Killing Me Softly
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{title:Killing Me Softly}
{subtitle:Tekst: Norman Gimbel, Melodi: Charles Fox}
{soc}
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.
{eoc}
{c: Intro}
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em7]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song, killing me [D]softly with his [Cmaj7]song
Telling my [G/B]whole life with his [C]words, killing me [F]softly with his [E]song
{C: Mellomspill}
[Am7]
{c: 1. vers}
[Am7] I heard he [D]sang a good song, [G] I heard he [Cmaj7]had a style
[Am7] And so I [D]came to see him, to [Em7]listen for a while
[Am7] And there he [D]was this young boy, [G] a stranger [B7]to my eyes
{c: Ref}
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em7]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song, killing me [D]softly with his [Cmaj7]song
Telling my [G/B]whole life with his [C]words, killing me [F]softly with his [E]song
{c: 2. vers}
[Am7] I felt all [D]flushed with fever, [G]embarassed [C]by the crowd
[Am7] I felt he [D]found my letters and [Em]read each one out loud
[Am7] I prayed that [D]he would finish, [G]but he just [B7]kept right on
{c: Ref}
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em7]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song, killing me [D]softly with his [Cmaj7]song
Telling my [G/B]whole life with his [C]words, killing me [F]softly with his [E]song
{c: 3. vers}
[Am7] He sang as [D]if he knew me, [G]in all my [C]dark despair
[Am7] And then he [D]looked right through me as [Em]if I wasn't there
[Am7] And he just [D]kept on singing [G]singing [B7]clear and strong
{c: Ref}
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em7]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song, killing me [D]softly with his [Cmaj7]song
Telling my [G/B]whole life with his [C]words, killing me [F]softly with his [E]song
{c: Ref med nynning}
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em7]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song, killing me [D]softly with his [Cmaj7]song
Telling my [G/B]whole life with his [C]words, killing me [F]softly with his [E]song
{c: Ref}
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em7]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song, killing me [D]softly with his [Cmaj7]song
Telling my [G/B]whole life with his [C]words, killing me [F]softly with his [E]song
{c: Ref}
[Em7]Strumming my pain with his [Am7]fingers, [D]Singing my life with his [G]words
[Em7]Killing me softly with [A/C#]his song, killing me [D]softly with his [Cmaj7]song
Telling my [G/B]whole life with his [C]words, killing me [F]softly with his [E]song