[Refrão]

   Fm                       Bbm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
 Eb                       Ab7M
Singing my life with his words
 Fm                     Bb
Killing me softly with his song
            Eb              Db
Killing me softly with his song
                  Ab           Db
Telling my whole life with his    words
            Gb7M(5-)          F
Killing me softly,  with his song

( Bbm7  Eb/Bb  Bbm7  Eb/Bb )
( Bbm7  Eb/Bb  Bbm7  Eb/Bb )

[Primeira Parte]

Bbm                Eb
      I heard he sang the good song
Ab             Db
   I heard he had a style
Bbm           Eb
    And so I came to see him
     Fm
And listen for a while
Bbm               Eb
    And there he was this young boy
Ab             C7
   A stranger to my eyes

[Refrão]

   Fm                       Bbm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
 Eb                       Ab7M
Singing my life with his words
 Fm                     Bb/D
Killing me softly with his song
            Eb          Db
Killing me softly with his song
             Ab             Db
Telling my whole life with his words
            Gb7M(5-)          F
Killing me softly,  with his song

[Pré-Refrão]

Bbm                   Eb
        I felt all flushed with fever
Ab             Db
   Embarrassed by the crowd
Bbm            Eb
   I felt he found my letters
     Fm
And read each one out loud
Bbm                Eb
    I prayed that he would finish
Ab              C7
   But he just kept right on

[Refrão]

   Fm                       Bbm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
 Eb                       Ab7M
Singing my life with his words
 Fm                     Bb/D
Killing me softly with his song
            Eb          Db
Killing me softly with his song
             Ab             Db
Telling my whole life with his words
            Gb7M(5-)          F
Killing me softly,  with his song

[Pré-Refrão]

Bbm7(9)            Eb
        He sang as if he knew me
Ab         Db
   In all my dark despair
Bbm              Eb
   And then he looked right through me
   Fm
As if I wasn't there
Bbm              Eb
    And he just kept on singing
Ab           C7
   Singing clear and strong

[Refrão]

   Fm                       Bbm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
 Eb                       Ab7M
Singing my life with his words
 Fm                     Bb/D
Killing me softly with his song
            Eb          Db
Killing me softly with his song
             Ab             Db
Telling my whole life with his words
            Gb7M(5-)          F
Killing me softly,  with his song

( Fm  Bbm  Eb  Ab7M )
( Fm  Bb/D  Eb  Db )
( Ab  Db  Gb7M(5-)  F )

[Refrão]

   Fm                       Bbm
Strumming my pain with his fingers
 Eb                       Ab7M
Singing my life with his words
 Fm                     Bb/D
Killing me softly with his song
         Eb             Db
Killing me softly with his song
         Ab                 Db
Telling my whole life with his words
         Gb7M(5-)  F
Killing me softly

            Fm             Bbm
With his strumming my pain
 Eb         Ab7M
Singing my life
 Fm                     Bb/D
Killing me softly with his song
            Eb          Db
Killing me softly with his song
             Ab             Db
Telling my whole life with his words
         Gb7M(5-)            F
Killing me softly, with his song