        D7                       G
Strumming my pain with his fingers.  Singing my life with his words.
 Em                      Am                       D        C
Killing me softly with his song.  Killing me softly with his song.
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words.
           Fadd#11           E
Killing me softly, with his song.
 
 
[Interlude]
 
  Em  Am     D7   G          Em       Am     D      C    G      C  F
(Woah----whoah- ha-a-a-ah---lalala-lalala--whoah- laa--whoahoh laa----
E
(Laa-ahah-ahahahah)
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 Em                       Am        D7                       G
Strumming my pain with his fingers.  Singing my life with his words.
 Em                      Am                       D        C
Killing me softly with his song.  Killing me softly with his song.
           G               C
Telling my whole life with his words.
           Fadd#11           E
Killing me softly, with his song.
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Hey Mikhailo, in the chorus you used 2 wrong chords - "G" at the first "killing me softly with his song" has to be "Em" and "Esus4" at the last "killing me softly with his song" has to be "F". I can send you "my version" of this song - I transposed it to key A. verse: Bm7 E7/G# A D Bm7 E7 F#m Bm E7 A C# C#sus4/D# C#/E# chorus: F#m7 Bm7 E A /G# F#m /E B/D# E D A D G F# See what you'll do with it! Greetings, muziekkaatje

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and that’s on sangwoo

SANGWOAH i baked sangwoos ashes into a cake yesterday.. it was delicious