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Killing Me Softly
Tekst: Norman Gimbel, Melodi: Charles Fox
Sangen ble skrevet i samarbeid med Lori Lieberman og spillt inn i 1971. Den ble en hit med Roberta Flack i 1973 og fikk en Grammy for beste R&B i 1997 med gruppa Fugees.
Intro
Em7
Strumming my pain with his
Strumming my pain with his
Am7
fingers,
fingers,
D
Singing my life with his
Singing my life with his
G
words
words
Em7
Killing me softly with
Killing me softly with
A/C#
his song, killing me
his song, killing me
D
softly with his
softly with his
Cmaj7
song
song
Telling my
G/B
whole life with his
whole life with his
C
words, killing me
words, killing me
F
softly with his
softly with his
E
song
song
Mellomspill
Am7
1. vers
Am7
I heard he
I heard he
D
sang a good song,
sang a good song,
G
I heard he
I heard he
Cmaj7
had a style
had a style
Am7
And so I
And so I
D
came to see him, to
came to see him, to
Em7
listen for a while
listen for a while
Am7
And there he
And there he
D
was this young boy,
was this young boy,
G
a stranger
a stranger
B7
to my eyes
to my eyes
Ref
Em7
Strumming my pain with his
Strumming my pain with his
Am7
fingers,
fingers,
D
Singing my life with his
Singing my life with his
G
words
words
Em7
Killing me softly with
Killing me softly with
A/C#
his song, killing me
his song, killing me
D
softly with his
softly with his
Cmaj7
song
song
Telling my
G/B
whole life with his
whole life with his
C
words, killing me
words, killing me
F
softly with his
softly with his
E
song
song
2. vers
Am7
I felt all
I felt all
D
flushed with fever,
flushed with fever,
G
embarassed
embarassed
C
by the crowd
by the crowd
Am7
I felt he
I felt he
D
found my letters and
found my letters and
Em
read each one out loud
read each one out loud
Am7
I prayed that
I prayed that
D
he would finish,
he would finish,
G
but he just
but he just
B7
kept right on
kept right on
Ref
Em7
Strumming my pain with his
Strumming my pain with his
Am7
fingers,
fingers,
D
Singing my life with his
Singing my life with his
G
words
words
Em7
Killing me softly with
Killing me softly with
A/C#
his song, killing me
his song, killing me
D
softly with his
softly with his
Cmaj7
song
song
Telling my
G/B
whole life with his
whole life with his
C
words, killing me
words, killing me
F
softly with his
softly with his
E
song
song
3. vers
Am7
He sang as
He sang as
D
if he knew me,
if he knew me,
G
in all my
in all my
C
dark despair
dark despair
Am7
And then he
And then he
D
looked right through me as
looked right through me as
Em
if I wasn't there
if I wasn't there
Am7
And he just
And he just
D
kept on singing
kept on singing
G
singing
singing
B7
clear and strong
clear and strong
Ref
Em7
Strumming my pain with his
Strumming my pain with his
Am7
fingers,
fingers,
D
Singing my life with his
Singing my life with his
G
words
words
Em7
Killing me softly with
Killing me softly with
A/C#
his song, killing me
his song, killing me
D
softly with his
softly with his
Cmaj7
song
song
Telling my
G/B
whole life with his
whole life with his
C
words, killing me
words, killing me
F
softly with his
softly with his
E
song
song
Ref med nynning
Em7
Strumming my pain with his
Strumming my pain with his
Am7
fingers,
fingers,
D
Singing my life with his
Singing my life with his
G
words
words
Em7
Killing me softly with
Killing me softly with
A/C#
his song, killing me
his song, killing me
D
softly with his
softly with his
Cmaj7
song
song
Telling my
G/B
whole life with his
whole life with his
C
words, killing me
words, killing me
F
softly with his
softly with his
E
song
song
Ref
Em7
Strumming my pain with his
Strumming my pain with his
Am7
fingers,
fingers,
D
Singing my life with his
Singing my life with his
G
words
words
Em7
Killing me softly with
Killing me softly with
A/C#
his song, killing me
his song, killing me
D
softly with his
softly with his
Cmaj7
song
song
Telling my
G/B
whole life with his
whole life with his
C
words, killing me
words, killing me
F
softly with his
softly with his
E
song
song
Ref
Em7
Strumming my pain with his
Strumming my pain with his
Am7
fingers,
fingers,
D
Singing my life with his
Singing my life with his
G
words
words
Em7
Killing me softly with
Killing me softly with
A/C#
his song, killing me
his song, killing me
D
softly with his
softly with his
Cmaj7
song
song
Telling my
G/B
whole life with his
whole life with his
C
words, killing me
words, killing me
F
softly with his
softly with his
E
song
song