Em                     Am
Strumming my pain with his fingers       C
D                     G                  H  
Singing my life with his words           O       
Em                 A                     R
Killing me softly with his song          U
             D      C                    S
Killing me softly with his song
          G                  C
Telling my whole life with his words
            F          E
Killing me softly with his song



Am          D
I heard he sang a good song        
G           C
I heard he had a style
Am          D
And so i came to see him
  Em
And listened for a while
Am            D
And there he was this young boy
G              H
A stranger to my eyes



Am              D
I felt all flushed with fever
G               C
Embarrassed by the crowd
Am              D
I felt he found my letters
Em
And read each one out loud
Am             D
I prayed he would finish
G               H
But he just kept right on